Jayaram bows out of Malaysia Open
Kuching (Malaysia): Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram's giant-killing run came to an end at the Malaysia Open Super Series after he lost in the quarterfinal to Korea's Son Wan Ho here on Friday. Jayaram went down 18-21, 14-21 against fifth seed in a contest that was 37 minutes long. This was Jayaram's fourth successive loss to Wan Ho. The two had last squared off in 2013 China Open. The opening game was contested on even keel but at 18-18, Wan Ho broke away to clinch the early advantage. Wan Ho was more dominant in the second game and did not have much trouble in sealing the issue in his favour. The loss notwithstanding, Jayaram is expected to move up significantly in the international rankings from his current position of 20th. It could even be a career-best jump for the Indian.
Tarun, sneha victorious at jbc
New Delhi: Metlife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3 Delhi concluded on Friday at Thyagaraj Stadium with adrenaline-pumping performances from young talented shuttlers. In the Boys Singles U-17 category, 2nd seed Tarun Gakhad defeated the last year under-15 national winner and top seed Dhruv Rawat from Uttarakhand in straight sets 21-13, 21-19. In Girls Singles U-17 category, last year under-13 national winner and unseeded Sneha Rajwar from Uttarakhand came back after losing the first set and overpowered 4th seed Khushi Gupta from Delhi with scores 18-21, 21-8, 21-14. Sneha Rajwar bowed out of the Girls Under-15 category after losing to Khushi Thakkar from Delhi with scores 21-16, 21-19. Unseeded Dev Maheshwari lifted the Boys Under-13 trophy.
9-member team for Asian TT
New Delhi: A nine-member Indian team, led by national champions A Sharath Kamal and Madhurika Patkar, will participate in the Asian Championships to be held at Wuxi, China, beginning this Sunday. The other team members include Soumyajit Ghosh, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Manika Batra, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Pooja Sahasrabuddhe and Mouma Das. The team members are accompanied by foreign expert Massimo Costantini and coach Arup Basak with a support staff in physiotherapist Kishore Dey. For the first time in recent years, the sports ministry has also sanctioned a sparring partner in defensive player lalrin Puia who will stay the entire duration of the championships between April 9 and 16. Agencies