Sourabh Verma put behind his disappointing performance in the Senior Nationals in style when he shattered the local hopes by packing off local favourite and sixth seed Peter Gade in the very first round of the Denmark Super Series badminton tournament in Odense on Wednesday night.
Former world number one Gade has already announced that this would be his last year on the circuit and was hoping to give the home crowd a reason to celebrate in what would be his final appearance in the Danish Open.
But that was not to be. Verma showed the patience to engage the veteran shuttler in long rallies and was prepared to wait for his opportunities. The tactic caught Gade by surprises as the Indian raced to a 5-0 lead in the first game and never looked back after that to win 21-18, 21-14 in just 42 minutes.
This was the first tournament for Verma after losing in the second round of the Senior National badminton tournament last month, where he was defending the crown.
The additional period was spent well on preparing for the Danish Open and the results were there for everyone to see.
While Verma advanced to the second round and will face Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia, Nationals finalist Ajay Jayaram went down 19-21, 21-8, 21-9 against seventh seed Pengyu Du of China in the first round.
Former world number one Gade has already announced that this would be his last year on the circuit and was hoping to give the home crowd a reason to celebrate in what would be his final appearance in the Danish Open.
But that was not to be. Verma showed the patience to engage the veteran shuttler in long rallies and was prepared to wait for his opportunities. The tactic caught Gade by surprises as the Indian raced to a 5-0 lead in the first game and never looked back after that to win 21-18, 21-14 in just 42 minutes.
This was the first tournament for Verma after losing in the second round of the Senior National badminton tournament last month, where he was defending the crown.
The additional period was spent well on preparing for the Danish Open and the results were there for everyone to see.
While Verma advanced to the second round and will face Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia, Nationals finalist Ajay Jayaram went down 19-21, 21-8, 21-9 against seventh seed Pengyu Du of China in the first round.
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