All India Junior Ranking Tournament: Reshma Karthik and Sanjana Santosh clinch Girl’s Doubles title
India’s spirited players Reshma Karthik and Sanjana Santosh showed their brilliance and clinched Girl’s Doubles U17 title after giving a shocking treatment to their higher ranked opponents Sudha Kalyani D. and Archana M. in the final showdown at All India
Junior Ranking Tournament 2012 on Monday, August 6, in India.
The in-form Reshma and Sanjana, who were un-seeded players in the tournament, put up superb performance and easily overpowered Sudha and Archana who were the second seeds in the championship.
The lower ranked Reshma and Sanjana showed their aggression in all areas of the court and maintained a wonderful pressure on their opponents to end up the final battle in just 30 minutes with a decent margin.
On the contrary, the higher ranked Sudha and Archana played good badminton but not enough to get rid of the huge pressure that their rival created and eventually lost the match without taking any set.
The opening game was interesting when both sides played to their best abilities and remained close at the opening rallies.
However, towards the end of opening half, Reshma and Sanjana managed to take control of the pace of rallies.
After the one-minute interval, Reshma and Sanjana continued playing with aggression and precision. They did not let their higher ranked team-mates to take control of the game at any stage.
The aggressive play of Reshma and Sanjana helped them to remain dominant in the whole opening set and they ended it up with a good margin of 21-17.
In the second game, Sudha and Archana tried to play positive and aggressive badminton to put pressure on their opponents but they failed to shake the confidence of Reshma and Sanjana who were in impressive control.
The un-seeded Reshma and Sanjana managed to remain focused on court until the one-minute break.
After the interval, Reshma and Sanjana continued playing remarkable badminton as they did not commit errors at the ending stage and eventually won the game with a reasonable 21-17 margin on the score board.
The impressive Reshma and Sanjana grabbed the title by winning the final match in straight sets with a superb margin of 21-17 and 21-17.
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