Delhi State Badminton Championship: Khushboo Kumar beats Riya Sachan to win Girl’s Singles U13 title
Khushboo Kumar, the young and promising shuttlers from India, showed a phenomenal show of top quality badminton and claimed Girl’s Singles U13 title after beating her team-mate Riya Sachan in the final encounter at the Yonex Sunrise Hot Weather Delhi State
Badminton Championships 2012 in India, on Wednesday, July 18.
The higher ranked Khushboo, who was seeded at the top position in Girl’s Singles draw, continued her killing run without facing any problem and tamed the second seeded Riya in a commanding manner.
The in-form Khushboo played top quality badminton in the final battle and easily thrashed her compatriot by ending up the battle in straight games with a comprehensive margin on score board.
In the meanwhile, the lower ranked Riya tried her best to continue her winning performance in the final battle but failed to tackle the attacking play of her rival and lost the match without taking any game.
Khushboo started her campaign in a dominating manner without showing any respect to Riya. She was in commanding position and executed powerful shots aiming to take an early lead.
The impressive Khushboo was leading the game with a stunning margin until the one-minute break.
After the interval, Khushboo continued showing her impressive class while keeping her speed at the best level.
The top seeded Indian shuttler did not let Riya to fight back in the game and eventually wrapped up the opening set in a thrashing manner with an incredible 21-8 margin on the board.
After the interval, Khushboo continued showing her hard-to-learn craft by maintaining her upper hand over her confused opponent who was making wrong choice of shots.
Until the break in second game, it was Khushboo who remained successful in setting up a comfortable gap on the score board.
After the mid-game interval, Khushboo remained positive and focused on court by keeping the pace of the game quite high and eventually took the second set with a smashing margin of 21-13.
The in-form Khushboo emerged as title winner as she easily overpowered Riya in the final contest in straight sets with a lopsided score of 21-8 and 21-13.
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