India’s hopes of achieving a title win at the Korea Open to end the year on a high ended in disappointment as star shuttlers bowed out of the tournament early. Parupalli Kashyap went down against eighth seeded Lee Dong Keun of Korea after 17-21, 21-13, 8-21in a match that lasted only 79 minutes. On the other hand, Sourabh Verma, lost the match to Finland’s Eetu Heino in a 50-minute struggle with 13-21, 21-12, 18-21.