Jayram, Kashyap, Lakhanee enter 2nd round of Dutch Open

India’s Ajay Jayram, Parupalli Kashyap and Lakhanee Sarang entered the second round of the men’s singles event of the Yonex Dutch Open badminton tournament, here on Wednesday.

Top seed Jayram defeated Henri Aarnio of Finland 21-16, 21-12 in his opening match, while 11th seed Kashyap defeated Bjorn Seguin of US 21-12, 24-22 and Lakhanee prevailed over Scotland’s Kieran Merrilees 21-12, 21-18 in the first round encounters.

Jayram will next play Bulgaria’s Philip Shishov, while Kashyap and Lakhanee will be up against qualifier Rasmus Gemke Denmark and sixth seed Raul Must of Estonia respectively.

However, it was curtains for young Siril Verma and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde as they crashed out in the opening round.

Mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Meghana Jakkampudi beat German duo of Daniel Benz and Theresa Wurm 21-11, 21-17.