Korea’s Ji Hyun Sung and Moon Hi Kim through to the round of 16 in the Swiss Open GP Gold 2011
Korea’s Ji Hyun Sung and Moon Hi Kim have booked their places in the round-of-16 by beating their opponents in the first round of women’s singles in the Swiss Open GP Gold 2011, on Wednesday, the 16th of March. Ji Sung defeated Inthanon Ratchanok
of Thailand in straight sets, by spending 33 minutes in the court, whereas Moon Kim took only 27 minutes to chuck out Linda Zechiri of Bulgaria in the same fashion. In the round-of-16, Ji Sung will meet Adrianti Firdasari of Indonesia, and Moon Kim will be
fighting against the seventh seed Jie Yao of Netherlands.
Ji Sung made a few mistakes in the start of the opening set that helped Ratchanok build a good lead of 8-4. The things started to change as the Korean started to increase the pace of the game and took a one-point lead at the 60-second break. After the interval,
both players again worked hard and remained close till 20-20, where the Korean became more aggressive and grabbed two points in a row to win the set by a narrow margin of 22-20, in 19 minutes.
The second set was quite easy for the Korean as she found no resistance from the opponent in the entire set. Ratchanok failed to match the speed and accuracy of the opponent and lost the second set with a huge difference of 21-8, in just 14 minutes.
In another women’s singles match, Moon Kim thrashed Zechiri in straight sets without facing any problem. In the opening set, the Korean created a good difference of 11-6 in the first half of the opening set. She remained on the winning track even after the
interval and finished the first set by a notable margin of 21-14, in just 14 minutes.
In the second set, Zechiri tried her best to break the speed of the Korean but her opponent was playing an outstanding game. Moon Kim proved that she is best in business by playing superb strokes from all corners of the court. The Korean won the second set
in just 13 minutes. The concluding score of this 27-minute fight was 21-14 and 21-13.
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