Anne Hald Jensen overpowers Maria Ulitina in European Club Championships 2012
Women’s Singles campaigner Anne Hald Jensen of CB Soderinsa Rinconada-Sevilla club proved her mettle against Maria Ulitina in European Club Championships on May 29, 2012.
Anne Jensen displayed admirable craft and fetched a vital point for her team by registering final results of 21-13, 18-21 and 21-13.
This encounter was opening segment of a match between Multi Alarm SE badminton club and CB Soderinsa Rinconada-Sevilla.
There was lot of drama in this 45-minute tussle as the opposing shuttler Maria Ulitina managed to bring balance in her favour in middle of the battle but it was not enough to stand with hands up in the air.
The Greek lady Anne Jensen set foundation of this victory by clinching very first match point. She launched a brisk attack in opening game and pushed her rival on the back-foot.
This intensive invasion helped her to dominate with a decent total of 11 until half time. She maintained this pace in later part of the game and did not allow Maria to catch her.
Anne bagged first set with a significant eight-point lead in concluding margin of 21-13.
However, the Ukrainian shuttler showed strong character in following game and managed to stay equal in match score position.
Maria Ulitina was bit under pressure in the start but she came out of this phase with powerful stroke play. She gained a convincing advantage well before the one-minute break and enjoyed an upper hand all the way to interval.
Though, the opposing shuttler made decent progress in third quarter of set but she kept trailing behind Maria which ultimately cost her crucial match point.
The decisive 21-18 total of second set locked both challengers in a nerve-racking situation as now they were standing at same level in the decider.
Both ladies gave each other good competition in the beginning and none of them could get into authoritative position until 60-second interval.
However, Anne Jensen struck hard in later part of the game and secured honour with huge difference of eight points.
She sealed a splendid win with 21-13 score on the board and provided her team right momentum to proceed in European Club Championships 2012.
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