PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao was left to rue an error-strewn performance which led to a disappointing opening round defeat to South Korea’s Jyeon Hyeok-jin in the Orleans Masters.

World No. 36 Jun Hao was hoping to take advantage of the absence of the world’s top players in the tournament, who were competing in the All-England in Birmingham instead, but could not pass his first test when he went down 21-17, 8-21, 17-21 to world No. 51 Hyeok-jin in Orleans on Wednesday.