<p>Four Indians -- RMV Gurusaidutt, Anand pawar, Arundhati Pantawane and PC Thulasi -- suffered defeats in the qualifying stage at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium to crash out of the tournament.<br /><br />Gurusaidutt became a first round casualty, losing 21-15, 14-21, 16-21 to Keigo Sonoda in the men’s singles competition.<br /><br />In contrast, Pawar notched up a 21-16, 21-17 victory over Kento Momota of Japan in the first round but failed to get past Tien Chen Chow of Chinese Teipei in the next round.<br /><br />He lost 18-21, 21-19, 21-23 to the Chinese Taipei shuttler in an hour and six-minute.<br />In women’s singles, Arundhati suffered a 12-21, 15-21 defeat against Ying Suet Tse of Hong Kong in the second round.<br /><br />Pantawane had won the first round, beating compatriot PC Thulasi 15-21, 22-20, 22-20 in a hard-fought battle that lasted 53 minutes.<br /><br />The main draw of the event starts on Wednesday with ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal taking on Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand in her tournament opener.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games bronze medallist P Kashyap will be up against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in his first match in the men’s singles competition.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram, who reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship early last month, will have a difficult customer in seventh-seeded Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam as his first round opponent.<br /></p>
<p>Four Indians -- RMV Gurusaidutt, Anand pawar, Arundhati Pantawane and PC Thulasi -- suffered defeats in the qualifying stage at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium to crash out of the tournament.<br /><br />Gurusaidutt became a first round casualty, losing 21-15, 14-21, 16-21 to Keigo Sonoda in the men’s singles competition.<br /><br />In contrast, Pawar notched up a 21-16, 21-17 victory over Kento Momota of Japan in the first round but failed to get past Tien Chen Chow of Chinese Teipei in the next round.<br /><br />He lost 18-21, 21-19, 21-23 to the Chinese Taipei shuttler in an hour and six-minute.<br />In women’s singles, Arundhati suffered a 12-21, 15-21 defeat against Ying Suet Tse of Hong Kong in the second round.<br /><br />Pantawane had won the first round, beating compatriot PC Thulasi 15-21, 22-20, 22-20 in a hard-fought battle that lasted 53 minutes.<br /><br />The main draw of the event starts on Wednesday with ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal taking on Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand in her tournament opener.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games bronze medallist P Kashyap will be up against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in his first match in the men’s singles competition.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram, who reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship early last month, will have a difficult customer in seventh-seeded Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam as his first round opponent.<br /></p>