World No. 1 Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the men’s doubles pre-quarter finals of the All England Badminton Championships after a straight-game defeat against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia here.

Satwik and Chirag on Thursday night lost 16-21, 15-21 against the Indonesians, who were champions here in 2022.

The top seed Indian shuttlers, who had won the French Open last week, could not sustain the pressure on their rivals, the third seeds, and went down in a little over an hour.

Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa also exited in the women’s doubles round of 16, after a 21-11, 11-21, 11-21 defeat against Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu of China.

Earlier, it was curtains for double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu as she slipped to a 19-21, 11-21 loss to her nemesis and world No. 1 An Se Young of South Korea.

“Well I think I should have done a bit more,” Sindhu said after the loss. “The first game was pretty good... But in the second game I gave her a huge lead. There were a lot of unforced errors. I need to work on my mistakes and come back stronger,” Sindhu said.

Sindhu also felt that she should have been more patient during the match. “She is, of course, the top player now. But I should have been much more patient. I made too many unforced errors. There were easy mistakes,” she added.

The defeat to Young marked Sindhu’s seventh successive loss to the South Korean. In 2023, Young became the first Korean woman singles player to clinch the World Championships. She has already claimed victories in Malaysia and France this season. Sindhu’s defeat at the All England Championships also brought an end to India’s campaign in women’s singles.

Earlier this year, Sindhu lost in the quarter final at the French Open. Written with PTI inputs