Takuma Ueda tames Antonio Benjamin Gadi to storm into Men’s Singles second round at UP Open GP Gold
Takuma Ueda, a spirited young shuttler from Japan, showed his elevated craft on court when he knocked out Antonio Benjamin Gadi of Philippines in Men’s Singles first round encounter at Yonex OCBC US Open GP Gold 2012 in Los Angeles, on Monday, July 2.
The World Number 40 Takuma, who is top seed in Men’s Singles category at US Open, started his journey in an impressive fashion as he played with confidence in the opening match and easily bagged a comprehensive victory.
The top seeded Japanese showed his tremendous class by playing attacking and positive badminton throughout the battle and crushed Antonio in just 29 minutes with a huge margin on the board.
The lower ranked Antonio lacked the speed and power in his strokes and he also remained struggling in taking the bird early from the front court area. He tried to compete well but failed to stop his rival and lost the battle without taking any game.
In the first set, Antonio put up strong resistance against the top seeded Takuma as he managed to remain close by playing to his full potential.
The score progressed equally from both sides and the Japanese could not manage a clear lead against his lower ranked challenger until the one-minute interval.
After the break, Takuma showed wonderful aggression in the court and took a comfortable lead by executing powerful smashes on both sides of his rival.
The power play served well to the Japanese and he took the set with a big margin of 21-14.
In the second set, Takuma did not let Antonio to put up resistance this time as he did not slow down the pace of rallies and managed a staggering gap of 11-4 until the one-minute interval.
After the 60-second break, Takuma continued his fireworks on court and did not miss any chance to finish off rallies with his accurate smashes. He ended up the second game quite impressively with a one-sided margin of 21-6.
Takuma won his first match of US Open against Antonio in a completely commanding manner with a huge margin of 21-14 and 21-6.
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