The Indian teenager made far too many mistakes against the
Spaniard and yet managed to win a game off her in a match that lasted 30
minutes in the round of 128. The Siliguri girl lost 9-11 8-11 7-11 11-8, 2-11.
Ankita had earlier received a bye in the preliminary round.
Though Ramirez started off well, Ankita was up to her
opponent showing some patches of brilliance. She, however, made several
unforced errors at the net as well as in her serves that put paid to her
ambitions.
Paying her first ever Games match, she failed to control her
nerves against the higher ranked Sara (83) giving away so many easy points. The
19-year-old Indian did admit after the match that she was a bit nervous. “I made
too many silly mistakes that cost me the match,” said the Indian.
The Indian came into grove in the fourth game when she
managed to win 11-8 but Ramirez was too good on the day to give her opponent
any allowance in the next as she shut out the Indian challenged quickly to win
11-2.
“I should have won the first game where I had a good chance
at 9-10 when I missed my serve. In the third I was leading by a couple of
points when I thought I had the game in my grips. But I played very badly, my
backhand shots were awful today” said Ankita.
Whenever Ankita went into offensive the Spaniard tried to
slow down Ankita’s game without allowing the Indian any chance of a strong
comeback.
A TTFI Press release
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