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Ajay Jayaram vs Ng Ka Long Angus Hong Kong Open Quarter-Finals 2016

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedNov 25, 2016 13:43 GMT

Ng Ka Long wins 21-15, 21-14.

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13:43 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Next up for Verma is third seeded Jan O Jorgensen, one of the toughest rivals he could have drawn here.

13:43 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Verma beat Malaysia's Chong Wei Feng in straight games 21-17, 23-21, to progress to the semis. He'll be up against a tough competitor there, however.

13:41 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

India's No. 3 shuttler, Sameer Verma also goes through! 

13:00 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

This means that PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma are now remaining in the women's and men's singles respectively. Sindhu will play her semi-final tomorrow.


12:34 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

In the end, it was a decent bit of a fight from Jayaram early on in both games. Even in the second, he managed to pull back to tie scores after Ng Ka Long managed to keep a 5-point lead.

12:32 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

And Jayaram's managed to tie scores at 14-all! He's pulling back - but not for long.

12:38 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

But that fight did not hold up for long as Ng Ka Long unleashed cross-court winners, smashes and some well-positioned jumping shots to take a convincing straight games win. 

12:23 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

The 29-year-old is pulling out some good shots here today - will it be enough?

12:23 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

A spiffing comeback from Jayaram sees him come within one point of Ng Ka Long! Can he pull back and even take this game?

12:20 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Ng Ka Long takes a quick lead in game 2 as well! A beautiful cross-court smash from Ng sees him jump into the air with some almighty force to smash that. There's little Jayaram can do to counter that! 

12:17 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

And that's it! He takes the first game 21-15 - in fourteen minutes. Almost clinically quick so far.

12:13 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Ng Ka Long - whose Christian name is Angus - is now two points away from taking the game.

12:13 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Things aren't going too well for the Indian shuttler here in Hong Kong and the home player is absolutely in command. He's maintained a healthy lead all through and for now, appears to be the higher on energy as well.

12:09 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

The Hong Kong player has built up a healthy 5 point lead here and for now looks as though he's running away with the game. Can Jayaram fight back?

12:06 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Hawk-eye is called upon - and the shot is in - by a whisker! 

12:05 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

That one was terribly close - and Ajay Jayaram challenges his rival's shot! 

12:05 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

There's a beautiful touch to Angus' shots. A cross-court shot sails into Jayaram's net and the talented Indian misjudges it. 

12:02 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

A routine shot off Jayaram's racquet goes into the net and gives Angus the point. Angus leads 5-4.

12:02 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

And they're off! There's some great agility from Jayaram here and a forceful shot to Angus - who's returning with equal vigour. 

12:01 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

India's former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal lost to Cheung Ngan Yi of China in a hard-fought three game match.

11:43 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Meanwhile, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu defeated Xiaoyu Liang of China to enter the semis here. 

11:34 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

The 29-year-old Indian won 21-18, 21-19 in a straight game, 39-minute encounter.

11:34 (GMT)25 NOV 2016

Jayaram defeated China's Yuxiang Huang in his previous match.

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