World Champion PV Sindhu suffered a shock defeat to lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of the Chinese Taipei in the opening round to be ousted but India\u2019s doubles campaign was off to a good start in the $700,000 China Open here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World No.6 Sindhu, who made early exits in China, South Korea and Denmark, lost 13-21 21-18 19-21 to world No. 42 Pai in a 74-minute women\u2019s singles match here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thailand Open champions Satwik and Chirag Shetty, who had reached the French Open finals last month, defeated the American pair of Phillip Chew and Ryan Chew 21-9 21-15 to set up a second-round meeting with sixth seeds Japanese Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Satwik and Ashwini Ponnappa, ranked 30th, defeated Canada\u2019s Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu 21-19 21-19 to make a positive start in the mixed doubles competition. They will face South Korean pair of Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yujung next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The women\u2019s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy was blown away 9-21 8-21 by world No.10 Chinese pair of Li Wen Mei and Zheng Yu in 30 minutes.In the men\u2019s singles, HS Prannoy faltered in the opening round, losing 17-21 18-21 to Denmark\u2019s Rasmus Gemke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the women\u2019s singles, Sindhu came into the match with a 3-0 head-to-head record against Pai but it was the 28-year-old Taiwanese, who took the initiative early, opening up a 3-0 lead in the opening game. Though Sindhu made it 4-4, Pai was 8-4 ahead before making it 11-5 at the break. The Taiwanese didn\u2019t take her foot off the pedal and moved to 12-8 before reeling off eight straight points to zoom to 20-8. Sindhu saved five game points before Pai earned the bragging rights after sealing the opening game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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