Vietnam Open: Ajay Jayaram, Mithun enter semis

Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram and Mithun Manjunath put in the hard yards to progress to the men's singles semi-finals with contrasting wins at the Vietnam Open Super Tour 100 tournament yesterday.

Former World No. 13 Jayaram dished out a spirited performance to outwit Canada's Sheng Xiaodong 26-24, 21-17 in a thrilling contest. In another match, young shuttler Mithun saw off China's Zhou Zeqi 17-21, 21-19 21-11 after a hard-fought battle that lasted 56 minutes. Mithun will square off against Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.

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