Chetan Anand bows out

Chetan Anand bowed out of the Asian Badminton Championships at Johor Baru in Malaysia, going down to top seed Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles.

Anand, bronze medallist at the Commonwealth Games, lost 14-21, 14-21 to the Malaysian in the third round. With his exit, India's challenge in the men's singles ended.

In the women's singles, Trupti Murgunde upset Kanako Yonekura of Japan to storm into the quarter-finals.

Murgunde won a keen tussle 21-17, 21-19 and kept India's hopes alive.

Promising starlet Saina Nehwal put up another sparkling performance but failed to cross the third round, losing 21-16, 10-21, 19-21 to Hirose Eriko of Japan.

Indian shuttlers were also out of the men's doubles race. Thomas Kurian and V. Diju lost to second seed Sigit Budiarto and Chandra Wijaya of Indonesia 10-21, 16-21 while Thomas Sanave and Rupesh Kumar went down 16-21, 18-21 to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alven Yulianto in the second round.