Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a second consecutive opening round defeat as she went down to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark to bring down the curtain on the country’s campaign in the Thailand Masters here today.

In the men’s singles, the trio of Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and HS Prannoy too faltered in the first round. Indian shuttlers thus continued their poor run after making early exits in Malaysia and Indonesia earlier this month.

The fifth-seeded Saina lost to unseeded Kjaersfeldt 13-21 21-17 15-21 in a hard-fought 47-minute contest. World No. 18 Saina had a 4-0 head-to-head record against the No. 29 Dane before today’s match. With Saina’s defeat, India’s campaign came to an end in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. Saina had also lost in the opening round in the Indonesia Masters last week after entering the quarterfinals in the Malaysia Masters.

Verma lost to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia 16-21 15-21 in a 39-minute match. The story went on similar lines for the fifth-seeded Srikanth, who went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-12 14-21 12-21 in a match that lasted 48 minutes.