India''s women lost 2-3 to Indonesia while the men''s team suffered a 1-3 defeat against Chinese Taipei at Tianhe Gymnasium.
Saina gave India a winning start by beating Adriyanti Firdasari 21-16 21-17 in the first singles in just 30 minutes.
The doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa consolidated the lead by beating Greysia Polli and Meiliana Jauhari 21-17 17-21 23-21 in 44 minutes.
However, India went on to lose the next three rubbers.
The slide began with the defeat of Aditi Mutatkar, who went down 10-21 16-21 to M F Kusumastuti.
Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant''s 11-21 11-21 defeat against Liliyana and Maheshwari Nitya Krishinda locked the tie 2-2.
All eyes were on Arundhati Pantawane but she could not do it for India, losing the fifth and decisive rubber 9-21 10-21 to Linda Wenifanetri.
The men''s competition started with the defeat of Arvind Bhat as Hsing Yu Hsieh saw off his challenge 28-26, 15-21, 21-13 in rubber one.
India desperately needed a wining effort from Sanave Thomas and Akshay Dewalkar in the doubles rubber but they lost 19-21 17-21 to Chieh-Min Fang and Sheng Mu Lee.
India were down 0-2 but Kashyap kept his team afloat by recording a come-from-behind win over Hsuan Yi Hsueh.
The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist won 18-21, 21-13, 23-21 and left it to his teammates to save the tie for India.
However, Indian hopes came crashing down when the doubles pair of V Diju and Rupesh Kumar lost the next rubber 17-21 20-22 to Hung Ling Chen and Yu Lang Lin.
Since India had surrendered the tie, the fifth rubber between Rajah Gurusaidutt and Tien Chen Chou was not played.
PTI AT PM
Source: news.in.msn.com
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