Boonsak Ponsana overthrows Hafiz Hashim to get in second round of Singapore Open – Badminton News
Thailand’s spirited shuttler Boonsak Ponsana put halt to Muhammad Hafiz Hashim’s expedition in Li Ning Singapore Open to surge into Men’s Single pre quarter-finals on June 20, 2012.
This first round match was staged in Singapore Indoor Stadium and both players consumed their energies for 50 minutes to read final result of 10-21, 21-14 and 21-18.
World Number 32 Thai shuttle is now in race of a quarter-final spot and he stands fair chance to hit the mark as he is going to face relatively inexperienced Indian campaigner R. M. V Gurusaidutt in second round.
Now Boonsak Ponsana is in high spirit after beating veteran Malaysian in his opening match. He came back from a horrendous start and ruled the court in last two sets.
Meanwhile, Hafiz Hashim frittered away his impeccable efforts in final stage and crashed out of the contest.
World Number 30 shuttler launched a brisk attack in first set of the match and gained a commanding position with 6-3 margin.
Though, he remained at lower side in next couple of rallies but still he managed to pile up a decent total of 11-8 before half time.
Hafiz showed elevated craft in later part of the game as he did not commit any mistake and smoothly sailed to winning figure of 21-10.
However, he lost this rhythm surprisingly in following game where he completely looked off colour.
The opposing shuttler Boonsak Ponsana mounted pressure by snatching seven consecutive points in first half and then capitalised this situation to place a dominating 11-4 margin before the interval.
After one-minute break, he did not reduce his speed and reached at score position of 16 in no time. He gathered five out of last six points and survived second set with a staggering figure of 21-14.
The decider proved best part of the tussle as both contenders chased each other all the way to last moment. None of them could create a notable difference and got locked at 18-18.
At this critical stage, the Thai campaigner Boonsak Ponsana displayed better finishing skills and swept the table with concluding margin of 21-18.
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