Tan Chun Seang storms into Men’s Singles quarter-final at US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012
Sunday, July 15th, 2012 6:29:44 by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir
Tan Chun Seang storms into Men’s Singles quarter-final at US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012
Tan Chen Seang, a talented shuttler from Malaysia, showed a spectacular performance and advanced into Men’s Singles quarter-final after beating Ivan Sozonov of Russia in pre-quarter-final clash at the US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 last week in Los Angeles,
USA.
Chun Seang, who was seeded at number 4 in Men’s Singles draw of US Open, showed an incredible run on court and toppled his experienced opponent by taking just 23 minutes on court.
The in-form Chun Seang was in his prime form and he missed no chance to punish his rival on court. He grabbed victory in a sensational fashion by ending up the contest in straight sets with a thrashing margin.
The 11th seeded Sozonov, on the other hand, was not expecting such a severe treatment on court as he could not put up good resistance in the entire match and lost to his impressive opponent without winning any game.
The higher ranked Chun Seang put up superb show and took an impressive lead of 11-1 until the mid-game interval.
The higher ranked Malaysian remained consistent on court as he showed no any respect to his opponent and grabbed the opening game in a sensational manner with a 21-7 score on the board.
In the following game, Chun Seang showed his class again as while playing at his best and remained aggressive on court.
The Malaysian shuttler was in tremendous control and did not let Sozonov to playing his normal game.
The Malaysian was ahead at 11-8 on the score board until the mid-game interval.
However, Sozonov showed his class after the break as he played positive badminton and levelled the score at 11-11 on the board.
Chun Seang changed his strategy at this stage and grabbed the driving seat again as he did not miss any chance to put pressure on his rival.
He remained on course and ended up second game with a 21-15 margin on the board.
The in-form Malaysian won this Men’s Single round-of-16 battle in straight sets with a spectacular margin of 21-7 and 21-15.
Tags: Chun Seang Tan, Filippo Magnini, Gary Wilson, Ivan Sozonov, Malaysia, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nicholas Schafer, Russia, Singles, US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012Short URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=28908
Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir
on Jul 15 2012. Filed under Sports.
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