<p>Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a second consecutive opening round defeat as she went to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark to bring curtains on the country's campaign in the Thailand Masters badminton tournament here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The fifth-seeded Saina lost to unseeded Kjaersfeldt 13-21 21-17 15-21 in a hard-fought 47-minute contest.</p>.<p>World number 18 Saina had a 4-0 head-to-head record against the number 29 Dane before Wednesday's match.</p>.<p>With Saina's defeat, India's campaign came to an end in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.</p>.<p>Saina hd also lost in the opening round in the Indonesia Masters last week after entering the quarterfinals in the Malaysia Masters (January 7-12).</p>.<p>In the men's singles, the trio of Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy, too, faltered in the first round.</p>.<p>Indian shuttlers thus continued their poor run after making early exits in Malaysia and Indonesia Masters earlier this month.</p>.<p>Verma lost to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 16-21 15-21 in a 39-minute men's singles match. The story went on similar lines for the fifth-seeded Srikanth, who went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-12 14-21 12-21, in a match that lasted 48 minutes.</p>.<p>This was Srikanth's third consecutive first-round exit this season.</p>.<p>It was curtains for Prannoy too. He lost 17-21 22-20 19-21 to Malaysia's Liew Daren</p>
<p>Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a second consecutive opening round defeat as she went to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark to bring curtains on the country's campaign in the Thailand Masters badminton tournament here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The fifth-seeded Saina lost to unseeded Kjaersfeldt 13-21 21-17 15-21 in a hard-fought 47-minute contest.</p>.<p>World number 18 Saina had a 4-0 head-to-head record against the number 29 Dane before Wednesday's match.</p>.<p>With Saina's defeat, India's campaign came to an end in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.</p>.<p>Saina hd also lost in the opening round in the Indonesia Masters last week after entering the quarterfinals in the Malaysia Masters (January 7-12).</p>.<p>In the men's singles, the trio of Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy, too, faltered in the first round.</p>.<p>Indian shuttlers thus continued their poor run after making early exits in Malaysia and Indonesia Masters earlier this month.</p>.<p>Verma lost to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 16-21 15-21 in a 39-minute men's singles match. The story went on similar lines for the fifth-seeded Srikanth, who went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-12 14-21 12-21, in a match that lasted 48 minutes.</p>.<p>This was Srikanth's third consecutive first-round exit this season.</p>.<p>It was curtains for Prannoy too. He lost 17-21 22-20 19-21 to Malaysia's Liew Daren</p>