Fuzhou: India's mixed doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Thursday bowed out of ongoing China Open after losing to South Korean players Seo Seung Jae and Chae YuJung 23-21, 21-16 in the second-round match that lasted 40 minutes, here at the Haixia Olympic Center.
Earlier in the day, Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out by Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 13-21, 19-21 in a second-round match.
This is the second time Kashyap has lost to Axelsen this year. The former Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who reached the semifinals at India Open and Korea Open earlier this year, had lost to the world number six at the India Open in March.
Yesterday, shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Fuzhou China Open after losing the first-round match to China's Cai Yan Yan 21-9, 21-12 in an encounter that lasted 24 minutes.
The mixed doubles pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy was knocked out from the tournament after losing to Taiwan's Wang Chi-Lin and Cheng Chi Ya 21-14, 21-14.
