Sensational Survival – Day 2: BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2018
Tenaciously holding onto her crown, defending Women’s Singles champion, Sayaka Sato, tonight dealt another blow to Carolina Marin’s fragile confidence in a nail-biting nightcap at the BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2018.
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In a match the Spaniard aas favoured to win, especially after seizing the first game easily and sitting pretty in the second, her rival saved four match points and levelled the honours before completing a miraculous about-turn in the decider, mixing dogged defence with resolute attack –
her winning incursion a barrage of crisp blows, the last of which cut through Marin’s desperate resistance.
Sato (featured image) jumped and screamed as the scoreboard flashed 11-21 22-20 21-18 to confirm her passage to the second round at Istora Senayan.