Tontowi Ahmad – Liliyana Natsir start their campaign in a tremendous fashion at Olympic Games

Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, the top shuttlers from Indonesia, showed their elite class in their first match in Group C and overpowered India’s Jwala Gutta and V. Diju in a commanding manner at 2012 Olympics Games on July 28, at Wembley Arena, London.

Tontowi and Liliyana, who are World Number Four in Mixed Doubles category, showed a tremendous performance on court as they played with complete control and overpowered their lower ranked Indian rival in a stunning fashion.

The higher ranked Tontowi and Liliyana played high quality badminton and easily stamped their mark over their Indian rivals by ending up the match in straight games with a wonderful margin.

In the meanwhile, Jwala and Diju failed to cope up with the elevated class of their Indonesian opponents and eventually lost the match without proving their worth.

The in-form Tontowi and Liliyana showed their class in the opening set of the contest as they played with precision and remained ahead on score board by setting up an early lead.

The higher ranked Tontowi and Liliyana played quite comfortably as they took the bird early and executed impressive shots in all areas of the court.

Tontowi and Liliyana were in commanding position as they took a reasonable lead on score board until the break.

After the interval, Tontowi and Liliyana remained positive and consistent in their crushing run without sparing any chance for their Indian rivals and eventually took the opening set with a remarkable margin of 21-16.

The impressive Tontowi and Liliyana did not take much time in getting a commanding position in the second set as they easily pushed the Indian players on back foot while working well in all areas of the court.

The lofty Indonesians continued their positive run in the game and they again took a remarkable lead until the mid-game interval.

The in-form Tontowi and Liliyana remained consistent after the break as they played with confidence and precision and easily clinched the second game with a superb 21-12 margin on the score board.

The higher ranked Tontowi and Liliyana easily registered a spectacular victory over Jwala and Diju by ending up the match with a huge margin of 21-16 and 21-12.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Aug 6 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