Shu Wada beats Hsuan Yi Hsueh to enter into Men’s Singles main round of 2011 Japan Open Super Series
Shu Wada of Japan delivered a stunning performance as he defeated Hsuan Yi Hsueh of Chinese Taipei in the Men’s Singles qualifying round and entered into the main round of the 2011 Japan Open Super Series, in Tokyo, on Tuesday, September 20.
The un-seeded Wada stunned Yi Hsueh, who was the third seed in the Men’s Singles qualifying round of the championship. The Japanese played remarkable badminton with a great touch of aggressiveness and emerged as the winner in the thrilling rubber-set fight,
which entertained the crowd with quality badminton for 49 minutes.
Yi Hsueh dominated the first game against the lower ranked Wada, who failed to play positive badminton. The Taipei shuttler established a decent lead in the opening half by reaching 11-8. He played safe badminton and forced his opponent to make unforced
errors and was successful in his strategy.
The Taipei shuttler remained ahead in the second-half of the first game, as Wada failed to bridge the gap throughout the set and lost the game with a four-point difference of 17-21, in 20 minutes.
However, Wada stunned everyone present in the indoor arena by displaying an incredible show of tremendous badminton in the second set, when he hammered the higher ranked Yi Hsueh without missing a single chance of scoring points. He controlled the pace of
the game and pushed his rival around the court to pick the bird. Wada won the game with a dramatic score of 21-7 in just 13 minutes and levelled the match.
The passionate Japanese continued his killing run in the third set and showed no respect to his experience challenger throughout the game. His attacking game spared no room for Yi Hsueh to come back in the match. The Japanese clinched the third game with
a surprising margin of 21-11, in 16 minutes.
The crowd was thoroughly entertained with the match and the Japanese shuttler emerged victorious in this fabulous rubber-set fight of 49 minutes with the score of 17-21, 21-7 and 21-11.
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