Jayaram wins; Sameer, Rituparna bow out of World Championships
Jayaram produced another clinical show to get past World No. 50 Mark Caljouw.
Jayaram produced another clinical show to get past World No. 50 Mark Caljouw.
Sindhu will face either Russian's Evgeniya Kosetskaya or Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi, in the next round.
India have managed to reach the knockout stage of the tournament only once, during the 2011 edition.
Jayaram said a lot of onus would be on singles at the mixed team championship.
Ajay Jayaram bowed out of the tournament going down to Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao.
Jayaram went down 18-21 14-21 against fifth seed in a contest that was 37 minutes long.
PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ajay Jayaram and HS Prannoy entered the second round of the $350,000 Hong Kong Open Superseries.