Barcelona, Sep 1 (PTI) Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram suffered a loss in the quarterfinal of the USD 150,000 Barcelona Spain Masters to crash out of the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament here.

Jayaram, a former world no 13, lost 21-13 13-21 11-21 to second seed Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a 54-minute match on Friday.

Jayaram, who had suffered a hamstring injury last year, had reached the finals of Vietnam Open last month.

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