Badminton News

At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2014 (GP Tournament), Almere, The Netherlands

[R1] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Erik Meijs (NED,91) 3-1 (11-10 11-7 9-11 11-1)
[R1] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,76) bt Kieran Merrilees (SCO,97) 3-0 (11-7 11-9 11-8)

[R2] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,86) 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-6)
[R2] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,) l Yan Kit Chan (HKG,89) 1-3 (6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 3-11)

[R3] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Chun Hei Tam (HKG,78) 3-0 (11-5 11-6 11-4)

[QF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (3) Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,26) 3-2 (9-11 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5)

[SF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (1) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-5)

Final
(13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,290) 3-2 (10-11 11-6 11-7 1-11 11-9)

Ajay Jayaram lifts Dutch GP title beating talented Indonesian Ihsan Maulana Mustofa in closely fought match ... This was firs tournament which played under new 11 points rule with best of 5 games ... In the quarter-final Ajay defeated top-25 Indonesian player Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka in comeback win ... After losing first 2 games Ajay fought back to win last three games ... In the final also after losing first game Ajay won next two games ... Ihsan take advantage of Ajay'e error-prone game to won the fourth but Ajay recovered in the decider to win this title.