Singapore Open 2012: Daren Liew penetrates into Men’s Singles top-eight stage

Singapore Open 2012: Daren Liew penetrates into Men’s Singles top-eight stage

Daren Liew, the in-form shuttler from Malaysia, penetrated into Men’s Singles top-eight stage after beating Korea’s Lee Hyun Il in pre-quarter-final clash at 2012 Singapore Open Super Series in Singapore on Thursday, June 21.

The impressive Daren, who is currently World Number 31 in Men’s Singles world rankings, showed his superb skills in the court and stunned the second seeded Lee Hyun who is ranked at number World Number 10 at the moment.

Daren put up gutsy performance and snatched the opening game from his rival but lost the following set. However, he played flawless badminton in the final set and won the match in three sets.

The intensity of the battle started from opening points of first set as both men played impressive badminton by keeping the pace of rallies high and also managed to remain close until the mid-game break.

After the interval, Lee Hyun managed a small lead but the lower ranked Daren played with control and precision in his shots and ended the gap easily.

In the ending phase of first set Daren was fully in command of the game and managed to win it with a reasonable score of 21-18.

In the following set, Lee Hyun showed his brilliance as he played on a different level this time. He was impressive in his game plan and took an incredible lead of 11-5 until the break.

After the break, the Malaysian could not bridge the huge gap created by his Korean opponent and lost the game with a one-sided 12-21 score on the board.

In the deciding game, it was a completely different story as Daren was on driving seat this time and he established an impressive 11-5 lead on the board until the one-minute interval.

After the break, Daren remained on track and did not slow down his speed until the end of the set and bagged it with a huge margin of 21-13.

The lower ranked Daren defeated Lee Hyun pre-quarter-final battle in rubber games with a margin of 21-18, 12-21 and 21-13.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Jun 23 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