Tokyo: India had a disappointing start to their campaign at the Japan Super Series after men's singles player Anand Pawar and mixed doubles pair of Kona Tarun and N Sikki Reddy lost their respective matches in the qualifiers of the badminton tournament in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Pawar suffered a 20-22 18-21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in men's singles, while local pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino thrashed Tarun and Sikki 21-9 13-21 21-19 in another match.