<p>India’s campaign in the Japan Open badminton tournament ended on Friday after Ajay Jayaram, K Srikanth and HS Prannoy lost their respective men’s singles quarterfinal matches at the $200,000 Super Series event here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While Prannoy fought hard before going down 21-11, 20-22, 21-13 to Huan Gao of China, Srikanth and Jayaram lost in straight games to crash out of the tournament.<br /><br />Prannoy gave a good account of himself as he came back from a game down against a higher ranked opponent to clinch the second one and take the match into the decider.<br /><br />The contest, which was the first meeting between the two, lasted an hour and 13 minutes.<br />After being tied at 8-8, the Chinese bagged nine points on the trot to open a 17-8 lead and then easily claimed the opening game. Prannoy came back strongly in the second game before he lost steam in the third.<br /><br />Mumbai’s Jayaram, the World No 30, lost to fifth seeded Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen 18-21, 13-21 in 40 minutes. Despite being better at net play, the Indian was done in by the smashes hit by his opponent.<br /><br />Jayaram started off on a positive note, posing some threat to the Vietnamese in the first game to be tied at 16-16, before Nguyen surged ahead to win it with the help of some down-the-line smashes.<br /><br />Nguyen hardly gave any chance to the Indian in the second game as he ran away with the match comfortably.<br /><br />Srikanth lost to Japanese seventh seed Kenichi Tago 21-18, 21-9 in just 39 minutes.<br /></p>
<p>India’s campaign in the Japan Open badminton tournament ended on Friday after Ajay Jayaram, K Srikanth and HS Prannoy lost their respective men’s singles quarterfinal matches at the $200,000 Super Series event here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While Prannoy fought hard before going down 21-11, 20-22, 21-13 to Huan Gao of China, Srikanth and Jayaram lost in straight games to crash out of the tournament.<br /><br />Prannoy gave a good account of himself as he came back from a game down against a higher ranked opponent to clinch the second one and take the match into the decider.<br /><br />The contest, which was the first meeting between the two, lasted an hour and 13 minutes.<br />After being tied at 8-8, the Chinese bagged nine points on the trot to open a 17-8 lead and then easily claimed the opening game. Prannoy came back strongly in the second game before he lost steam in the third.<br /><br />Mumbai’s Jayaram, the World No 30, lost to fifth seeded Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen 18-21, 13-21 in 40 minutes. Despite being better at net play, the Indian was done in by the smashes hit by his opponent.<br /><br />Jayaram started off on a positive note, posing some threat to the Vietnamese in the first game to be tied at 16-16, before Nguyen surged ahead to win it with the help of some down-the-line smashes.<br /><br />Nguyen hardly gave any chance to the Indian in the second game as he ran away with the match comfortably.<br /><br />Srikanth lost to Japanese seventh seed Kenichi Tago 21-18, 21-9 in just 39 minutes.<br /></p>