The national champion has a tough next round as he faces the second seed Karim Abdel Gawad of Egypt, the current World number 4.
It was curtains in the first round for the two leading women stars, 14th seeded Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik.
Unseeded Egyptian Salma Hany beat Joshna 11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 11-9 while Dipika Pallikal went down fighting to 13th seed Olivia Blatchford of USA.
The American won 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-8.
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