India's campaign at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament ended as PV Sindhu and H S Prannoy crashed out of the women's and men's singles after suffering straight-game defeats in their respective quarter-final matches here on Friday.
It was also curtains for star pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, who went down to top seeded Chinese combination of luo Ying and luo Yu 11-21, 14-21 in a 39-minute women's doubles quarterfinal.
Fourth seeded Sindhu was stunned 21-17, 21-19 by Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in a match that lasted 38 minutes while Prannoy, seeded seventh, lost 10-21, 15-21 to top seed Chen long in a contest that lasted 46 minutes. Sindhu conceded advantage thrice in the opening game.