Ngan Yi Cheung beats Min Jin Song to grab the women’s singles title of the German Junior 2011
Hong Kong’s Ngan Yi Cheung defeated Min Jin Song of Korea in the women’s singles final of the German Junior 2011, played at Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, March 15. The number five seed Ngan Yi played wonderful badminton and won the final battle in three sets
against the top seed Min Jin Song of Korea, who defeated Su Ya Sonia Cheah of Malaysia in the semi-final match.
In the final of women’s singles, Ngan Yi started the opening set in an aggressive fashion as she played an attacking game against the Korean. The top seed Min Jin tried to catch the speed of the opponent but failed to maintain the momentum in the first half
of the game. Till the interval, the player from Hong Kong was ahead with a decent 11-7 score on the board.
After the interval, the Korean matched the speed of the opponent and reduced the gap by reaching at 11-13. But again Ngan Yi played well and stretched the difference and won the first set with a good margin of 21-15, in just 15 minutes.
In the second set, the Korean increased her speed to dominate the rallies and remained ahead of the opponent till the one-minute-break, where she was leading by an 11-9 margin. Both ladies were playing an attacking game, employing powerful smashes, fast
drop shots and tumbling net strokes to earn points.
After the 60-second-break, the Korean maintained the winning run and stretched her lead at 16-11. Ngan Yi tried hard to reduce the difference but failed as the opponent was alert this time. Min Jin won the second set with a 21-15 margin, by spending 17 minutes
in the court.
In the third set of this final battle, both players kept the pace high right from the start and progressed in the game with the same pace. Ngan Yi was leading the game with a tight margin of 10-11, at the interval.
After getting back in the court, the lady from Hong Kong increased the speed of the game and dictated the pace of the rallies by playing well executed strokes. The Korean was quite helpless against the accurate stroke placements of the opponent and lost
the third set with a 16-21 difference, in 19 minutes. The ending score of this 51-minute-final was, 21-15, 15-21 and 21-16.
Tags: