Chetan Anand trounces Daniel Grassmueck in 2013 Hellas International – Badminton news
India’s seasoned shuttler Chetan Anand employed all of his experience in the pre quarter-final round of Hellas International and gained access to the round of eight on May 17, 2013.
This Men’s Singles match put him against Daniel Grassmueck and both contenders remained head-to-head for 35 minutes.
Although the Indian campaigner won first set of the match with an impressive result of 21-18, yet he had to sweat hard to win the second set 25-23.
Meanwhile, Daniel showed great fighting spirit in both segments of the showdown and earned great admiration and respect from the crowd. In the opening game, he looked bit cautious in the beginning and his passive approach allowed the opposing shuttler to
establish an unassailable lead in no time.
Chetan Anand was in prime touch as he bagged many valuable points without any interruption. He launched an intensive attack and confined his rival in the rear court. At first, he mounted pressure by registering a significant figure of 11 and then magnified
the impact by adding few consecutive points in his total.
There was lot of drama in latter part of the game as Daniel stormed back with a strong reply and brought the contest to right balance. He raised his chances of success by prevailing in many back-to-back rallies but then few fatal mistakes brought him down.
The Indian player took full benefits if his rival’s blunders and managed to register a winning margin of 21-18.
However, it was not an easy ride to victory for him in the following game as Daniel played impeccable badminton and challenged him in technically and tactically. This time, both contenders put all they had to get into commanding position but neither of them
could tip the scale in his favour.
At half time, they were standing close on the points table but then Chetan Anand showed his class and left his challenger far behind.
Although Daniel bounced back with a strong backlash in third quarter of the set, yet his fluctuated performance was not enough to avoid 23-25 defeat.
With this victory, Chetan moved into quarter-final round where Ivan Rusev will be waiting for him.
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