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FINAL SCORE: 25-23, 21-13 for Lee
From 19-12, Lee quickly soared to 20-13 and converted on his very match point as Ajay fumbled at the net.
There's no denying that, at the moment. Lee looks to be in control of the proceedings. While Ajay is looking frustrated at the other end, Lee is picture of calm concentration. He is relentlessly bagging the points, one after the other.
The errors are indeed undoing all the hard work. No wonder Ajay is looking frustrated. He trails 10-15.
What a rally! Ajay shows his supreme fitness and excellent defense as he grinds out a long rally to take a point for 9-12.
A down-the-line smash that Ajay has no answer to. Lee is up 11-8 at the break.
Great movement by Ajay and Lee fails to return at the net. 10-8.
Ajay is trying hard but his smash finds the net. Lee is up 9-7.
But as Ajay's shot lands long, Lee is once more in the driver's seat with na 8-6 lead.
Don't count Ajay out! He makes two fine returns to get back to 6-7.
Lee looks unstoppable at the moment and he keeps on bagging the points, 7-4.
Both are moving spectacularly around the court. The intensity of the match has surely picked up. But Lee's aggression is currently doing all the difference, 5-4.
Early days and they are now tied at 1-1
Can Ajay push back this setback and regroup to get the second game?
Lee's shot lands right on the line. What precision! Lee takes the opener, 25-23.
Superb angular smash by Lee, 24-23
But Ajay hits it wide. Once more they are tied at 23-23
With lee's error at the net, Ajay has a game point, 23-22
Superb return by Ajay, 22-22
Ajay falls down while reaching a shot, Lee is up 22-21
Once more Ajay returns at Lee's body, 21-21
Ajay falters at the net and Lee has another game point, 21-20
Ajay now forces Lee to hit his shot out, 20-20
Ajay returns directly at Lee's body and he fumbles, 19-20.
A brilliant angular smash and Ajay saves one, 18-20
But the Korean too comes back hard at him and now is ahead by 20-17.
Ajay has not given up. Moving much better now and has reduced the gap to 17-18.
It's 19-15 in favour of Lee now.,
His angular smashes are now looking deadly and Ajay feeling the heat clearly.
Ajay looking clueless now and is not able to stop the Korean from running away to 17-14.
Now he is making his mark, 15-14
The Korean is back in it, 14-14. His smash was challenged by Ajay but the reviews showed that it landed right on the line.
But Ajay still has the lead, 14-12.
Ajay's smashes have been very effective but the Korean is not too far behind. His pace especially has been an area of concern for the Indian.
Lee comes back refreshed and is moving brilliantly around the court. Ajay struggling to keep up with his pace and the Korean smartly finishes points by moving forward. Ajay still has the lead, 12-10
His drop volleys have so far been perfect. Can he keep it up even after the interval?
The confident Jayaram takes an 11-8 lead at the mid-game interval
Ajay continues to push and is showing some amazing reflex and guile at the net. Lee falters once more and Ajay is ahead by 10-7
Ajay is feeling very comfortable in extracting errors from the lefty Lee. They are now locked at 6-6.
A brilliant corner smash by Ajay and he closes the gap to 3-4 before Lee makes an error, 4-4
Ajay targets another down-the-lien winner but this time he misses. Advantage to Lee who surges ahead 3-2.
Lee takes the first point but Ajay gets back with a fine down-the-line winner, 1-1
The match will begin in a few minutes.
We have to wait a bit more for this match as the preceding doubles match has just now gone into a decider.
But Ajay needs to be careful. He now faces the 20th ranked Lee Hyun Il of Korea, who is ranked 7 places higher than him. Not only that, Lee also has a 2-0 head-to-head record over the Indian. The last time Ajay faced him, he managed to win just a total of 17 points which was this year at the Canada Open.
Jayaram has so far won both his rounds in straight games and has looked to be in good form. It would be particularly pleasing to him given he had to retire last week at the Japan Open Superseries due to an ankle injury.
Ajay Jayaram is now the last remaining Indian at this tournament. He reached the final last year. Can he repeat that result or even go one better?
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With this, the Indian campaign at the Korea Open Superseries comes to an end.