Ajay Jayaram enters third straight Dutch Open final
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India’s Ajay Jayaram moved into the final of the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton for the third straight year with a convincing win over Anders Antonsen of Denmark. Meanwhile, the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Cherry Chopra and Sikki Reddy bowed out in the semis.
Top-seed Jayaram won 21-18 13-21 21-13 in just under an hour to continue his dominant run for a third straight crown at the USD 55,000 event in Almere.
The Indian made a winning start, but fifth seed Antonsen came back strongly to win the second game convincingly. Jayaram, a three-time winner here, bounced back to clinch the decider.
Chopra and Sikki Reddy lost to Denmark's Soren Gravholt and Maiken Feuergaard 19-21, 16-21.
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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.
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