Yonex Japan Open: Eriko Hirose stuns Porntip Buranaprasertsuk to land title berth – Badminton news
Japan’s upcoming shuttler Eriko Hirose stole limelight as she played remarkable badminton and landed a title berth after delivering a stunning performance against her higher ranked opponent Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in Women’s Singles semi-final contest at
Yonex Japan Open 2012 on Saturday, September 22, in Japan.
The in-form Hirose, who is World Number 22 in Women’s Singles category at the moment, showed stretched her winning run in the event as she overpowered the sixth seeded Porntip who has been placed at number 13 in the world.
Hirose was perfect in all departments of the game as she played positive and dominating badminton all the way to give Porntip a severe lesson in the semi-final contest by ending it up in straight sets in 44 minutes.
On the other hand, the higher ranked Porntip could not live up to the expectations as she failed to control the pace of rallies and also failed to put up strong resistance against her un-seeded Japanese challenger and bowed down to her without even snatching
a single game.
Opening set of this contest was interesting when both ladies showed wonderful aggression on court and also remained close at the initial stage.
Porntip tried her best to push her Japanese rival on back foot by playing attacking badminton but she failed to create pressure on Hirose who was quick in placing the bird in right areas.
The impressive contest continued in a tight fashion and both shuttlers remained close until the end of opening part.
After the one-minute break, Hirose did not let her higher ranked Thai challenger to take control of rallies at any stage and remained successful in grabbing the first set with a tight 21-19 difference on score board.
However, it was a different scenario in the second set when Hirose showed her tremendous craft and established a convincing lead until the one-minute break.
After the interval, Hirose continued making her home fans happy by playing in the similar fashion and eventually snatched the second game from Porntip in a crushing manner with a huge margin of 21-13.
Hirose showed exit to the sixth seeded Porntip by finishing up the contest in straight games with a 21-19 and 21-13 margin on score board.
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