Wang Yihan demolishes Eriko Hirose in Women’s Singles semi-final of Badminton Asia Championships
China’s former World Number One Wang Yihan stayed positive and confident on court and reached into Women’s Singles final after demolishing Japan’s Eriko Hirose in semi-final encounter at Badminton Asia Championships 2013 on Saturday, April 20, in Chinese
Taipei.
The second seed Yihan, who has been playing top quality badminton for the last few years, played with confidence and remained successful in defeating the seventh seeded Hirose while consuming just 36 minutes on court.
The Chinese shuttler was impressive in her shot selection and execution as she did not miss any chance to earn points. She maintained her focus on court and outplayed her Japanese rival in straight sets with a spectacular 21-12 and 21-6 score on the board.
On the contrary, the lower ranked Hirose could not maintain her focus on court as she was struggling to find a good flow. She employed all of her tactics but failed to produce any considerable result and eventually bowed down without getting a respectable
total.
Yihan showed a wonderful aggression on court from the starting points of first game by creating a huge pressure on her rival.
Yihan was quite comfortable in taking the bird early and she did not encounter any complication in placing her strokes in right areas.
It was the experienced Yihan who showed no mercy to her aggressive rival in the starting half and grabbed a tremendous lead in the game.
The confused Hirose remained struggling in the arena and could not play positive game after the mid-game interval as she lost her focus in the arena.
Yihan was very calm and composed in the arena as she did not play negative badminton and wrapped up the first set with a staggering difference of 21-12.
Hirose geared up her speed to play positive badminton in the first half of second game but she failed to create pressure on her rival.
Yihan impressed the crowd with her incredible craft that assisted her to maintain pressure on her opponent who failed to find good rhythm.
Hirose failed to put up strong show in the second game of this match as her challenger Yihan played positive badminton and secured the set with a comfortable 21-6 difference on the board.
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