Alistair Casey trounces Nyl Yakura in Men’s Singles encounter – Canada Open Update
Scotland’s Alistair Casey opened his match in perfect manner by toppling Nyl Yakura in the first round match of Men’s Singles event at the Yonex Canada Open on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.
This epic 60-minute tussle lasted for three gruelling sets and was resolved with final result of 19-21, 21-18 and 19-21.
The contender ruled the court in the opening and concluding sets of the match while the opposing shuttler could live up to his billing only in the second game.
Now Alistair Casey will be up against American campaigner Howard Shu in second round of the contest.
He will utilise the confidence which he has earned through a splendid victory against local shuttler in the opening match.
The Scottish player set the ball rolling straight away in the first set and carried this momentum throughout the encounter.
In first set, Alistair established a decent advantage with 5-2 and then doubled the impact by registering 10-4 total.
However, he lost grip just before the interval and allowed his challenger to bag six points in a row. This fumble resulted in 10-11 margin in the first half.
Later part of the game started with an intensive assault of the Canadian shuttler who got into commanding position with 18-14 but Alistair struck hard when it mattered and wrapped this segment with a favourable score of 21-19.
Nyl Yakura showed transformed character in the following game and managed to stay in the contest by snatching crucial match point.
This time his strategy was right from the coaching book as he did not waste time and gained an immediate advantage with respectable figure of 9-4.
Though, the opposing shuttler dominated in five uninterrupted rallies and caught him at 9-9 but Nyl Yakura maintained a slight edge until half time.
In third quarter of the set, he remained at the lower end for a short period of time but then reinstated the authority with five back-to-back points. He levelled match score with an impressive knock of 21-18 and setup a nerve-racking third set.
Both contenders displayed supreme fighting skills in the decider and battle remained on knife’s edge until game point situation.
Finally, Alistair Casey tipped the scale in his favour by entering concluding margin of 21-19.
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