Kenichi Tago topples Takuma Ueda in Men’s Singles second round at Hong Kong Open 2012
Japan’s talented player Kenichi Tago showed a great performance in the arena as he toppled his younger compatriot Takuma Ueda in Men’s Singles second round at Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012 on Thursday, November 22, in Hong Kong.
The sixth seeded Tago, who has been positioned at number seven in the Men’s Singles world ranking, played with tremendous control in his shots and remained successful in winning the battle in a dictating fashion.
Japanese player showed his incredible skills and impressive experience on court as he played with precision and remained successful in grabbing victory against his lower ranked opponent in straight sets with a thrilling margin.
In the meanwhile, the un-seeded Ueda, who emerged as victorious against Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat in his previous match, failed to continue his giant killing run in the arena and went down against Tago without winning any game.
In the starting set of the match, the in-form Tago performed extremely well as he faced not trouble in taking over the control of rallies and pushed his challenger on back foot.
Tago was incredibly quick in taking the bird timely and made an impressive shot selection. He did not encounter any trouble created by his rival and placed his strokes in targeted areas in a perfect manner.
Japanese shuttler did not show any sign of confusion all the way and set up a huge lead on score board until the end of opening half.
After the one-minute break, the underdog Ueda could not change things around as he failed to control the pace of rallies and remained struggling to find a good flow.
The positive and aggressive play of Tago assisted him to stay in lead all the way and he easily grabbed the opening game with a decent margin of 21-17.
In the second set, Ueda tried to play attacking badminton in starting half but he failed to create pressure on his rival who was on a completely different level.
In the meanwhile, Tago entertained the crowd with his attacking skills as he kept the pace of rallies high and remained successful in finishing up the second game with a crushing margin of 21-12.
The incredible Tago emerged as the winner in this Men’s Singles second round clash in straight games with a stunning 21-17 and 21-12 score on the board.
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