Tuesday, November 22, 2011

China Open Premier Super Series: Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir penetrade into 2nd round in Mix Doubles.


Indonesian mix doubles Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir has penetrated into next round after beat Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii of the 2011 Li Ning China Open Premier Super Series, on Wednesday, November 23, in Shanghai, China.

Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir has been playing superb badminton after several day grabbed gold medal at 26th Sea Games in Palembang.

They play dominating in mixed double againt Japanese pair. The Japanese pair completely failed reach the momentum to back level at every game.

The Indonesian pair dictated the pace with a great smash from Tantowi Ahmad and maintained a wonderfull fast move the whole fight. Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir finished the first round contest in to games by working at their best for 24 minutes.

The opening set Indonesian pair lead with 8 smash winner, 5 net winner and 8 unforce error made by Japanese pair. In the second set, Japanese pair change his strategy but again failed to dominated the game as Tantowi Ahmad force with his smashes and smart placing shot by Lilyana. The Indonesia pair took the second games as easily as the first set and won in straight set 21-12 21-11.

The Indonesian mix double opened their campaign against Hirokatsu/Mizuki Fujii in an aggressive and dominating way as he employed jumping smashes from the opening rallies in the first game. Tantowi Ahmad was quicker in finishing off the points by missing no chance to bury the bird into their rival’s court.

The Indonesia pair proved that they has achieved a higher level of skills as their played tremendous badminton against the Japanese pair and won the set with an impressive 21-12 score on the board.

In the following set, Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii  played well in the opening points but gradually failed to continue at the same speed. Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir took over from Japanese pair and established a good lead until the break, 11-6. After the break, the Indonesian pair extended their lead by playing fast and positive badminton and won the battle with a 21-11 score.

In second round Tantowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir will face the winner betwenn Japanese pair Shintaro Ikeda/Rioka Shiota or Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl presented from Denmark.

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