State Ranking Badminton Tournament Archana Pai stuns Prasamsha Bhandery in quarter-final clash
India’s budding shuttler Archana Pai surprised everyone by grabbing her berth in Girl’s Singles U17 semi-final after putting up stunning performance against her higher ranked opponent Prasamsha Bhandery in quarter-final clash at the Udupi 5 Star State Ranking
Badminton Tournament on Tuesday, July 10, in India.
The impressive Archana, who is un-seeded player in Girl’s Singles draw of the championship, proved her mettle by showing wonderful aggression on court and overpowered her compatriot in a striking manner.
The lower ranked Archana did not show any sign of sluggishness in the entire battle and easily registered her superiority over Prasamsha in straight games with an incredible margin.
The sixth seeded Prasamsha, in the meanwhile, remained struggling on court as she could not get the bird timely and remained struggling throughout the contest.
The higher ranked Prasamsha failed to tackle the attacking shots of her lower ranked rival and lost to her in a one-sided fashion.
In the first set, Archana was the first to take over the control of rallies as she played with impressive speed and also remained positive on court.
Archana did not miss any opportunity to build a huge gap and remained successful in taking it until the mid-game break.
After the interval, Prasamsha showed her aggression as she played fast badminton but failed to create any trouble for her talented opponent who was on a different level.
In the meanwhile, Archana did not show any sign of confusion in the entire set and easily bagged it with an incredible 21-12 score on the board.
In the following set, Archana set up a tremendous lead on the board at the early stage as she unleashed her wonderful smashes on side lines of the court.
Until the mid-game interval, the lower ranked Archana was in complete command of the game as she took a huge lead on the score board.
After the one-minute break, Archana did not stop her roller-coaster run as she was at her best. She played impressive shots in all areas and eventually grabbed the game with a staggering score of 21-10.
The lower ranked Archana emerged as victorious against Prasamsha in quarter-final encounter with a huge margin of 21-12 and 21-10.
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