Ajay Jayaram won his opening round match of the SaarLorLux Open in just 19 minutes. File Photo
Saarbrücken (Germany), October 27
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram notched up a dominating straight-game win over Belgium's Maxime Moreels in the men's singles opening round of the SaarLorLux Open Super 100 tournament here on Tuesday.
The former world No. 13 beat Maxime 21-8 21-8 in just 19 minutes at Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken.
Jayaram will next face the Netherlands' third seed Mark Caljouw.
Jayaram was 6-0 up quickly and then moved to an 11-4 advantage at the break. He kept dominating the proceedings to easily pocket the opening game.
In the second game, Maxime had made it to 4-6 but crumbled after that as Jayaram registered 11 straight points to reach 17-6. Without much ado, he closed out the game.
Defending champion Lakshya Sen, 2018 winner Subhankar Dey and young Malvika Bansod are also in the fray. PTI
Most Read
Don't Miss
Top Stories
Lashkar-e-Taiba behind killing of 3 BJP workers in Jammu and Kashmir: Police
The IGP asserted the security forces will neutralise them so...
Eight killed in Turkey earthquake measuring 6.6
Six killed in western Turkey, 2 in Greek island of Samos; vi...
Active Covid caseload below 6 lakh for first time in 85 days
There are 5,94,386 active cases of coronavirus infection in ...
Interest-on-interest waiver: Crop, tractor loans not part of ex-gratia relief scheme
Crop and tractor loans come under agriculture and allied act...
'Chunnu-Munnu' remarks of BJP's Vijayvargiya violated poll code provisions: EC
The commission had issued a notice to the BJP leader on Octo...
