Macau Open Grand Prix: Lydia Li Ya Cheah defeats Shih Han Hung in Women’s Singles qualifying round
Malaysia’s young shuttler, Lydia Li Ya Cheah proves her mettle as she has defeated Chinese Taipei’s Shih Han Hung in the Women’s Singles qualifying round of the 2011 Macau Open Grand Prix, in Macau, on Tuesday, November 28.
The emerging Malaysian played tremendous badminton against the Taipei shuttler entered into the next stage in the qualifying round. He took 44 minutes to beat Shih Han in a superb three-set fight. The Taipei lady failed to play aggressive badminton in the
deciding game and lost the match.
The Malaysian displayed her wonderful skills in the first set and won it with a good margin. However, she lost her focus in the second game and lost it with a reasonable score. In the final set, Lydia played with courage and toppled her Taipei challenger
to take the game with a convincing margin.
Lydia remained focused from the opening points of the first game as she played with precision. Both ladies remained close until the end of the opening half when the Malaysian was slightly ahead of her opponent. After the break, the Malaysian geared up her
speed and also lifted up her level of play. Shih Han was taking the bird late which helped the Malaysian to take lead and win the game with a 21-16 score.
In the following set, Shih Han also accelerated her pace to put pressure on her opponent and remained successful in creating a reasonable gap until the break. After the one-minute interval, she remained focused against the Malaysian, who was making unforced
errors. Lydia failed to continue her striking run in the second set of the match and lost it by a margin of 17-21.
In the finals set, Lydia played with aggression and remained quicker in creating gaps in her opponent’s court. Her strokes were landing in the right areas and she remained successful in getting a strong position in this game. Her impressive drop shots followed
by powerful smashes spared no chance for her Taipei rival to fight back in the game.
Lydia won the deciding set with a 21-16 score on the board. The overall result of this 44-minute qualifying-round showdown was 21-16, 17-21 and 21-16.
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