Andre Kurniawan moves into pre quarter-final round of 2013 Austrian International Challenge
Men’s Singles shuttler Andre Kurniawan Tedjono started his campaign in Austrian International Challenge in a perfect manner and marched into second round on Thursday, February 21, 2013.
He was up against Luka Wraber and their meeting lasted for 52 minutes before ending with final figures of 22-24, 21-8 and 21-12.
The Indonesian campaigner struggled to revive his lost form in the beginning but he managed to hit the mark in ending two games.
On the other hand, Luka Wraber squandered his early advantage and crashed out of the home event in a disgraceful manner.
In the opening game, the Austrian player relished full benefits of home crowd and ground to establish a decent lead.
He prevailed in few consecutive rallies and pushed his higher ranked rival on the back foot. Next couple of rallies saw him playing with full force and adding many valuable points in his total.
At the mid-game break, Luka was in a commanding position with a significant lead on the points table but then couple of fatal mistakes weakened his grip.
Andre Kurniawan did not waste this opportunity and tipped the scale in his favour with a strong backlash.
The game kept swinging between both contenders until the final moments and finally this nerve-racking tussle ended when Luka registered a winning margin of 24-22.
However, it proved last success of the Austrian player as he failed to show consistency in his performance and lost the following games.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian shuttler showed a transformed character and locked the honour in a splendid manner.
Andre Kurniawan mounted pressure by piling up a convincing total of 11 before the one-minute break and then magnified the impact in latter part of the game.
He maintained a significant difference on the points table and wrapped this segment of the showdown with an overwhelming score of 21-8.
The decider was expected to a cliff-hanging contest but it proved a one-sided affair. Andre Kurniawan did not give his opponent even a single chance to come back and sent him packing with an impressive result of 21-12.
Now he will lock horns with Petr Koukal in the pre quarter-final round of this international tournament.
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