Parupalli Kashyap wins, P V Sindhu loses in China Open

Indian men's doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu also notched up an easy 21-2 21-4 win over Mongolia's Erdenebayar Enkhbold and Zolzaya Munkhbaatar to reach the second round in an otherwise dismal day. In women's singles, returning to action after over a month due to a knee problem, Sindhu fought fiercely against world number 14 Eriko Hirose before going down 20-22 21-14 19-21 to the Japanese in an hour and six minutes match.

Among other Indians, Ajay Jayaram suffered a 18-21 21-16 14-21 loss to Malaysia's Daren Liew, while RMV Gurusaidutt also went down fighting to Takuma Ueda 21-11 13-21 11-21 in men's singles contests. Indonesian pair of Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Markis Kido put paid to the hopes of India's men's doubles combo of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy B 21-17 13-21 21-11 in a 34-minute competition, while mixed doubles combo of Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre also became a first round casualty after losing to top seeds Chen Xu and Jin Ma of China 5-21 17-21.

Sinilarly, Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan also could not cross the first hurdle and lost to Denmark's Mads Pieler Kolding and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 9-21 19-21 in another mixed doubles match. Another men's doubles combo of Pranaav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar also bowed out after their gallant fight ended in a 25-27 17-21 loss to Chinese pair of Xiaolong Liu and Zihan Qiu in a 52-minute match.u00a0