LABC Summer Bash Tournament: Jasmine Liu wins Women’s Singles crown in style
Thursday, July 5th, 2012 5:18:44 by Muhammad Ahmad NazirUSA’s impressive shuttler Jasmine Liu stole the lime light as she won the Women’s singles crown after working extra hard against her team-mate Angelica L. Ortiz in the final encounter at LABC Summer Bash Tournament 2012 in USA last week.
Jasmine showed her tremendous skills in all of her matches in the tournament and also remained consistent in the title match to overpower her talented opponent in a hard-fought rubber set contest.
The in-form Jasmine started her campaign in a slow and quivering way and eventually lost the first set. Nonetheless, she made a strong comeback in the following sets and snatched victory from her compatriot with a decent score on the board.
On the other hand, Angelica played positive and aggressive badminton in the first set and also clinched it by a narrow score. However, she could not maintain her staggering performance and lost the following both sets to her rival in a sluggish manner.
Jasmine played fast game in the opening set but she was a slow in the court which helped her rival to remain in commanding position until the one-minute break.
After the interval, Jasmine changed her tactics but failed to dictate the pace of rallies in the ending points and lost the set with a tight 21-23 score on the board.
Both ladies showed their brilliance in the following set and again kept the crowd intact by playing fast and positive badminton. They were close on the board until the break.
After the break, the in-form Jasmine became quick at net and maintained her positive play to take the set with a tight 21-19 margin on the board.
In the deciding game, Jasmine controlled the driving seat without facing any problem and established a striking gap until the one-minute interval.
The in-form Jasmine continued her tremendous performance after the one-minute interval without having any interruption from her rival. She was fully focused on court and took the last set with a superb margin of 21-9.
Jasmine overpowered her team-mate in the final battle with a sensational 21-23, 21-19 and 21-9 margin on the score board.
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