by Kyle Denzil Chavez
Dencarl Caño
returned with vengeance as he defeated bitter rival Roy Bellen 21-17, 21-17 in
the finals of men's badminton held at the Lagman Gym last friday Sept. 11.
The two players both had faced
each other in previous games from past years with Bellen winning last year's
finals.
Bellen. although having high hopes
of winning the game and bagging the title again, started a little bit clumsy,
letting drop shots short and some back hands missing his targets, 6-4.
A slight build of momentum carried
Bellen to the top. drowning Cano with his thunderous smashes, 13-12.
Caño tied himself
together, rendering a strategy that brought Bellen into "no man's
land". Having a 1-2 punch combination of an almost short serve and awesome
placing, stole the opening set, 21-17.
Bellen being down a set, served a
mouthful of smashes but Cano chewed enough so he can swallow as Caño
replies to every smash Bellen throws.
After the short period of being in
an even match up, the wind suddenly changed. Bellen fell into the arms of Caño.
Caño then took his window of opportunity, 12-10.
Bellen was trapped in quick sand.
The harder his smashes were, the more drained he got. Eventually he ran out of
gas. Caño scrambles and took over the remainder of the game, 21-17.
"It is one of my strategies-
letting my serves just pass by the short service line, momentarily confusing
the opponent. With the opponent scrambling to return the shuttlecock, I could
send it back with a heavy smash thus scoring a point," Caño
said.
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