Busanan Ongbunrungphan tames Hyo Min Kim at Asia Youth Under 19 Mixed Team Championships
Thailand’s emerging female shuttler Busanan Ongbunrungphan stole the limelight when she registered her supremacy on court after thrashing Korea’s Hyo Min Kim in Women’s Singles encounter at the Badminton Asia Youth Under 19 Mixed Team Championships in Korea,
on Sunday, July 1.
The experienced and in-form Thai shuttler showed her impressive craft while playing against her local opponent and did not spare any mercy to her by ending the contest in an authoritative fashion.
Busanan was on a different level for Hyo Min as she played positive and planned badminton all the way and ended up the battle in straight games by consuming just 33 minutes on court.
In the meanwhile, Hyo Min failed to make her home fans happy as she had no answer to the fast and perfect play of her Thai opponent and knelt down to her in two sets without showing a strong character.
In opening rallies of first game, both ladies played good badminton and made each other work hard to take an early lead. However, it was Busanan who increased her speed and started to control the affairs on court.
Busanan injected deception in her shots at net which helped her to take a reasonable advantage in the game until the one-minute interval.
After the break, Busanan showed her brilliance when she targeted the side lines of her rival and remained successful in beating her local opponent with a good margin of 21-17.
In the following set, Hyo Min showed a little improvement in her approach as she did not let her rival to play attacking badminton in opening rallies but she also failed to set up a comfortable lead.
However, the Thai lady somehow managed to take a small lead until the end of opening half.
After the break, Busanan changed her tactical play as she worked well at net and created many opportunities to earn points with her impressive smashes.
Thai shuttler showed her class at the ending phase of second game as she dictated the pace and early bagged the game with a 21-17 margin on the board.
Busanan won this interesting Women’s Singles fight in straight games with a decent total of 21-17 and 21-17.
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