Syed Modi International: Sapsiree Taerattanachai ousts Arundhati Pantawane in first round battle
Thailand’s upcoming female shuttler Sapsiree Taerattanachai showed a great performance in Women’s Singles first round when she toppled her local challenger Arundhati Pantawane at Syed Modi International India GPG 2012 on Wednesday, December 19, in Lucknow.
The higher ranked Taerattanachai, who has been showing up a steady progress at international stage, started her campaign in a confident and dominating fashion and remained successful in beating Arundhati in 40 minutes.
However, it was not an easy task for the Thai shuttler as she had to dig deep into her arsenal to overpower her talented Indian rival in straight sets with a close score on the board.
On the contrary, the lower ranked Arundhati put up superb show of aggressive and positive badminton and she troubled her Thai opponent throughout the battle. But she failed to play with precision in the ending points and eventually lost the set with respectable
total.
It was a superb fight in the starting stage of first game when both ladies put up superb show of attacking and positive badminton and progressed while staying close.
The local shuttler was in smashing form and she did not take much time in controlling the pace of rallies and remained successful in claiming an incredible lead on the score board until the end of opening half.
After the one-minute break, Thai lady started to elevate her game and she played incredibly fast badminton that helped her to end the deficit on score board.
At the ending stage of the opening set, the third seeded Taerattanachai played with superb precision and remained successful in winning the set with a close 21-19 score on the board.
However, in the second game, the higher ranked Taerattanachai started to employ variations in her strokes and remained in complete command of rallies until the end of opening half.
After the break, the higher ranked Thai lady continued showing up her brilliance in the arena as she played with incredible speed and aggression and grabbed the second set with a reasonable margin of 21-18.
Taerattanachai proved her mettle in the arena by overpowering Arundhati in Women’s Singles first round with a narrow 21-19 and 21-18 score on the board.
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