Takuma Ueda ousts Fang Yang Lim to surge into top-16 stage at Malaysia Open GP Gold 2012
Japan’s impressive player Takuma Ueda showed his elevated class and surged into top-16 stage after ousting Malaysia’s Fang Yang Lim in second round encounter at Malaysia Open GP Gold 2012 on Thursday, May 3, in Malaysia.
The World Number 44 Ueda, who is fifth seeded shuttler in Men’s Singles main draw of Malaysia Open, played tremendous badminton against the local shuttler and advanced into the next stage in a superb fashion.
Ueda has been working hard to create a strong impact at international stage for the last couple of years.
He has defeated many higher ranked shuttlers in different events and has achieved a certain level of skills.
In his second round contest against Fang Yang, the Japanese played with impressive precision and managed to defeat the local shuttler in a wonderful fashion.
On the other hand, Fang Yang could not dominate the pace and also failed to match the skills of his higher ranked Japanese rival. He lost the contest in straight games without entertaining his home fans.
In the opening set, both played put up good show as they did not waste any time in pacing up the rallies and pushed each other in all four corners of the court.
They progressed in the game without getting into commanding position at any stage and remained close at the mid-game interval.
After the break, Ueda played with precision and did not let his Malaysian rival to control the rallies at net. His net play and smashed were impressive and he managed to take a decent lead on the board.
The Japanese remained ahead in the concluding half and finished it off with a reasonable 21-18 margin on the board.
In the second game, Ueda was first to dominate the pace of rallies as he played with aggression and pushed Fang Yang to a defensive position.
The Malaysian could not get rid of the power play of his opponent and he failed to play his normal game.
The Japanese took over the control from opening points and maintained his upper hand in the whole game to bag it impressively with a 21-15 score on the board.
Ueda advanced into the next stage by winning the second-round battle with a margin of 21-18 and 21-15.
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