Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram advanced to the men's singles second round after beating Spain's Pablo Abian in three games at the USD 150,000 Barcelona Spain Masters BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament here today.
Former world number 13 Jayaram notched up a 15-21 21-17 21-8 win over local player Pablo, seeded sixth, in the opening round to set up a clash with Russia's Vladimir Malkov tomorrow.
However, it was curtains for other Indians.
Karan Rajan Rajarajan lost 11-21 12-21 to Riichi Takeshita of Japan, Subhankar Dey suffered a narrow 20-22 21-16 19-21 defeat to seventh seed Misha Zilberman of Israel in men's singles.
In women's singles, Mugdha Agrey was no match for Canada's Brittney Tam as she lost 12-21 13-21 in a lopsided opening match.