Spirited Ajay Jayaram determined to achieve high targets at international level – Badminton news
Ajay Jayaram, an impressive young shuttler of India, is determined to achieve greater heights at international level by playing to his maximum potential.
The spirited Indian has proved his worth so far, in the current year by playing superb badminton. He put up superb show in the BWF World Championships 2011 and the Vietnam Open Grand Prix 2011.
Jayaram is currently ranked at number 33 Men’s Singles world rankings after playing top class badminton in back-to-back international events. In the World Championships at London, the Indian delivered stunning performance and reached at the top-16 stage
in the Men’s Singles draw of the event.
In the Vietnam Open GP, Jayaram entered into the semi-final of the tournament proving that his performance in the World Championships was not a fluke. In the semi-final of Vietnam, the Indian lost the match against Japan’s top shuttler Sho Sasaki who is
currently ranked at World Number 9.
The Japanese has been playing tremendous badminton for the last six months and was expected to crush Jayaram in the semi-final battle. However, the Indian displayed stunning performance against the Japanese throughout the match but failed to finish off the
ending points and lost the match in well fought three games.
Jayaram said, "My confidence has really boosted by recent brilliant performances. Few people expected me to reach pre-quarterfinals in London and last four in Vietnam but I was confident about good show as I trained hard for the last few months."
While talking about his quarter-final fight against Sasaki in the Vietnam Open, Jayaram said that he failed to give his best because of an injury.
He said, "While playing in Vietnam I suffered injury because of which I lost a close semifinal against World No. 9 Sho Sasaki of Japan in three games. After the scan today, the X-rays revealed there is a muscle tear in my abdomen. Doctor has advised me to
take compete rest for few days."
Currently, Jayaram is the second seed in India as Parupalli Kashyap is the highest ranked Indian Men’s Singles player in the world who is placed at number 26. However, the target of Jayaram is to get into the top 15 before the next year’s Olympic Games.
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