London Olympics: Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir find a good start in Group C
Indonesia’s top Mixed Doubles shuttlers Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir found a good start in their first match in Group C when they topples India’s V. Diju and Jwala Gutta at the 2012 London Olympics in England, on Saturday, July 28.
The World Number Four Tontowi and Liliyana, who are the third seeded shuttlers in the tournament, played with confidence and complete control over the pace of rallies and they easily managed to overpower their lower ranked Indian opponents who are ranked
at number 13 in the world.
Tontowi and Liliyana showed a great show of top quality badminton aiming to register a comfortable victory over their Indian rivals and remained successful in winning the battle in straight sets with a striking margin on score board.
The un-seeded Diju and Jwala, on the other hand, could not live up to the expectations as they failed to create any trouble for their Indonesian opponents at any stage and lost their opening match at Olympics without creating a strong impact.
In the opening set, Tontowi and Liliyana played with wonderful speed and complete control and easily took a reasonable lead at the early stage.
The Indonesian players were quite comfortable in taking the bird early and executing all different shots in all areas of the court. Until the break, Tontowi and Liliyana were in commanding position on score board.
After the break, Tontowi and Liliyana continued their crushing run without sparing any chance for their Indian challengers and eventually took the opening set with a superb 21-16 score on the board.
In the following game, the higher ranked Tontowi and Liliyana did not take much time in pushing the Indian players on back foot by playing flawless badminton at net.
Until the mid-game break, the Indonesian players were far ahead of their Indian opponents on score board.
After the break, Tontowi and Liliyana remained consistent in their aggressive and dominating play and they easily ended up the set with a huge margin of 21-12.
Tontowi and Liliyana won their first match in Group C with a comfortable 21-16 and 21-12 score on the board.
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