Vania Arianti ousts Hediana Julimarbella in qualifying round of Jakarta Open 2012
Women’s Singles shuttler Vania Arianti Sukoco marched into the third stage in the qualifying round of Djarum Sirnas Flypower Jakarta Open by beating Hediana Julimarbella on May 14, 2012.
The Indonesian girl displayed superior badminton skills and emerged as victor with concluding figure of 21-7, 18-21 and 21-8 after an exhausting exercise of 35 minutes.
On the other hand, Hediana was no comparison to her higher ranked rival and crashed out after receiving a 2-1 defeat.
In first set of the match, Vania Arianti launched a brisk attack and blew away her opponent. She established an unassailable lead by clinching some quick points.
At mid-game break, Vania was standing at decent total of 11 but she added continuous points to her rapidly growing collection in the later part.
The 14-point lead turned final blow to her challenger as she never came out of this deficit and surrendered after reading 7-21 score on the board.
However, Hediana showed a strong character in very next game as she turned her rival’s plan of a straight-set win into dust.
She kept trailing behind in most part of the game but struck hard when it mattered and tipped the balance of scale in her favour.
In the beginning, Vania got into commanding position with some nonstop rallies but the first sign of trouble for her came in when she lost focus and missed couple of crucial points.
Both ladies chased each other all the way to final stage and game kept swinging between them until last minute when local shuttler made the difference with three consecutive points at 21-18 and Vania had to bow down despite controlling a big chunk of the
match.
The decider saw seasoned shuttler Vania setting up a scorching pace straight away in start. She turned to her most potent weapon and pushed her rival on the back-foot with power packed smashes.
She kept her opponent grounded throughout first half and did not allow her to rise from the dust by showing superb hitting skills at the death.
Vania Arianti wrapped the show with 21-8 and setup a final clash with Isra Faradilla in qualifying round of Jakarta Open 2012.
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