The World No. 32 Sharath, failed to control the proceedings though he put up a good resistance in the latter part of the match against the higher-ranked Yun-Ju.

With Sharath's loss, it was curtains for India in this tournament.

Earlier in the women section, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula lost their respective final qualifying round matches Manika went down to World No. 69 Ganna Gaponova 5-11, 6-11, 14-12, 5-11, Akula, who had outclassed World No. 74 Vega Paulina of Chile in the earlier round, made her Russian opponent Mariia Tailkova work hard before losing the tie 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 5-11.