Nineteen-year-old Japanese badminton player Nozomi Okuhara won thewomen's singles title at her first attempt following a convincing 21-15,21-11 victory over compatriot Aya Ohorial at the Yonex-Sunrise VietnamGP Open 2014 on September 7.
In the final, played at the Tan BinhIndoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7 afternoon, Okuhara,the 2012 World Junior champion, had a slow start to allow Ohori a 11-10lead at the break before coming back strongly to claim the set 21-15.
Thesecond set was even more lopsided with Okuhara racing to a lead 5-11 atthe break. Ohori seemed not to be in her best form for the final, andmade too many unforced errors as Okuhara quickly took the set 21-11 towin her first Vietnam Open title.
"She is as a good player buttoday she was not as good as she is used to be. She actually beat mebefore but today was my day because she made too many mistakes," Ohuharasaid after the final.
Indonesian players won all the fourremaining events at Vietnam's biggest annual badminton tournament, withthe women's doubles and mixed doubles finals being all-Indonesianaffairs.
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka overcame India's Prannoy HaseenaSunil Kumar 18-21, 21-15, 21-18 to win his first title at thecompetition.
"I did not push him hard enough in the first set soPrannoy was able to control the shuttle well. But I pushed harder in thetwo later sets and piled on a lot of pressure and it worked becausePrannoy made more and more mistakes," Rumbaka said after the match.
Prannoywas pleased with second place after three attempts at the competition,and said that the poor starts in the second and third sets cost him thetitle.
In the men's doubles, top-seeded duo Andrei Adistia andHendra Aprida Gunawan staged a dramatic comeback by saving four matchpoints in the second set to overcome Japanese duo Kenta Kazuno andKazushi Yamada 15-21, 23-21, 21-17 to claim the title.
"When wewere trailing 17-20 in the second set we had nothing to lose and justfocused on the game, and fortunately our opponents gave away points atthe set. In the third and final set, our confidence had a massive boostand everything became easier for us," said Gunawan.
It was anall-Indonesian women's doubles final with pairing Geovani Mareta Dea andRosyita Eka Putri Sari edging their compatriots Gebby Ristiyani Imawanand Mahadewi Istirani Ni Ketut 21-19, 15-21, 21-10.
In the mixeddoubles, Indonesia's top-seeded paring Muhammad Rijal and Vita Marissaeasily outclassed their young compatriots and second-seeded pair IrfanFadhilah and Weni Anggraini in the final to win their first title at thecompetition.-VNA
In the final, played at the Tan BinhIndoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7 afternoon, Okuhara,the 2012 World Junior champion, had a slow start to allow Ohori a 11-10lead at the break before coming back strongly to claim the set 21-15.
Thesecond set was even more lopsided with Okuhara racing to a lead 5-11 atthe break. Ohori seemed not to be in her best form for the final, andmade too many unforced errors as Okuhara quickly took the set 21-11 towin her first Vietnam Open title.
"She is as a good player buttoday she was not as good as she is used to be. She actually beat mebefore but today was my day because she made too many mistakes," Ohuharasaid after the final.
Indonesian players won all the fourremaining events at Vietnam's biggest annual badminton tournament, withthe women's doubles and mixed doubles finals being all-Indonesianaffairs.
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka overcame India's Prannoy HaseenaSunil Kumar 18-21, 21-15, 21-18 to win his first title at thecompetition.
"I did not push him hard enough in the first set soPrannoy was able to control the shuttle well. But I pushed harder in thetwo later sets and piled on a lot of pressure and it worked becausePrannoy made more and more mistakes," Rumbaka said after the match.
Prannoywas pleased with second place after three attempts at the competition,and said that the poor starts in the second and third sets cost him thetitle.
In the men's doubles, top-seeded duo Andrei Adistia andHendra Aprida Gunawan staged a dramatic comeback by saving four matchpoints in the second set to overcome Japanese duo Kenta Kazuno andKazushi Yamada 15-21, 23-21, 21-17 to claim the title.
"When wewere trailing 17-20 in the second set we had nothing to lose and justfocused on the game, and fortunately our opponents gave away points atthe set. In the third and final set, our confidence had a massive boostand everything became easier for us," said Gunawan.
It was anall-Indonesian women's doubles final with pairing Geovani Mareta Dea andRosyita Eka Putri Sari edging their compatriots Gebby Ristiyani Imawanand Mahadewi Istirani Ni Ketut 21-19, 15-21, 21-10.
In the mixeddoubles, Indonesia's top-seeded paring Muhammad Rijal and Vita Marissaeasily outclassed their young compatriots and second-seeded pair IrfanFadhilah and Weni Anggraini in the final to win their first title at thecompetition.-VNA
