Mathilda Lindholm, Jenny Nyström rise in 2012 Forza Finnish International Junior Championships
Women’s Doubles experts Mathilda Lindholm and Jenny Nyström showed superb coordination in the final round of Forza Finnish International Junior Championships and raised the trophy on November 25, 2012.
They intercepted Maja Pavlinić-Dorotea Sutara en route to glory and locked the honour with an impressive result of 12-21, 21-5 and 21-12.
This 37-minute showdown was staged at the local badminton arena of Vantaa, Finland as a huge crowd gathered to support the native shuttlers.
The Finnish campaigners did not disappoint their supporters and reserved the top spot on the victory stand.
On the other hand, the Croatian shuttlers had to draw a blank despite putting up a convincing performance throughout this tournament.
The twosome of Maja and Dorotea had a perfect start in the title match as they finished the first set of the match with a nine-point difference.
They started the ball rolling immediately in the beginning and maintained that momentum all the way to game point situation.
In the first half of the set, they ruled the court in a couple of uninterrupted rallies and established an unassailable lead with a respectable figure of 11.
Later part of the game saw them making a swift progress and cruise to victory with an indomitable score position of 21-12.
However, the story was entirely different in second set of the match as Mathilda and Jenny showed elevated craft and brought the contest to the right balance.
The local team relished full benefits of home ground and swept the table with a significant lead of 16 points.
They made their intentions clear by prevailing in some back-to-back rallies straight away in the beginning and then strengthened their grip with a decent total of 11.
Mathilda and Jenny showed consistency after the mid-game break and levelled the match score with 21-5.
Third set became survival of the fittest war and both contenders tested each other’s mental and physical fitness throughout this segment.
The decider kept swinging between them until half time but the Finnish duo forged a fruitful chemistry and tipped the scale in its favour.
Mathilda and Jenny played authoritative badminton and sealed a splendid win with 21-12 margin on the board.
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