Young Indian singles star Ayush Shetty had a first-round exit in the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament in Shenzhen, China.

Shetty lost to sixth-seeded and World No 5 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, 19-21, 21-12, 16-21, in little over an hour.

Last week, 20-year-old Shetty had upset former World No 2 Kodai Naraoka to reach the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open.

Meanwhile, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu drubbed Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark, 21-4, 21-10, to advance to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.

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Sindhu took just 27 minutes to defeat Jakobsen and overcome her opening-round blues in Hong Kong just 10 days ago, where she lost to Dane Line Christophersen.

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