Indonesia’s Simon Santoso grabs his first Premier Super Series title

Indonesia’s Simon Santoso grabs his first Premier Super Series title

Indonesia’s top player Simon Santoso proved that he is a reliable successor to Taufik Hidayat as he grabbed Men’s Singles title at Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2012 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the title match in Jakarta, on Sunday, June
17.

The in-form Santoso, who has been playing tremendous game in the entire competition; finally won his first ever Premier Super Series title and it came in front of his home fans.

The seventh seed in the tournament and World Number 9 Santoso was impressive in his shot selection and game plan and he outmanoeuvred his opponent in a hard-fought three games with a wonderful margin.

On the other hand, the lower ranked Pengyu could not continue his winning streak as he failed to overpower the aggressive Indonesia and eventually lost to him in three games of 79 minutes.

In the first game, Santoso showed his impressive class by playing controlled badminton and he did not let his rival to play normal game at any stage in the court.

It was the higher ranked Indonesian who took a superb lead on the score board until the one-minute break.

Santoso remained positive and composed in the court after the break and managed to win the first game with a decent margin of 21-18.

In the following game, the Chinese prevailed from the opening points as he played aggressive badminton and also took a wonderful lead until the mid-game interval.

After the break, Santoso played well and narrowed the gap but failed to tackle the aggression of his rival and lost the set with a margin of 13-21.

In the decider, both men showed their aggressive skills until 6-6 when Santoso found a wonderful flow and took five consecutive points to take a lead of 11-5.

After the one-minute break, the higher ranked Indonesian did not let Pengyu to catch up at any stage and wrapped up the final game with an incredible score of 21-11.

Santoso cheered his home fans by winning the title match in 79 minutes with a superb 21-18, 13-21 and 21-11 score on the board.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Jun 19 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry