AGENCY
ALMERE: Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram failed to notched up his third straight title in the Dutch Open badminton tournament as he went down fighting in the summit clash here today.
Top-seeded Jayaram lost 10-21 21-17 18-21 to second seed Tzu Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei in a close contest that lasted 55 minutes. Jayaram had won the title of this Grand Prix tournament in 2014 and 2015.
Jayaram made a poor start and he trailed throughout the first game and the closest he was with his opponent was when the score was 10-5 in favour of Wang. The second game was a closely-fought one and the two players were tied 9-9 but from there Jayaram nosed ahead and led till he took it 21-17. (PTI)
