Vietnam Open Grand Prix 2012: Porntip Buranaprasertsuk advances into Women’s Singles semi-final
Thailand’s impressive shuttler Porntip Buranaprasertsuk reached into Women’s Singles semi-final after working really hard in quarter-final battle when she defeated the in-form Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesian at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open Grand Prix 2012 in Vietnam, on Friday, August 24.
The top seeded Porntip, who has been placed at number 17 in Women’s Singles world rankings, worked to the limit and managed to overpower her lower ranked Indonesian opponent with a narrow margin.
The higher ranked Thai shuttler played good badminton but failed to snatch the opening set form her rival.
However, the Thai player powered her way back into the match and took the following sets to oust her opponent in three games by taking 56 minutes on court.
In the meanwhile, Aprilla put up superb show of aggressive badminton and won the first set of the match. Nevertheless, she failed to continue her dominating performance and lost the following games to her higher ranked Thai opponent and crashed out in a respectable way.
The first set was absolutely sensational when both shuttlers put up wonderful show of fast and positive badminton and they remained neck-to-neck until the one-minute break.
After the mid-game interval, Porntip tried to take control of the game by gearing up her speed but she failed to tackle the aggression of her rival and lost the game with a 19-21 score on the board.
In the second set, Porntip played completely different game as she took over the control from opening points and built a reasonable lead until the mid-game break.
After the interval, the Thai shuttler continued putting up positive and elevated show while remaining focused on court and took the set with a 21-15 margin on the board.
In the final set, Porntip remained consistent in her dominating and controlled play and remained successful in getting a strong position until the end of opening half.
In the concluding half of final set, the Thai player showed her brilliance by playing attacking badminton and eventually grabbed the set with a wonderful margin of 21-14.
Porntip won this thrilling contest in rubber games with a reasonable 19-21, 21-15 and 21-14 score on the board.
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