Maybank Malaysia Open: Yeon Ju Bae tames Minatsu Mitani to surge into Women’s Singles semi-final
Korea’s in-form shuttler Yeon Ju Bae continued her giant killing performance and reached into Women’s Singles semi-final after crushing Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in quarter-final clash at Maybank Malaysia Open 2013 on Friday, January 18, in Kuala Lumpur.
The impressive Yeon Ju, who participated in this championship as an un-seeded player, stole the limelight by playing with staggering precision and managed to claim her place in the top four.
Korean lady was on a completely different level while playing against her seventh seeded Japanese challenger. She played with remarkable precision and overpowered Mitani in straight games by a convincing score of 21-15 and 21-17.
In the meanwhile, the higher ranked Japanese shuttler failed to stretch her winning run in the tournament as she could not put up strong resistance against her un-seeded Korean rival and crashed out without showing her brilliance.
In the starting game, the impressive Yeon Ju delivered a spectacular performance on court as she executed shots with deception from starting rallies.
Yeon Ju was quite quick in getting the bird early and she did not face any complication in placing her strokes in right areas.
Until the end of first half of first set, the incredible Yeon Ju achieved a strong position on board by taking a reasonable gap.
The fight proceeded in the similar fashion after the one-minute break as Yeon Ju did not lose her commanding position in the arena.
Yeon Ju was quite calm and composed in the arena as she did not play negative badminton and ended up the first set with a stunning 21-15 margin on the score board.
In the second game of this quarter-final clash, the in-form Yeon Ju did not lose her concentration at any stage in the starting half as she continued playing with impressive control and precision.
The hard to return smashes and net killings kept Yeon Ju ahead of her opponent all the way until the one-minute interval.
In the concluding part of second game, the impressive Yeon Ju continued her smooth ride and easily bagged the second game by a decent 21-17 total on the score board.
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