Sindhu was the last to fall, following the ouster of sixth-seeded compatriots Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
The 26-year-old Sourabh Verma said despite filing a complaint with the airline, he has not got any reimbursement for the broken baggage.
Pullela Gopichand is of the opinion that the downturn comes due to the fact that the players had to go through a rather hectic 2019 with the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships.
India needed an extraordinary effort to get across the mighty Chinese but the shuttlers yet again produced a below-par performance to go down in a lop-sided contest.
Sindhu looked in command from the beginning and registered a thumping 21-14, 21-7 victory in just 28 minutes against Japan's Takahashi Sayaka.
PV Sindhu defeated world No.18 Cai Yanyan of China 21-13, 17-21, 21-14 to set up a meeting with former world champion Nozomi Okuhara.
Age-fudging has been a big problem in Indian sports with some associations such as the BCCI and Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) handing out bans on players found guilty.
It was Praneeth's first win over Long in three attempts.
Saina Nehwal went down 15-21 19-21 to Taiwanese Tai Tzu-Ying in the 37-minute quarterfinal clash.
Sai Charan Koya beat Perkasa Belawa 21-11, 21-19 inside 38 minutes to move into the pre-quarters of the Dutch Junior International.
All the matches will be played at the K.D Jadhav Indoor Hall located within the IGI stadium.
Sourabh Verma won his first senior national title in 2011 but over training led to frequent break downs, which stopped him from playing tournaments consistently.
Defending champion Saina hardly broke a sweat to get the better of former India number one Neha Pandit of Mumbai 21-10, 21-10 in a lop-sided quarterfinal contest.
Lakshya, who won an Asian Junior Championship and bronze at World Junior Championship last year, completed a clinical 21-10 21-10 win over Arintap Dasgupta of West Bengal.
Gopichand had claimed the All England Championship in 2001, more than two decades after Prakash Padukone became the first Indian to achieve the feat in 1980.
Indian badminton star Ashwini Ponnappa said that PBL is a great experience and helps the players to learn and get good match practice against top class players around the world.
Mahoor, who won the singles title in the international badminton event held in Islamabad in 2017, has represented Pakistan in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Saina, who had suffered a shin injury late last year, won the Indonesia Masters last Sunday after the withdrawal of Carolina Marin from the summit clash due to a leg injury.
Saina Nehwal defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-18 23-21 to reach the semi-finals of Malaysia Masters.
Saina said, "It is definitely a tough year. Throughout there were so many big tournaments and we did not even have time to rest and think about the next event."
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