BWF Superseries Finals 2012: Hiroyuki Endo – Kenichi Hayakawa stretch their winning run in Group B
Japan’s elite players Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa continued their winning run in Men’s Doubles Group B when they toppled Thailand’s Bodin Issara and Maneepong Jongjit at BWF Superseries Finals 2012 on Thursday, December 13, in China.
The World Number Five Endo and Hayakawa, who are the second seeds in Men’s Doubles main draw of the tournament, played to their maximum potential and remained successful in winning this Men’s Doubles clash in a lopsided fashion in just 18 minutes.
Japanese shuttlers were clearly on a different level as they played with complete control in the arena and easily thrashed their Thai challengers in straight games with a huge margin on the score board.
In contrast, the lower ranked Issara and Jongjit were unable to create any pressure on their Japanese challengers. They failed to play attacking badminton and eventually bowed down to their higher ranked opponents in a humiliating fashion.
It was a crunchy fight in the starting rallies when Endo and Hayakawa showed a wonderful display of his craft in the arena.
The impressive craft and wonderful strategy helped Endo and Hayakawa to put his rival in all sorts of trouble on court.
Endo and Hayakawa did not show any sign of confusion as he remained in complete control of rallies until the end of first half.
After the mid-game break, Endo and Hayakawa was focused in the arena and remained successful in keeping a reasonable gap.
The positive and aggressive play of Endo and Hayakawa helped him to grab the first game with a dazzling margin of 21-11.
Endo and Hayakawa did not lose his control at any stage in the starting part of second game as he played with control and precision.
Until the one-minute break, the impressive Endo and Hayakawa remained consistent in playing with command and variations and remained ahead on score board.
The attacking and positive play in the ending half of second set assisted Endo and Hayakawa to grab the set with a punishing 21-9 score on the board.
Japanese players proved their domination on court and they remained successful in winning this Men’s Doubles battle in straight games with a staggering total of 21-11 and 21-9.
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