European Club Championships: Henrik Toth, Arif Rasidi save club’s honour to some extent
When everything was going against Multi Alarm SE badminton club its Men’s Doubles team of Henrik Toth-Arif Rasidi stepped forward and saved its honour to some extent in
the European Club Championships.
They stamped the opposing duo Ernesto Velazquez-Rafael Fernandez of CB Soderinsa Rinconada-Sevilla club on May 29, 2012.
Though, their victory was a result of walkover but Henrik and Arif were in commanding position to finish this battle in their favour.
Both teams spent 35 minutes in court to give finals result of 21-14, 16-21 and 5-8 after three games.
The Spanish couple of Ernesto-Rafael took a great start as they bagged very first match point and put their rivals under huge pressure.
In first half of opening game, they hammered the opposing team with some back-to-back rallies and established a decent advantage on score board. At the end of first half they were leading their competitors with notable margin of 11.
After the interval, the twosome of Ernesto and Rafael accelerated their pace and widened the gap with some continuous points. They magnified the impact by registering final total of 21-14.
Next game saw suppressed pair Henrik-Arif bouncing back with a strong reply. This time they did not repeat previous mistakes and manipulated every loophole.
Their strategy was right from the coaching book as few times they beat their challengers’ move even before it was made.
This set started with couple of tense rallies and both teams did not allow each other to get into authoritative position.
Henrik and Arif, who belong to Hungary and France respectively, made their intentions clear when they managed to establish a comfortable lead before the interval.
Though, Spanish duo Ernesto-Rafael showed good fighting skills by narrowing the gap in third quarter of game but they could not maintain same tempo and trailed behind their rivals in final stage.
The match score got levelled when Henrik-Arif placed concluding margin of 21-16 on the board.
Fireworks was expected in third and final set but it ended dramatically when Ernesto-Rafael conceded walkover at 5-8 situation on points table and paved path to victory for their opponents.
However, this win did not make any impact on overall match condition as CB Soderinsa Rinconada-Sevilla club easily registered a 5-2 triumph.
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