Among the men's singles shuttlers, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma managed to hold on to their 10th and 13th spots in the latest rankings issued on Tuesday.
Sai Praneeth made a winning start on his return to Japan Open, as he secured a straight-game victory over Kento Nishimoto.
Carolina Marin faced a knee injury in January, and is now considering skipping the World Cup to participate in Olympics next year.
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap's impressive run at the Canada Open Super 100 tournament came to an end
Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand wants his wards to improve their fitness and stay injury free to perform well in major tournaments.
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.
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