Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu`s gallant fight ended in agony as India made a disappointing start to their Sudirman Cup campaign, going down to the formidable Chinese Taipei 1-4 in their group C opening-round tie on Sunday.

However, all the Indian players suffered close defeats as Tanisha Crasto and K Sai Prateek started on a positive note in the mixed doubles contest only to run out of steam in the end, losing 21-18 24-26 6-21 to world no. 30 Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang. World Number 9 HS Prannoy then couldn`t find his `A` game, going down 19-21 15-21 to world no. 5 Chou Tien Chen as India lagged 0-2 after the first two matches.