US Open 2012: Hiroyuki Endo, Kenichi Hayakawa cruise to victory in Men’s Doubles final
Men’s Doubles partners Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa thrashed their compatriot duo Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno in the final match and secured Yonex OCBC US Open GPG title on July 7, 2012.
This all-Japan final was played in Orange County Badminton Club (OCBC) and both contenders remained head-to-head for 27 minutes.
However, Hiroyuki-Kenichi displayed unbeatable badminton skills and wrapped the match with concluding figures of 21-15 and 21-10.
The lower ranked opposing team strived hard to unseat their superior rivals but they could not match their craft at any stage.
World Number 12 duo Hiroyuki-Kenichi laid the foundation of their supremacy straight away in the opening set as they completely outclassed their opponents in all areas of the game.
Though, they were bit sluggish in the beginning but built up the right momentum after couple of opening rallies.
The twosome of Yoshiteru Hirobe and Kenta Kazuno built pressure by reaching a 6-3 total in no time but they lost focus and went down just before half time.
They committed some unforced errors which helped their compatriots to counter-balance the situation with 7-6 margin.
Hiroyuki and Kenichi did not miss this opportunity and made the best out of it by registering a decent total of 11-9 before mid-game break.
After the interval, they did not drop their pace and raised the lead with 16-13 score on the board. This respectable advantage boosted their confidence and they bagged the first match point with concluding figure of 21-15.
The second set of the match turned one-sided affair as top seeded Hiroyuki-Kenichi blew away the other team with a gutsy performance.
They did not lose grip at any stage of this segment and dictated their competitors from the first shot to last one.
Yoshiteru and Kenta, who were also ranked four in this event, could not withstand the intensive invasion and lost this crucial set with a huge deficit of 11 points.
In first half, they hardly put any resistance and allowed their challengers to pile up a mountainous figure of 11-2.
Though, they stepped forward in later part of the game but Hiroyuki-Kenichi stopped their progress and sent them packing with 21-10 margin.
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