Japan rises while others fall in Yonex Canada Open 2012 – Badminton Update
Japan ruled the Richmond Oval badminton arena on final day of Yonex Canada Open and proved its worth by claiming four out of five titles on Sunday, July 15, 2012.
Men’s Singles final was the only contest in which no Japanese shuttler was swinging arms on concluding day of this Grand Prix tournament.
The Japanese campaigners clinched top spots in all Doubles events along with a Women’s Singles crown.
Mixed Doubles team Ryota Taohata-Ayaka Takahashi wrote first chapter of this splendid victory saga by overpowering Takeshi Kamura-Yonemoto Koharu in a straight-set match.
Both compatriots consumed their energies for 31 minutes while piling up decisive figures of 21-14 and 21-16.
After such an impressive beginning, Women’s Singles expert Nozomi Okuhara doubled the joy by stamping higher ranked Sayaka Takahashi in this race of glory.
Both female shuttlers, who were underrated earlier in this event, grabbed all the attention by claiming first two positions on the victory stand.
However, they had to fight for 32 minutes to earn this right with significant margin of 21-8 and 21-16.
Next chapter of this saga was even more captivating as the Japanese couples Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi and Yonemoto Koharu-Yuriko Miki battled hard to wear Women’s Doubles crown.
This epic 57-minute tussle prolonged to three exhausting sets and the twosome of Misaki-Ayaka emerged as Champions by registering favourable result of 21-15, 15-21 and 21-12.
The victorious duo dazzled their competitors with lustrous performance in opening and closing parts of the battle.
Men’s Doubles team Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda also followed this successful trail and outshined compatriot duo Hiroyuki Saeki-Ryota Taohata in last encounter of the event.
Though, both finalists made every effort during this 54-minute tussle but Takeshi-Keigo landed on the podium by playing superior badminton at the end.
They took some time to get settled and faced a 12-21 defeat in the first set but ending two segments saw them serving notice of their supremacy with 21-16 and 21-19 scores.
This win concluded a splendid day which brought four Grand Prix titles for Japan as the fifth trophy belonged to Chinese Taipei whose Men’s Singles campaigner Tien Chen Chou ousted another Taipei shuttler Yu Hsien Lin in the final match.
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