India’s male shuttlers, led by the experienced duo of HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, were off to a brilliant start, but it was curtains for double Olympic-medallist PV Sindhu as she bowed out with a first-round loss at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday.

Prannoy and Srikanth were joined by Satish Karunakaran in the second round. Taking the court first, 2023 World Championships bronze medallist Prannoy stunned fifth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 19-21 21-17 21-16 in one hour and 22 minutes. He will play Yushi Tanaka of Japan in the second round.