Karnataka State Ranking Badminton Tournament: Archana Pai claims Girl’s Singles U15 crown

Karnataka State Ranking Badminton Tournament: Archana Pai claims Girl’s Singles U15 crown

Archana Pai, an upcoming shuttler from India, made her presence felt as she grabbed Women’s Singles U15 crown after defeating her compatriot Apeksha Nayak in the final battle at Belgaum 3 Star Karnataka State Ranking Badminton Tournament 2012 on September
4, in India.

The in-form Archana, who was positioned at number two in the main draw of the championship, remained consistent in her winning run in the final clash and outshined her opponent in a dictating fashion.

Archana moved the crowd with her impressive play as she was at her best on court and played with confidence and remained successful in showing exit to her rival in straight sets while working hard for 50 minutes on court.

In the meanwhile, the top seeded Apeksha remained unable to prove her worth as she could not create pressure on her lower ranked opponent and finally went down in two sets with a respectable difference.

Both players showed their aggression and entertained the crowd in the opening set by playing to their maximum potential and snapped each other’s heel at the opening rallies.

Nevertheless, the in-form Archana started to dominate the pace of rallies and remained successful in getting a strong position until the one-minute interval.

After the break, the top seeded Apeksha geared up her speed and tried to put up strong show by increasing her speed. However, she could not play dominating badminton and remained struggling to find a good flow.

On the other hand, Archana was focused and consistent in her positive and composed play and took the opening game in a commanding fashion by a reasonable margin of 21-17.

In the second set, both shuttlers again showed a thrilling performance in opening rallies by pushing each other everywhere in the court and remained also remained close on score board.

In the concluding half, the impressive Archana showed up her fabulous craft on court and took a reasonable lead without facing much trouble.

The spirited Archana played safe and aggressive badminton in the concluding points of second game and eventually won the set with a 21-18 margin on score board.

The impressive Archana emerged a crown winner as she finished off the final battle in a phenomenal manner with a margin of 21-17 and 21-18.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Sep 10 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