SaarLorLux Open | Subhankar Dey wins title by beating Rajiv Ouseph
Subhankar Dey capped off a brilliant week by bagging the 2018 SaarLorLux title after he comfortably outplayed British fifth seed, Rajiv Ouseph, in straight sets on Sunday night. Dey secured the title by a scoreline of 21-11, 21-14 in a match that lasted just 33 minutes in Saarbrucken.
Indian shuttler, Subhankar Dey, has been in
He capped off a beautiful week by defeating British fifth seed, Rajiv Ouseph, in the final of the competition on Sunday night to lift the 2018 SaarLorLux Open title. Dey made his way to a brilliant straight-game victory by a scoreline of 21-11, 21-14 in a match that lasted for just 33 minutes.
Dey was barely troubled in the opening game as he didn’t lose the lead, right from the start till the end. After he raced off to a 7-1 lead, Dey wrapped up the opener in no time. However, the second game was a bit tighter when former European champion and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ouseph levelled things up a couple of times at 4-4 and 7-7. But the young Indian ace eventually went on to win five straight points from 16-14 to wrap up the match.
“It’s been amazing, I can’t believe it’s real. It’s my biggest achievement in life, actually. Expected to work really hard in long rallies in the final but it turned out to be short. I am playing really well right now. I did a lot of homework and it paid off. I watched his games. I was patient and knew I had nothing to lose.”
The highlight of Dey’s tournament had to be his semifinal encounter against China’s Ren
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