Porntip Buranaprasertsuk defeats Jing Yi Tee in first round of Badminton Asia Championships 2011
Thailand’s Porntip Buranaprasertsuk defeated Jing Yi Tee of Malaysia in the women’s singles first round of the Badminton Asia Championships 2011 on Wednesday.
The Thai shuttler had to work hard for three sets which lasted 46 minutes to chuck out Jing Yi, who participated in the event as a qualifier.
In the second round, Porntip will fight against either the seventh seed Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong or Lin Zhu of China.
Porntip, who is the current world number 17, started the game nervously against Jing Yi. The Malaysian delivered a wonderful performance and quickly established an 11-7 lead at the end of the first part of the opening set. Porntip tried to find the momentum
but failed as the Malaysian kept her tactics changing with regular intervals and spared no chance for the opponent to anticipate the game.
After the one-minute rest, Jing Yi continued her convincing performance by stretching her lead. The Thai shuttler remained struggling to return the accurate and perfectly executed strokes. The Malaysian showed no signs of slowing down throughout the set
and won it in 15 minutes with a margin of 21-15.
In the second game, Porntip kept the pace high from the start that put the Malaysian on the back foot. Jing Yi tried to match the speed of the opponent but lost her control over the bird. At the end of the first part of second set, the Thai managed a 4-point
lead over Jing Yi and reached 11-7. She maintained the difference after the interval and won the second set with a 21-16 margin in 18 minutes.
The deciding set was easy for Porntip as the Malaysian became slower as compared to the previous two sets. The Thai shuttler kept the pace high by picking the bird more early at the net and by hitting powerful smashes on the sidelines of the court.
Jing Yi tried to change her tactics but failed as her opponent was more aggressive this time. Porntip finished the third set in just 13 minutes with a convincing margin of 21-12 and sealed the match.
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