Ajay Jayaram first lost his patience and then the match
against Peter Gade of Denmark in the men’s singles second round of the French
Open Super Series badminton tournament on Thursday.
The Indian dominated the rallies for the better part of the hour
long encounter but the experience of Gade and Ajay’s inability to control his
urge for winners ultimately turned the tide in the Dane’s favour as he won
18-21, 21-17, 21-14.
Gade was knocked out at this stage of his home tournament
last week by a defensive minded Sourabh Verma of India and after Ajay took the
first game and opened up a two point lead in the second, it looked like the
Indian Oil employee had learned the way to counter the former world number one.
But it was then that Gade changed his tactics and began
prolonging the rallies and Ajay made some elementary errors in an attempt to go
for the kill.
The third game progressed on the same lines with Ajay
opening a 9-6 lead and then going on the attack instead of holding his ground.
The move backfired and all Gade had to do was to keep the shuttle in play for
Ajay to make mistakes.
Earlier, Saina Nehwal eased through to the quarterfinals of
the women’s singles with a 21-16, 21-13 victory over Thailand’s Sapsiree
Taerattanachai in the second round.
The top seed, who was stretched in the first round, was at
relative ease against the Thai girl and will now take on the winner of the
match between seventh seed Intanon Ratchanok of Thailand and Aprilla Yuswandari
of Indonesia.
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