Fajar Kusuma beats Alfat Wijaya in second round of 2012 Pertamina Open Badminton Championships
Indonesia’s talented shuttler R. Eka Fajar Kusuma registered his presence in the
Pertamina Open Badminton Championships by thrashing Alfat Wijaya in second round on December 10, 2012.
Both contenders remained head-to-head for 25 minutes in the local badminton complex of Jakarta and this hard fought tussle ended with decisive figures of 21-15 and 21-10.
Men’s Singles expert Fajar Kusuma played with great precision and outshined his competitor in both segments of this showdown.
On the other hand, Alfat could not show his brilliance in the game and crashed out of the home event after receiving a straight-set defeat.
In the opening game, Fajar did not waste time and launched a brisk attack to put his challenger under huge pressure.
He bagged many valuable points without any interruption and piled up a respectable total in preliminary stage of the set.
Though, Alfat showed some spark and narrowed the gap just before the interval but he could not catch his opponent and kept trailing behind on the points table.
Fajar made best out of his rival’s blunders and placed a mountainous figure of 11 before the announcement of break.
After the mid-game break, he geared up himself and left Alfat far behind with a significant margin.
Fajar, who holds ninth spot in the tournament ranking, maintained a notable difference until the game point situation and won this crucial set with an impressive result of 21-15.
The second set completely belonged to the spirited Indonesian youngster as he relished full benefits of 1-0 lead and transformed it into a straight-set victory.
This time Fajar unleashed a flurry of power packed strokes straight away in the beginning and pushed his competitor on the back foot.
He kept moving forward at steady pace and gained a decent advantage in no time. He maintained that momentum and strengthened his grip before the interval.
There was lot of action in latter part of the game as Alfat made every effort to come out of the deficit but then Fajar struck hard in third quarter of set and locked the honour with 21-10 score.
Now he will face Lutfi Saiful in third round of this tournament and win will escort him to the pre quarter-finals.
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