Nozomi Okuhara trounces Lindaweni Fanetri in Women’s Singles round-of-16 at Malaysia Open
Japan’s upcoming player Nozomi Okuhara showed a wonderful performance on court and reached into Women’s Singles quarter-final after defeating Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri in round-of-16 clash at Maybank Malaysia Open 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, January
17.
The lofty Nozomi, who entered into this tournament as an un-seeded player, put up smashing show of attacking badminton and she easily sent her Indonesian challenger packing while consuming just 36 minutes in the arena.
Japanese lady did extremely well in the arena as she played with staggering precision and managed to end up the contest in straight sets with a one-sided margin.
On the contrary, the Indonesian lady failed to play aggressive game as she could not create pressure on her opponent at any stage and eventually went down in straight games without getting close to her rival on the score board.
In the opening set, the aggressive Nozomi showed a tremendous performance on court as she executed strokes with remarkable variations from opening rallies.
The in-form Nozomi showed that she has got top quality skills in the arena and eventually successful in taking a strong position in the arena.
Nozomi did not show any sign of confusion as she remained in complete command of rallies until the end of first half.
The contest proceeded in the similar way after the mid-game interval as Nozomi did not lose her commanding position in the arena.
Nozomi remained consistent in employing powerful shots in targeted areas and eventually bagged the first set with a staggering difference of 21-13.
Things were identical in the second game of this entertaining match as Nozomi played in the similar aggressive way.
Japanese shuttler entertained the crowd with her unparalleled skills that assisted her to put pressure on her opponent who failed to find positive run.
Nozomi continued putting up comfortable performance in the ending part of second game and remained successful in securing the set with a superb 21-13 score on score board.
The impressive Nozomi showed her staggering craft on court and remained successful in winning this Women’s Singles pre-quarter-final clash in straight sets with a dominating margin of 21-13 and 21-13.
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