Ajay Jayaram cruises into Dutch Open semifinals
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Defending champion Ajay Jayaram cruised into the men’s singles semifinals of the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton on Friday with a fluent straight games win over Brazil's Ygor Coelho De Oliveira. The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Cherry Chopra and Sikki Reddy also entered the last-four stage.
After defeating Norway’s Marius Myhre in the quarterfinals, top-seeded Jayaram brushed aside eighth seed Oliveira 21-15, 21-18. The Indian plays fifth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark next.
Meanwhile, the fourth-seeded Indian pair of Chopra and
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