Hong Kong: In the absence of Saina Nehwal, all other Indian shuttlers failed to rise up to expectations, losing their respective first-round matches at the $350,000 Hong Kong Open Superseries here on Wednesday.

Kidambi Srikanth, P.V. Sindhu, Ajay Jayaram and the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa all suffered losses in their respective opening rounds at the Hong Kong Coliseum.