Toby Ng, Grace Gao claim quarter-final seat in Mixed Doubles event – Canada Open Update
Mixed Doubles partners Toby Ng and Grace Gao kept the nation’s hopes alive in Yonex Canada Open as they stamped Chia Bin Lu-Hsiao Ma Pai to gain access into the quarter-finals on July 12, 2012.
This second round match kept both contenders busy in Richmond Oval badminton arena for 42 minutes before ending with 21-15, 18-21 and 24-22.
The twosome of Toby-Grace relished full benefits of home ground and gave the local crowd a solid reason to celebrate by prevailing in the opening and ending segments of the match.
Now they will be up against Agusriadi Wijaya Amphie-Beiwen Zhang in round of eight of this Grand Prix tournament.
They are fully charged to continue their successful journey and vowed to repeat their splendid performance of pre quarter-final round.
Toby and Grace, who are top ranked contenders in this event, laid the foundation of their victory by finishing the opening game with a six-point lead.
The Canadian couple trod carefully in start and managed to remain one or two steps ahead of their rivals in the first half.
They placed a decent total of 11-9 before the interval but then launched a furious attack immediately after the break.
They dominated in six rallies without any interruption and this vigorous movement helped them to place a favourable margin of 21-15.
However, the opposing Taipei duo did not surrender tamely as they showed their class in second set of the match and managed to stay in the contest.
This time Chia Bin and Hsiao Ma did not repeat their previous mistakes and showed elevated craft.
They matched their competitors’ skills throughout the crucial segment and finished this race with a respectable difference.
Though, they remained at lower end in first half but still managed to stay close with 10-11 total before the interval.
They perked up in later part of the game and made swift progress to level match score with decisive figure of 21-18.
The decider, as expected, kept swinging between both teams all the way to final moments.
They made every effort to lock the honour but finally Toby and Grace tipped the scale in their favour with concluding result of 24-22.
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