Ajay Jayaram settles for Silver at the Dutch GP

TOP SEED Ajay Jayaram failed to get a hat-trick of titles at the Dutch Open Grand Prix as he went down fighting against Tzu Wei Wang 21-10, 17-21, 21-18 in the finals held on Sunday.

Dutch open grand prix men's singles runner-up @ajay_289 at medal ceremony. Congrats again. pic.twitter.com/z7rI9ZFaF4

— Reddit Indian Sports (@redditIndSports) October 16, 2016

The defending champion was looking for a third title as previously he has won in 2014 and 2015. He had an impressive run in this tournament and showed the grit and determination in order to finish at the top.

But unfortunately he couldn't pass the final hurdle but put up a great fight. He later took social media to express his emotions.

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— Ajay Jayaram (@ajay_289) October 17, 2016

Meanwhile, mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Sikki Reddy was ousted in the semi-finals. The 4th seeds lost to Soren/Maiken 21-19, 21-16. The Indian duo were looking to continue their winning run but failed to do so. Previously they won the Russian GP and Brazil GPG. They too took to social media and shared their emotions

 

Hi guys! Not exactly the end we wanted but still pulled out some good matches in this tournament reaching the Semi Finals and finally have settled for Bronze. The Danes played well, though we had our chances in the first game, overall they were able to control the game better than us today. Maybe not a good day for us but it was definitely a very good match to learn from. So, we have got our lessons and will start working on it as soon as we are back but before that we will be going to Denmark for the Denmark Open Premier Superseries, our last tournament of this month. Will keep giving our best each and every time we get on to the court. Wish us luck and always keep supporting!! Cheers

A photo posted by Pranaav Jerry Chopra (@jerry6) on Oct 15, 2016 at 5:01pm PDT

This time we had to settle with bronze in #DutchOpen2016 @pranaav6 @IndianOilcl pic.twitter.com/zBqEKfQHrC

— sikkireddy (@sikkireddy) October 15, 2016