Hong Kong Open: Tine Baun crushes Busanan Ongbumrungpan to storm into Women’s Singles quarter-final
Denmark’s talented female shuttler Tine Baun showed a remarkable performance in the arena as she played with tremendous speed in the arena and remained successful in reaching Women’s Singles quarter-final of Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012, which is in
progress in Hong Kong.
In the round-of-16 clash of the tournament, the lofty Baun played with remarkable precision and managed to topple Thailand’s Busanan Ongbumrungpan in a dominating fashion on Thursday, November 22.
The tall Danish shuttler, who is World Number Six and also the sixth seed in Women’s Singles main draw of the tournament, played with tremendous precision and managed to throw her Thai rival out of competition by consuming less than half-an-hour in the arena.
Baun was in staggering from as she showed no respect at all to her lower ranked rival throughout the tournament and remained successful in winning the battle in straight games with a dictating margin on score board.
On the other hand, the lower ranked Busanan could not create any trouble for her rival in the arena as she failed to take the bird early and eventually ended up as a loser and crashed out without showing any considerable performance.
Right from the starting points of opening set, the higher ranked Baun performed extremely well as she played with remarkable speed and took over the control of the game without having any trouble.
The hard-to-learn variations and immense power in Baun’s strokes helped her to continue her domination against her Thai challenger in the arena and she remained in superb form.
Until the end of first part, the in-form Baun attained a strong position while remaining focused and she set up a reasonable lead on score board.
After the mid-game interval, the lower ranked Busanan tried to put up strong resistance but could not take charge of the game and remained struggling to find a good flow.
In the meanwhile, the sixth seeded Baun continued hitting powerful smashes in targeted areas without facing any trouble and remained successful in claiming the opening game with a stunning 21-8 score on the board.
In the following set of this round-of-16 battle, the in-form Baun did not lose her supremacy at any stage in the arena as she played with remarkable control in her shots and remained successful in setting up a staggering lead until the one-minute break.
After the mid-game interval, the powerful smashes and net killings kept Baun in lead and she remained successful in finishing up the second set with a crushing 21-15 score on the board.
The impressive performance of Baun secured her a quarter-final berth as she ended up the pre-quarter-final match in straight games with an amazing margin of 21-8 and 21-15.
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