French International 2012: Peter Kaesbauer, Josche Zurwonne hold the Men’s Doubles title
The Men’s Doubles team Peter Kaesbauer-Josche Zurwonne of Germany emerged as Champions of the French International after beating compatriot duo Andreas Heinz-Max Schwenger in the title match on April 8, 2012.
Both couples displayed top class badminton throughout the 64-minute tussle but the final scores 26-24, 17-21 and 21-11 remained in favour of Peter Kaesbauer and Josche Zurwonne.
The opening set of the match was a curtain raiser of their thundering performances in the later sets. This nerve-racking tussle set the overall aggressive tone of the match. It was a tough trial of mental and physical fitness and both finalists sweat hard
to avoid being bleeding chips.
In first half of the set, they remained close on the scoreboard as both teams snapped at each other’s heels and none of them could establish a comfortable lead until the last moments of the game.
Top seeded duo of the event, Peter Kaesbauer-Josche Zurwonne reached game point situation twice but every time their rivals came in their way.
Duo of Andreas Heinz and Max Schwenger mounted the pressure by reaching a 24-23 score position but it was all over when their opponents ended the race with 26-24 by scoring two consecutive points in the end.
However, the relatively lower ranked couple of Andreas Heinz-Max Schwenger proved a tough nut to crack in the following game as they turned their rivals’ plan of straight-set victory into dust.
Their opponents Peter Kaesbauer and Josche Zurwonne tried to rise from the dust in first part of the game and put some decent fight but the later part completely belonged to Heinz and Max Schwenger as they clinched four consecutive points in the end.
These four points made a huge difference as they levelled the lead with scoreboard flashing 21-17 score in their favour.
This 1-1 match score position made the audience gasp and lot of firework was expected in the decider but their thirst was not filled completely as the victorious duo of second set hardly put any fight in the third set.
Top German duo Peter Kaesbauer-Josche Zurwonne proved their worth by sealing the victory with a distinctive margin 21-11 on the board.
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