Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram has reached the men's singles semifinals of the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament. In Seoul today, he upset higher-ranked Japanese Sho Sasaki in three games 21-19,16-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. Sasaki is ranked world number 26, while the Indian is ranked world number 32. Jayaram will next take on the winner of the match between China's Tian Houwei and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen. Jayaram had reached the semifinals of Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold and Russian Open Grand Prix this season.