It turned out to be a dismal day for India at the New Zealand Open badminton tournament after all the three Indian pairs, including Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, suffered straight-game losses to bow out of the $120,000 Grand Prix Gold event here.
2011 World Championship bronze-medallists, Jwala and Ashwini, gave a tough fight in the opening game but ran out of steam in the second to go down 22-24, 8-21 to the local combo of Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville in the women's doubles competition.
In men's doubles, sixth seeds Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who had won the Mexico Open last December, lost 10-21, 20-22 to second seeded Korean pair of Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol here.