The world number 9 Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty lost 16-21 20-22 to the top seeds and world number one Marcus and Kevin of Indonesia to bow out of China Open

PV Sindhu lost 13-21, 21-18, 19-21 to World No.42 Pai Yu Po in the women's singles opening round at the China Open badminton tournament on Tuesday.

On a mixed day for India, PV Sindhu squandered a first-game advantage to go down 12-21 21-13 21-19 to Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong in a women's singles pre-quarterfinals that lasted 58 minutes while Sai Praneeth edged out China's Lu Guang Zu 21-19 21-19 to set up a meeting against Indonesian seventh seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, who defeated Parupalli Kashyap

It was a three-game thriller, with the World No.15, Pornpawee Chochuwong edging past the reigning World Champion, PV Sindhu, 12-21 21-13 21-19, in the China Open's pre-quarterfinals.

Replicating her World Championship form, PV Sindhu produced another strong performance at China Open to get the better of the currently 20th-ranked Chinese, who entered the match with a 3-3 record against the Indian

Earlier, the Olympic silver medallist lost to the world number seven at the Indonesia Open and French Open in July and October respectively.