Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei bring home their second title within two weeks

Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei in  BCA IOSSP 2014 (photo taken by me)

SYDNEY – Chinesse gold medalist, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei finally paid their hard work for this week tournament, The Star Australian Badminton Open 2014. After play for 43 minutes, they win 21-15 21-9 against Japanesse pair Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi.

This weekseems very tight for this pair. From the first round match until the semifinals, Zhao/Tian can’t avoid to play rubber game with duration above 60 minutes each. “The weather is quiet cold, and it made the shuttlecock flies slowly which mean that we have to play longer to deal with the situation” said Tian Qing after beat Danish pair Juhl/Pedersen to get the final ticket.

From the first game, chinesse pair seems very obsessed with the title. They play well eventhough the first game is not as easy as they hope. It is very tight game until it’s reaching 9-9. However both pairs have unbeatable defense, and it made Tian/Zhao more agressive with their smash until they ends the game 21-15 with Matsutomo’s drive which is out of the court.

In the second game, this Asian Game 2010 gold medalist, comes with very big spirit to win. The move very fast and make many offense combination which are made Japanesse pair flustered. It made 11-5 leading score for interval. Moreover, Misaki/Ayaka’s offense seems not working very well. They play statically and sometimes made mistakes while the chinesse seems really want to end this game faster. This game finally end and it’s become another women doubles super series for Tian/Zhao.

 This is their second title in two-weeks non stop tournament. One week before, they win  the premier superseries title in Indonesia without feels the heat of the court because another Chinesse pair, Ma Jin/Tang Yuanting choose to walkover in the final match. (nao)