Mugdha Agrey

Chinese Taipei Open: Ajay Jayaram, Sourabh Verma through to second round with battling wins

Jayaram defeated Hashiru Shimono 18-21 21-17 21-9 within an hour to set up a second-round clash with Denmark's Kim Bruun.

Russia Open Badminton: Sourabh Verma, Rituparna Das continue impressive run; advance to quarterfinals

Coming back after recovering from an injury, Sourabh, who made the cut for the Asian Games after proving his worth at the selection tournaments, trounced Russia's Sergey Sirant 21-11 21-9 in a lop-sided contest. The eighth seeded Indian will face Israel's Misha Zilberman, seeded third.

Orleans Open 2018: India's Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma enter quarter-finals with straight game wins

Kashyap, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will face Denmark's third seed Rasmus Gemke, while Sameer takes on another local player Lucas Corvee, seeded eighth.