Ajay Jayaram, Anand Pawar Set up All-India Quarterfinal at US Open

Men’s doubles pair Attri and Reddy & women’s doubles pair Poorvisha and Meghana also made the quarters.

Pawar defeated compatriot Pratul Joshi while Jayaram outplayed Pedro Martins of Portugal to set up an all Indian quarterfinal. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Ajay Jayaram)

Fourth seed Ajay Jayaram and Anand Pawar set up an all-Indian quarterfinal in the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton event in El Monte.

Pawar defeated compatriot Pratul Joshi 21-10, 21-13 while Jayaram outplayed Pedro Martins of Portugal 21-11, 21-15.

(Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Anand Pawar)

Other Indians who made the quarterfinals were the men’s doubles pairing of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, and women’s doubles duo of S Poorvisha Ram and Meghana Jakkampudi.

Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/Badminton India)

In the men’s doubles, second seeds Attri and Reddy beat Japan’s Kenya Mitsuhashi and Yuta Watanabe 23-21, 21-13 in a match lasting 39 minutes.

The Indians now face another Japanese combine of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.

File photo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa. (Photo: Reuters)

The women’s doubles pairing of Poorvisha and Meghana advanced to the last eight with a 21-16, 21-6 win over America‘s Ariel Lee and Sydney Lee. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were seeded one for the women’s doubles but they did not take part in the competition due to latter’s health problem.