Boonsak Ponsana and Kazushi Yamada ease into third round of German Open Grand Prix Gold 2011
Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana and Japan’s Kazushi Yamada won their men’s singles matches in the second round of the German Open Grand Prix Gold 2011, today at Mulheim, Germany.
Ponsana took 42 minutes to beat the Japanese shuttler, Takuma Ueda, in straight sets. In another match, Kazushi, who is the number ten seed of the event, took 34 minutes to defeat Sven Eric Kastens of Germany in straight games. Ponsana and Kazushi will be
competing against each other to step into the top eight.
The number three seed of the event, Ponsana of Thailand, played his usual game in the second round match against the Japanese, Takuma. In the start of the first set, Japanese played aggressive badminton and took a good lead of 5-2 in the start. However,
the Thai hero geared up a notch and reached at 11-10 till the interval. After the one minute break, Ponsana sprinted to the figure of 21 by leaving his opponent behind at 16.
In the following set, the score was tight from both sides till the first half. But again, the number three seed took the lead after the interval and maintained it in the rest of the game. Ponsana won the second game by 21-17. The final score of this 42-minute
match was 21-16 and 21-17.
In another match in the men’s singles, Kazushi of Japan proved his superiority against the German, Sven Eric Kastens, in a 34-minute match, which ended in straight sets. Kazushi was quite impressive in the opening set as he never let the opponent win easy
points.
He made the opponent move around the court by pushing him in all corners. The local shuttler tried his best to match the speed of the Japanese but lost control over rallies. Kazushi won the first game by a reasonable difference of 21-15.
The second set was almost identical to the previous one as the Japanese remained ahead of the German throughout the game. Kazushi finished the set with a 21-17 score on the board. The final score of the 34-minute match was 21-15 and 21-17.
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