Pantawane beat her Chinese Taipei opponent Ya Lan Chang 21-16 21-15 in only 26 minutes. She will meet Sun Yu of China in the second qualifying round.
Tanvi Lad bowed out as she lost to Japan's Shizuka Uchida 15-21 10-21 in 31 minutes.
Pantawane hit 17 smash winners compared to Chang's 6.
The first game was on even keel till 14-14 after which Pantawane won four consecutive points to get a 18-14 lead which turned out to be decisive in the end. At 20-16, she closed the game on her first game point.
Pantawane and Chang had a close fight till 12-12 in the second game after which, the Indian shuttler got five consecutive points to go ahead by 17-12. There was no looking back after that. Down 14-20, Chang saved a match point but Pantawane won on the second point.
Young P C Thulasi went down fighting to Germany's Olga Konon in the women's singles qualifiers.
Thulasi lost 19-21 21-17 21-16 in a close encounter to bow out of the Swiss Open in a match that lasted 59 minutes.
Thulasi started well grabbed a 7-2 lead in the opening set. Olga fought back and tied the set at 10-10, but the 22-year-old India kept her composure to take first round 21-19.
However, Olga came back strongly to win the second set 21-17 and take the match into the final set.
The German dominated the final set as she hit 10 net winners as compared to Thulasi's three to seal the match 21-16.
In the men's doubles, Indian pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy B moved to the next round after beating Yen Jui Lin and Chih Hao Wang of China 13-21 21-10 18-21.
They will take on pairing of Bin Shen Tan of Malaysia and Robert Blair of Scotland.
Arundhati Pantawane wins 1st qualifying round at Swiss Open
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