2012 Macau Open: Eom Hye Won, Jang Ye Na claim Women’s Doubles crown – Badminton News
Women’s Doubles partners Eom Hye Won and Jang Ye Na showed superb coordination and raised the trophy in Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold on December 2, 2012.
They thrashed the compatriot duo Choi Hye In-Kim So Young in this title match by registering 21-18 and 21-16 margin.
This title match remained in full swing for just two games and both Korean pairs earned a great deal of admiration for putting up an honest effort.
The battle heated up straight away in the opening game as both contenders made every effort to claim the first match point.
However, Hye Won and Ye Na displayed superior finishing skills and tipped the scale in their favour.
The top seeded team set the foundation of their supremacy by prevailing in the establishing rallies and maintained that upper hand all the way to game point situation.
They mounted pressure by registering a 6-2 total and then magnified the impact by bagging a couple of consecutive points.
They lost focus for a short span of time just before the interval and allowed their challengers to narrow the gap with 10-11.
Latter part of the game saw Hye In-So Young matching their rivals’ skills and standing toe-to-toe until game point situation.
Both contenders challenged each other in all areas of the game and made the crowd gasp with a mesmerising show of skills.
They remained equal on the points table until 18-18 and this nerve-racking tussle ended when Hye Won-Ye Na registered a winning margin of 21-18.
The victorious duo of first set relished full benefits of their upper hand in the following game and sealed a straight-set victory.
Hye Won and Ye Na made swift progress after 3-3 and reached a commanding position of 8-5.
They maintained this decent advantage all the way to one-minute break and finished the first half of the set with a respectable total of 11.
After the mid-game break, the prime Korean duo showed its real spark and smacked their compatriot pair.
The partnership of Hye Won and Ye Na looked in prime touch as both partners maintained a significant difference on the points table and locked the honour with 21-16 score.
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