Saina Nehwal Bows Out of All England Championship

India's campaign at the All England Badminton Championships came to a disappointing end with Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma, all bowing out of the tournament. (Read More in Badminton)

The London Olympics bronze medallist, Sania, failed to live up to her billing and was stunned by Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei 15-21, 16-21 in the quarterfinals of the women's singles event to drew curtains to India's campaign at the tournament.

Earlier, Praneeth lost to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in a three-setter to bow out of the prestigious tournament.

The Indian raised visions of another upset win as he took the first set but later fizzled out in the subsequent two to lose the match 21-12, 11-21, 16-21.

The highest ranked Indian Srikanth was no match for fourth seed Kento Momota of Japan as he lost 10-21, 13-21 in a lopsided match.

Qualifier Sameer Verma put a good fight before losing to eighth seed Tian Houwei of China in a three-setter. Just like Praneeth, Verma took the first set but squandered the advantage as he lost 21-10, 12-21, 19-21.

P V Sindhu had crashed out of the women's singles in the first round itself on Thursday. The women's doubles team of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had also made an exit in the opening round, while the men's doubles duo of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy were also disappointing.