Jayaram enters pre-quarters of German Open

Indian shuttler Ajay Jayram stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event of the German Open badminton championship after notching up a straight game win over Riichi Takeshita of Japan in M�lheim an der Ruhr, Germany today.
World number 32 and seeded 10th in the tournament, Jayram prevailed over his Japanese rival Takeshita 21-17 21-16 in 37 minutes to set up a clash against eighth seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in the next round.
The Indian shuttlers had a relatively good outing in the men's singles event as apart from Jayram, Anand Pawar and Arvind Bhat also reached the second round of the event.

World number 51 Pawar defeated Michael Lahnsteiner of Austria 22-20 16-21 21-16, while Arvind got the better of compatriot Anup Sridhar 21-17 21-15 in the opening round matches.
Pawar will meet sixth seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the next round, while Arvind will be up against second seed Boonsak Ponsana.
However, it was curtains for RMV Gurusaidutt, who lost to Bin Qiao of China 17-21 11-21 in another men's singles match.
There was good news for India in the women's section as well as Ashwini Ponnappa reached the second round of the mixed doubles as well as women's doubles events.