India’s women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out of the Bitburger Badmintion Open Grand Prix Gold in Saarbrucken, Germany.

Fourth-seeded Malaysian pair of Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng defeated the Indian pair 21-15, 21-16 in the second round last evening.

In men’s singles competition, Anand Pawar lost to Ireland’s Scott Ivans 16-21, 21-17, 21-6 in a hard-fought contest.