Chetan Anand's bid to win his third title on the trot came crashing as the national champion went down fighting against third seed Indonesian Andre K Tedjono in the men's singles final at the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Amsterdam on Sunday.
Sixth seed Chetan lost 15-21, 21-11, 19-21 in a 51-minute gruelling battle.
India had more disappointment in store as Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas failed to put up a fight and lost in straight games to top seeded pair of Fran Kurniawan and Rendra Wijaya of Indonesia in the men's doubles final.
The Indian pair lost 18-21, 18-21 in a lopsided match that lasted just 29 minutes.
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