Swiss Open 2013: Kazumasa Sakai shows exit to Hafiz Shaharudin in Men’s Singles second round
Kazumasa Sakai, one of the emerging players from Japan, showed a great performance and reached into the Men’s Singles round-of-16 after crushing his local opponent Hafiz Shaharudin in second round of Swiss Open 2013 on Wednesday, March 13, in Switzerland.
The in-form Japanese player Sakai played with greater level of confidence in the second round of this championship and he remained successful in defeating his Swiss challenger in a dominating and easy fashion while being on the court time for just 23 minutes.
The un-seeded Japanese shuttler played with precision and did not let his rival to take charge of rallies at any stage. He did not lose his grip over the pace of rallies at any stage in the whole battle and easily won the match with an inspiring margin of
21-10 and 21-5.
Meanwhile, Shaharudin could not continue his winning run in the tournament as he failed to put up strong resistance against the power play of his challenger and eventually lost the match without making his presence strongly felt to his home fans.
Sakai performed extremely well from the initial points of first set as he played with amazing speed and grabbed the control. He showed that he has attained top quality skills in the arena and eventually successful in getting a strong position in the arena.
It was the in-form Japanese shuttler who showed did not show any respect to his spirited rival in the first half and secured a tremendous lead in the arena.
The battle proceeded in the same way after the mid-game interval as Sakai did not lose his control in the arena. He did not slow down the pace of the game at any stage and easily bagged the first game with a stunning 21-10 margin on the board.
In the second set, the aggressive Sakai played with stunning speed in the arena and he did not spare any room for Shaharudin to find gaps and remained on the driving seat.
Until the one-minute interval, the incredible Sakai remained consistent in playing with aggression and variations as he remained ahead on the board.
Sakai was calm and composed in the arena in the final points of second set and won the second game with a completely crushing 21-5 score on the board.
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