Arvind Bhatt, P Kashyap and Aditi Mutatkar fell by the wayside as Indian shuttlers made a disappointing start in their French Super Series campaign in Paris on Wednesday.
Unseeded Arvind was no match for top seeded Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia, who took just 26 minutes for a 21-14, 21-3 victory in the first round of the men's singles, while Kashyap was shown the door by Chinese Yi Lu, losing 8-21, 16-21 in 34 minutes.
The only Indian in the women's singles, Aditi also met with the same fate. However, she gave a tough fight to third seed Mi Zhou of Hong Kong before losing 21-17, 11-21, 9-21.