Shuttlers Tarun-Sikki lose Korea Open opener

Indian shuttlers Tarun Kona and N. Sikki Reddy lost their mixed doubles opener in straight games at the $600,000 Korea Open Superseries here on Tuesday.

Chinese top seeds Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei took less than half an hour to beat Tarun and Sikki 21-11, 21-10 at the S.K. Handball Stadium.