Sung Ji Hyun stamps Han Li en route to Women’s Singles final – Korea Open Update

Korea’s badminton queen Sung Ji Hyun stretched her winning streak in the Victor Korea Open and secured a berth in the title match after beating Han Li on January 12, 2013.

This Women’s Singles semi-final match was played at the local badminton complex of Seoul and it kept the audience glued to their chairs for 42 minutes.

Though, this encounter ended in just two games but still both contenders challenged each other while piling up the decisive figures of 21-14 and 21-17.

Initially, World Number seven Ji Hyun faced some trouble in dominating her challenger but then she employed all of her experience and brilliance in the game to hit the mark.

On the other hand, the young Chinese female shuttler took off in perfect manner but then her fluctuated performance brought her down.

In the opening game, both female players stood toe-to-toe in the establishing rallies and neither of them could gain an early advantage.

They remained equal on the points table until 4-4 but then the Korean shuttler prevailed in seven consecutive rallies.

Ji Hyun finished first half of the set with a mountainous figure of 11 and then made best out of this psychological edge in latter part of the game.

She showed consistency in her performance and maintained that upper hand all the way to game point situation.

Her flawless strategy yielded favourable result and she wrapped this segment of the showdown with 21-14 score.

There was a lot of drama in next set of the match as this game kept swinging between both contenders until third quarter of the set.

Initially, Han Li was in strong position to avoid a straight-set defeat but then a strong backlash from her opponent turned her plans into dust.

Ji Hyun, who was underrated earlier in this tournament, served notice of her potential with a staggering knock and swept the table with 21-17 margin.

This was a wrap as this final score position sent the Chinese player packing whereas took the Korean lady in the title match.

Now Ji Hyun will lock horns with Wang Shixian in the final round of Korea Open.

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