Jayaram moved past Chinese Huang Yuxiang 21-15, 21-18 in the second round match that ended in 40 minutes. On Friday, the Indian will meet Lee Hyun of South Korea, who stunned world No.3 Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark 18-21, 21-18, 21-13 in an hour and four minutes. Prannoy advance at Japan Open)Jayaram's teammate Praneeth, however, had a tough outing against sixth seed Wan, stumbling to a 9-21, 15-21 defeat in 34 minutes. Wan will face Dane Hans-Kristian Vittinghus who eased past Chinese Taipei's Wei Tzu Wang 21-13, 21-11. In other quarter-finals, Chinese fourth seed Tian Houwei will have to overcome Hong Kong's Wing Ki Vincent Wong, while Bin Qiao of China will be up against Kwang Hee Heo.

Source: India Today September 29, 2016 14:03 UTC