Taipei: India's challenge ended at the USD 200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, and fast-rising Sameer Verma lost their respective second round matches in Taipei on Thursday.

World No.3 Srikanth was handed a shock defeat by unseeded Indonesia's Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 19-21 18-21 in a men's singles second round match that lasted 40 minutes at the Taipei Arena. While Sindhu, who is yet to regain full form after her return to the field following a long injury lay-off, also lost in straight games against third seeded local shuttler Tai Tzu Ying.