Dismal start for Indians at Indonesia Masters

Jakarta: India witnessed a dismal start at the Indonesia Masters as none of the shuttlers could cross the qualifying stage at the $350,00 World Tour Super 500 tournament, here on Wednesday. While Abhishek Yelegar lost 20-22 14-21 to Vega Vio Nirwanda of Indonesia, Subhankar Dey suffered a 9-21 21-23 loss against another local player Panji Ahmad Maulana in the men's singles qualifiers. In women's singles qualifiers, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli went down 7-21 9-21 to Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia. Men's doubles pair of Kapil Chaudhary and Brijesh Yadav too lost 12-21 8-21 to Indonesian combo of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Frengky Wijaya Putra.