TIL Desk Sports/ Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the semifinals of the USD 55,000 Canada Open Grand Prix badminton tournament after notching up contrasting victories in the men’s singles competition here.
Top seeded Jayaram defeated fellow Indian Harsheel Dani 21-18 19-21 21-8 in a hard-fought that lasted 47 minutes. The two-time Dutch Open winner, Jayaram will face Korea’s Lee Hyun Il, seeded third, in the semifinals.
Fourth seed Praneeth too made it to the final four after brushing aside eighth seed Raul Must of Estonia 21-14 21-16 in just 33 minutes to set up a clash against seventh seeded Frenchman Brice Leverdez, who had ended the campaign of second seed H S Prannoy of India. Prannoy played out of skin before going down fighting 22-20 21-23 18-21 to Leverdez.
