Chin Chien, Jung Wu earn spot in quarter-final round of 2012 Vietnam Open GP – Badminton News
Women’s Doubles event of Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open GP got another quarter-finalist when Yu Chin Chien-Ti Jung Wu enthralled Imawan Gebby Ristiyani-Nuraidah Tiara Rosalia on August 23, 2012.
This pre quarter-final match was played at local badminton arena of Ho Chih Minh in Vietnam and it kept both teams busy for 51 minutes before ending with 16-21, 21-18 and 21-19.
The Taipei pair, who was placed at eighth spot in the tournament ranking, came back from a horrendous start and locked the honour by putting a laudable effort in the final two sets.
On the other hand, the opposing team could not capitalise their early advantage and surrendered tamely in crucial moments of the battle.
Imawan Gebby and Nuraidah Tiara, who belong to Indonesia, grabbed all the attentions by snatching opening match point with distinction.
In the first set, they unleashed a flurry of masterly crafted strokes and confounded their rivals straight away in the beginning.
They kept making progress at a steady pace and left their challengers far behind with respectable score position at half time.
After the interval, they magnified the impact with a couple of uninterrupted rallies and managed to register a favourable margin of 21-16.
However, this proved their last success in the Grand Prix event as the twosome of Chin Chien and Jung Wu found their lost chemistry in the very next game and bounced back into the contest.
The Taipei campaigners started making amends by clinching valuable points in a row and established their grip with a decent total before the mid-game break.
They did not lose focus at any stage of second set and maintained the upper hand all the way to game point situation. They bagged this crucial game with 21-18 score on the board.
This revised status made the third set consequential as both contenders were equal with one win each and they were looking to claim this final match point.
Both teams snapped at each other’s heels throughout the decider but finally Chin Chien and Jung Wu made the difference with concluding figure of 21-19.
Now they are scheduled to meet Shimozaki Aya-Emi Moue in quarter-final round of the tournament.
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