Jack Riddell and Sarah Sidebottom emerged as title winners in Mixed Doubles category at GSOS U13
Jack Riddell and Sarah Sidebottom, the ace couple from Scotland, showed their incredible skills on court and managed to win the Mixed Doubles title at the home event of GSOS U13 on Sunday, September 2, in Scotland.
The top seeded Jack and Sarah, who were in credible in the whole tournament, continued their winning run and outplayed their third seeded team-mates Adam Pringle and Rachel Sugden in the final encounter and earned glory.
Jack and Sarah were just uncontrollable in the final match when they put up superb show of aggressive and positive badminton and remained successful in winning the fight in straight sets by taking the court time for just 26 minutes.
In the meanwhile, the lower ranked Adam and Sugden could not put up strong performance in front of their home fans as they committed mistakes on crucial occasions and remained struggling all the way. They lost the battle to their higher ranked rivals without
taking any game.
Both couples played good badminton in the opening points of first game as they played positive badminton. However, Jack and Sarah managed to set up a reasonable lead on score board until the break as they played positive and dominating badminton at net.
After the mid-game interval, the top seeded Jack and Sarah continued their positive and elevated play without losing their focus at any stage. They were impressive at net which helped them to maintain pressure on their rivals.
The in-form Jack and Sarah managed to take the first set in a reasonable fashion with a 21-17 score on the board.
The second game was not that tough for the higher ranked Jack and Sarah who were quite confident in their play. They employed tremendous shots all the way to grab a good lead until the mid-game interval.
After the break, Jack and Sarah remained on track without showing any sign of confusion at any stage in the concluding half and eventually ended up the second game in a killing fashion by a huge difference of 21-14.
Jack and Sarah bagged the Mixed Doubles title quite easily by finishing off the final encounter in just 26 minutes with a striking 21-17 and 21-14 margin on the board.
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