Brimming with confidence after his maiden runners-up finish at the Korea Super Series, World No. 25 Jayaram thrashed Germany's Fabian Roth 21-14 21-10 to set up a match against Kasper Lehikoinen of Finland in men's singles.
Ninth seed Gurusaidutt also saw off Chinese Taipei's Chun-Wei Chen 21-14 21-19 in the second round last night. He will next take on Dmytro Zavadsky of Ukraine.
However, it was end of the road for fourth seed B Sai Praneeth after he went down fighting to Denmark's Rasmus Fladberg 21-15 7-21 21-12.
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