Defending champion Ajay Jayaram prevailed over Netherlands' Mark Caljouw in the opening round of the Dutch Open Grand Prix today. At Almere in The Netherlands, the third seeded Indian recovered after losing the opening game to eke out a 19-21, 21-17, 21-18 win over Mark in a hard fought men's singles contest.Jayaram, who reached the finals of Korea Open Super Series to jump to World No. 25 spot, will next take on Germany's Fabian Roth. Among other Indians, Ninth seeded RMV Gurusaidutt, defeated Belgium's Maxime Moreels 21-8, 21-9 in the opening round. But Anand Pawar suffered a 10-21 15-21 loss to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia. Guru will meet Chinese Taipei's Chun-Wei Chen in the second round.