<p class="title">Indian shuttlers failed to match expectations in the Badminton Asia Championships as P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were knocked out in the quarterfinals here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In men's singles, Sameer Verma too was shown the door in the quarterfinals after he suffered a 10-21, 12-21 loss to second seed Shi Yuqi of China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina put up a tough fight but could not avoid a 13-21, 23-21, 16-21 defeat at the hands of third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan. The match lasted an hour and nine minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Much was expected from fourth seed Sindhu but she was stunned by the unseeded Cai Yanyan of China 21-19, 21-9 in 31 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was Sindhu's maiden loss against Yanyan.</p>
<p class="title">Indian shuttlers failed to match expectations in the Badminton Asia Championships as P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were knocked out in the quarterfinals here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In men's singles, Sameer Verma too was shown the door in the quarterfinals after he suffered a 10-21, 12-21 loss to second seed Shi Yuqi of China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina put up a tough fight but could not avoid a 13-21, 23-21, 16-21 defeat at the hands of third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan. The match lasted an hour and nine minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Much was expected from fourth seed Sindhu but she was stunned by the unseeded Cai Yanyan of China 21-19, 21-9 in 31 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was Sindhu's maiden loss against Yanyan.</p>