Ajay Jayaram knock out of the Swiss Open 2021 tournament

India’s Ajay Jayaram on Friday was knocked out of the Swiss Open 2021 tournament after he lost in straight games to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn.

A day after a stunning victory in which he defeated World No. 12 Rasmus Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to advance into the quarterfinals, Ajay was a mere shadow of himself as he could only muster a 9-21, 6-21 defeat to Vitidsarn in only 29 minutes.

The eighth seeded Thai player was too good for Jayaram on the day and there wasn’t



much of a competition from the Indian star, who perhaps was tired from his long game just a day earlier.

The mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa showed top-notch fighting spirit before going down to World No 13 -Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia in three sets 17-21, 21-16, 18-21.

Satwiksairaj and Ashwini had staged the comeback after being losing the first set but the Malaysian duo diffused the Indian attack to seal a place in the semi-finals.