Jayaram enters second round of Chinese Taipei Open

Jayaram defeated Hashiru 18-21, 21-17, 21-9 within an hour to set up a second-round clash with Denmark’s Kim Bruun.

Published : Oct 03, 2018 17:40 IST , TAIPEI

Jayaram had reached the finals at Vietnam Open and White Nights. (File Photo)
Jayaram had reached the finals at Vietnam Open and White Nights. (File Photo)
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Jayaram had reached the finals at Vietnam Open and White Nights. (File Photo)

Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram staved off a spirited challenge from Japan’s Hashiru Shimono to enter the second round of the Chinese Taipei BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament here on Wednesday.

Jayaram, who had reached the finals at Vietnam Open and White Nights, defeated Hashiru 18-21, 21-17, 21-9 within an hour to set up a second-round clash with Denmark’s Kim Bruun.

Sourabh Verma beat local player Chia Hao Lee 18-21, 21-16, 21-13 in a 52-minute match. He lost the first game and then bounced back in style to clinch the issue.

However, young Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli couldn’t cross the opening hurdle, despite giving her everything as she went down 21-23 20-22 to Lin Ying Chun of Chinese Taipei.

Among others, Abhishek Yeligar and Mugdha Agrey too flopped in the opening round matches as they went down without a fight.

While Abhishek was shown the door by fifth seed Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark 5-21 6-21 in men’s singles, seventh seed Soniia Cheah of Malaysia ended Mugdha’s campaign with a 21-11 21-4 win.

India’s Tarun Kona and his Malaysian partner Lim Khim Wah also suffered the same fate, losing 13-21 10-21 to fourth seeded Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia.

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