Andre Marteen tames Dharma Alrie Guna in round-of-16 clash at Malaysia International Challenge
Indonesia’s emerging player Andre Marteen continued his giant killing performance in the arena and surged into Men’s Singles quarter-final after defeating his higher ranked compatriot Dharma Alrie Guna in round-of-16 battle at Maybank Malaysia International
Challenge 2012 on Thursday, November 15, in Malaysia.
The aggressive Andre, who is un-seeded player in the tournament, showed a staggering performance as he was on a difference level on court while playing against the 10th seeded Dharma and managed to win the battle in 40 minutes.
Andre did not show any sign of confusion while playing his higher ranked challenger and eventually remained successful in sealing off victory in straight games by superb margin on score board.
In the meanwhile, the higher ranked Dharma could not stretch his winning run as he failed to produce better form and ultimately went down against his un-seeded country-mate without snatching any set.
The in-form Andre played with outstanding control in his strokes and managed to dictate the pace of the game from starting rallies of the opening set.
Andre’s unmatched variations and impressive speed helped him to maintain his supremacy against his rival in the arena and he took a strong position until the end of first part.
After the mid-game break, the lower ranked Andre stayed focused and played with consistency in the arena and remained successful in building up a comfortable gap.
The un-seeded Andre was quite calm and composed on court as he did commit any mistake and finished up the opening game with a dominating margin of 21-19.
In the following set of this contest, Andre played with remarkable speed and did not showed any mercy for his opponent. He remained successful in setting up a stunning lead until the break.
In the concluding phase of second set, the unmatched speed and perfectly executed smashes of Andre kept him ahead of his higher ranked rival and he easily won the game with a 21-14 total on score board.
The impressive Andre was impressive on court and he managed to win this pre-quarter-final clash in straight games with a dominating total of 21-19 and 21-14.
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