India's HS Prannoy has bowed out of the ongoing Japan Open Superseries.
He lost 15-21, 14-21 to China's Shi Yuqi.
The match lasted 45 minutes.
PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were also knocked out of the tournament on Thursday.
Sindhu lost 18-21, 8-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the second round.
While Saina Nehwal 16-21, 13-21 to Spain's Carolina Marin.
Eighth seed Kidambi Srikanth will face third seed and World champion Viktor Axelsen later on Friday.