When asked who has played the major role in the men's recent rise in badminton, HS Prannoy credited coach Pullela Gopichand without giving second thoughts on it.
Kashyap, a former National champion and second seed, saw off Cheam 23-21 21-14 in a 37-minute clash.
Looking ahead, Sindhu said the key was to keep fit, both mentally and physically to figure in the mandatory 15 tournaments that each player needs to play every year.
Sindhu extended her domination over world No.2 Akane Yamaguchi with a straight-game win.
Sindhu proved her mettle as she first claimed the singles match and then combined with N Sikki Reddy to win the second doubles game in Malaysia.
Gopichand said his main target this year is to ensure that his wards deliver at big-ticket events such as the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
The 1980 All England Champion said he played the sport only for the love of it and never thought about any remunerations.
The BWF had earlier received a lot of flak after it made it mandatory for top shuttlers to play at least 12 tournaments in a revamped schedule for 2018.
World No.4 Srikanth has been placed in Group B of men's singles event along with Chou Tien Chen (world No.7) and Shi Yuqi (world No.8), apart from Axelsen.
Ajay Jayaram had reached the finals of 2015 Korea Super Series. He had won the Dutch Open twice and finished runners up twice in the tournament.
Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy suffered a 15-21 12-21 loss to fourth-seeded Indonesians Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.
US Open champion HS Prannoy will next face Korea's top seed Son Wan Ho, Srikanth will meet current world champion Viktor Axelsen, while Saina will square off against Japans Akane Yamaguchi.
The 24-year-old will head into Denmark Open as eighth-seed after making two quarterfinal finishes at Glasgow World Championship and Japan Open.
Niharendu Mallick, who had joined SAI's 'Come and Play' course in April, was doing shadow practice on Saturday when he fell unconscious on the floor.
US Open champion H S Prannoy also suffered a 15-21 14-21 loss to China's second seed Shi Yuqi in 45 minutes to crash out in the last-eight stage in Japan Open Super Series.
Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying retained her top spot. London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th spot.
Sindhu avenged her World Championship heart-break by beating Nozomi Okuhara in a pulsating summit clash of Korea Open to claim her second super series title of the season.
The World Championship silver-medallist recovered from a mid-game slump to stave off the challenge from World No. 19 Minatsu Mitani of Japan 21-19 16- 21 21-10 in a match that lasted 63 minutes.
The London Olympics quarterfinalist, Kashyap will face Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao in the main draw of Korea Super Series.
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