Arvind Bhatt failed to keep the momentum and lost his second round match while Nikhil Kanetkar made his first round exit in the men's singles event at the All England [Images] Open badminton championships at Birmingham.

Bhatt could not claim even a single set against Liao Sheng-Shiun of Taiwan and lost 9-15, 14-17, 10-15 while Kanetkar went down to Michael Christensen of Denmark 12-15, 12-15.

In the women's section, Trupti Murgunde was defeated by Yuan Wemyss of Scotland 8-11, 2-11, 7-11 in her first round match. Earlier, national champion Aparna Popat had reached the second round after she got a bye. She will play Zhou Mi of China in the next round.

Rupesh Kumar and Thomas Sanave lost to Korean pair of Jeon Jun-Bum and Lee Yong-Dae 7-15, 14-17 in just 37 minutes in the first round of the men's doubles event.