Ajay, Subhankar bow out of German Open

MULHEIM AN DER RUHR (Germany): India's Ajay Jayaram and

Subhankar Dey

lost their respective men's singles matches in straight games to get ousted from the

German Badminton Championship

, here on Wednesday.


Seventh seeded Japanese

Kanta Tsuneyama

beat India's Ajay Jayaram 21-12, 22-20 in 39 minutes while eighth seeded Thai Kantaphon Wangcharoen beat Subhankar 21-12, 21-15 in 50 minutes.

Indian challenge in women's doubles ended with J Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram losing to Chow Mein Kuan and Lee Meng Yean of Malaysia 15-21, 16-21.