Starting as the top favorite in Indonesia Open Super Series, world's top shuttler Xie Xingfang of China suffered early exit after a surprise loss to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Shao-Chieh on Thursday.

Xie underperformed in the second round of the tournament and surrendered 21-18, 21-16 to the opponent who started the Jakarta tournament from the preliminary qualifying round.

"I felt exhausted after the Singapore Super Series that quite weakened my stamina. I was unable to play hard and fast. But most of all, Cheng played very amazingly this afternoon,"Xie, finalist in Singapore, told Xinhua after the match.

(Xinhua News Agency May 11, 2007)