Lin Dan and Kenichi Tago advance into second round of the Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2011
China’s Lin Dan and Japan’s Kenichi Tago advanced into the Men’s Singles second round after winning their first-round matches of the Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2011. The matches were held in Jakarta, on June 22, 2011.
World Number Two and second seed of the event, Lin Dan, tamed Alamsyah Yunus of Indonesia in straight games, whereas, Tago managed to win against Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in a thrilling rubber-set game.
Lin opened the game against the Indonesian in a dominating manner by keeping his speed high. He is known for his power and agility in the court, as he maintained his speed at the highest level. He clinched the first set in 18 minutes with considerable ease
against Yunus, by a score of 21-12.
In the second game, the Indonesian tried to elevate his level of play by increasing his speed. He put up a good show by remaining close to the Chinese in the first-half of the set. However, Lin put more speed in the game and won the second set with a 21-15
margin, in 23 minutes. The final score of the 41-minute match was 21-12 and 21-15.
In another Men’s Singles fight, Tago played a quivering game in the opening set by allowing his opponent to dominate the game in the ending phase of the first set. Tanongsak played superb badminton against the Japanese by keeping good control over the rallies.
Tago lost the opening set by a close margin of 19-21, in 25 minutes.
However, Tago made an impressive comeback in the second game, where he showed no mercy to his rival and clinched the game by a wonderful difference of 21-12, in just 15 minutes.
The final set was also identical to the second game, where the Japanese continued his dominating run in the match. Tanongsak changed his tactics to tackle the aggression of Tago, but failed to place his strokes effectively. Tago won the final game in 19
minutes with a 21-14 margin. The match ended in 59 minutes with a 19-21, 21-12 and 21-14 score on the board.
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