Gabriela Stoeva, Stefani Stoeva clinch Women’s Doubles title in Bulgarian Hebar Open 2012
Women’s Doubles partners Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva stamped their supremacy over compatriots Rumiana Ivanova-Dimitria Popstoikova to seal the crown in the Bulgarian Hebar Open on May 27, 2012.
This epic 50-minute tussle got resolved after three exhausting sets with score board flashing final totals of 15-21, 21-14 and 21-11.
Both teams of Gabriela-Stefani and Rumiana-Dimitria, reserved their right to be the finalists by surpassing Mila Ivanova-Maria Mitsova and Olga Morozova-Viktoriya Varabyova respectively.
In final contest, the top ranked duo of tournament Gabriela-Stefani came back from a terrible start and dazzled their opponents with lustrous performance in last two games.
On the other hand, the losing team could not capitalise their first set win and frittered away a golden chance to capture top position on the victory stand.
The Bulgarian couple Rumiana-Dimitria opened their marathon with a brisk attack in first set. They bagged few quick points and established a decent lead immediately.
Their coordination was superb against a higher ranked duo as they dominated first half with respectable total of 11.
Though, the opposing shuttlers managed to narrow the gap after interval but Rumiana and Dimitria struck hard in final moments and ended first set with a favourable margin of 21-15.
However, they could not go with same flow in second set of the match as the twosome of Gabriela and Stefani stormed back with a strong reply.
They revived their lost chemistry and completely out classed their challengers in all areas of game.
First half of the set belonged to them as they gained a respectable lead before the announcement of one-minute break.
The third quarter of the set saw them making few mistakes which allowed their competitors to step forward but Gabriela-Stefani regained the control of rallies and levelled match score by putting convincing total of 21-14.
They maintained the same momentum in the decider and kept dictating their opponents from the very first shot to the last.
Though, Rumiana and Dimitria bagged couple of consecutive points but they could not remain consistent which ultimately cost them the crown in home event.
Gabriela-Stefani sealed their victory by entering remarkable figure of 21-11 in score log.
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