India’s Ajay Jayaram and Rituparna Das progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the $75,000 Vietnam Open Tour Super 100 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
Jayaram defeated Indonesia’s Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu 21-7, 21-16 to set up a clash with top-seeded Brazilian Ygor Coelho, who staved off a spirited challenge from India’s Siril Verma 22-20, 17-21, 21-17. Siril had earlier defeated compatriot Shreyansh Jaiswal 21-17, 21-16.
In women’s singles, Rituparna downed Japan’s Shiori Saito 21-13, 21-14.
The Indians who lost included Rasika Raje, Mugdha Agrey, Vaidehi Choudhari and mixed doubles pairs of Shivam Sharma and Poorvisha S. Ram and Dhruv Kapila and Meghana Jakkampudi. Malaysia’s Yen Mei Ho beat Rasika 21-16, 21-13, while China’s seventh seed Han Yue put it across Mugdha 21-13, 21-12. USA’s Crystal Pan downed Vaidehi 21-14, 21-13.
The Japanese pair of Tadayuki Urai and Rena Miyaura beat sixth seeds Shivam and Poorvisha 21-15, 21-16 while the Chinese duo of Jiang Zhenbang and Chen Yingxue defeated Dhruv and Meghana 21-17, 18-21, 23-21.
Mithun Manjunath defeated Japan’s Ryotaro Maruo 11-21, 21-14, 21-15.
