Former world No 1 Srikanth beat Popov 21-18, 15-21, 21-16 in an hour and 15-minute long opening match.
He will now face the winner between Asian Games and Thomas Cup champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia or Thailands Sitthikom Thammasin.
In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy pulled off an upset as they beat second seeds and home favourites Praveen Jordan and Melati Oktavianti 21-11, 22-20.The impressive Indian duo played some aggressive badminton to register a convincing victory in just 30 minutes and will now face the pair of Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran of Thailand in the next round.
Meanwhile, the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the Indonesia Masters after losing 10-21 19-21 to Denmarks Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.Earlier, two-time Olympic medallists P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen had reached the second round on Tuesday.
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