FIT Almere takes revenge on Roosterse
More travel time than the duration of the match. This of course also applied to Roosterse when they had to travel to Almere, but with many other players who had come from abroad. Almere had to miss Alida Chen. It was a 3-5 victory for Roosterse. This time FIT Almere triumphed 6-2.
Now FIT Almere had to miss Kirsten de Wit, who was active for the Women’s Badminton Collective in Denmark this weekend. Her place was taken by the English Annie Lado who, due to the fog, arrived just before the start and was able to start straight away.
Together with Diede Odijk, Annie had few problems with the Rooster ladies Lien Lammertyn and Stefanie Nijsse. An easy 21-12 in the first game but a more difficult one (21-15) in the second game. It went right in the beginning. But the victory was never in danger. The first match in the main squad immediately resulted in a win for Annie.
Dyon van Wijllick made another appearance in team 1 alongside team captain Alex Vlaar. As far as the game scores are concerned, not a big difference against Jan Hansen and Sander Prenen, but in the end they were the better and deservedly victorious with 21-17 and 21-18.
Roosterse had used their best player as second king despite being a top 100 player. Dennis Koppen was allowed to compete against Indonesian Ade Resky Dwicahyo, who has been naturalized as an Azerbaijani. Dennis was not immediately impressed by Ade Resky’s play and took a brutal lead. But as the game progressed, Ade Resky opened up a gap point by point and won the game 21-17. Dennis also offered a good match in the second game, but with 21-14 Ade Resky proved too strong. The first point for Roosterse.
Alida Chen had a rough start and fell behind 7-2. The deficit became a lead, but opponent Beau Ritzen fought back to 21-21. Alida struggled to a 23-21 win. In the second game Beau was able to keep up nicely, but Alida clearly proved too strong with 21-14.
Noah Haase did not have much trouble with Thijs van den Berg. Playing easily, Noah took a 21-11 and 21-10 victory.
Diede Odijk did not want to spend much time on her match against Milou Meuffels. From the start, Diede put full pressure on Milou, who hardly got into her game. The match was over quickly with 21-4 and 21-9.
A difficult first game for Alex Vlaar and Alida Chen against Thijs van den Berg and Stefanie Nijsse. Ultimately a minimum 21-19 win. A large lead in the second game, although Thijs and Stefanie managed to score a number of points in a row. It was to no avail because with 21-12 Alex and Alida were far too strong.
The most exciting match was the one between Joep Strooper and Annie Lado against Ade Resky Dwicahyo and Lien Lammertyn. An excellent first game led to a 21-14 game win. Joep and Annie had to leave the second to Roosterse with 21-18 and had to decide the only third game of the evening. It was the same from start to finish with a maximum difference of 2 points. Unfortunately, that difference was also on the scoreboard in the final score: 21-19. Still, Joep and Annie can look back on an excellent match.
The battle for first place is extremely exciting. Duinwijck, FIT Almere and Drop Shot BC are tied with 51 points after 9 rounds. Number 4 DKC already has 19 points, which still entitles it to a place in the play-offs.
On Sunday, January 12, FIT Almere continues the competition with a home match against 2dA Smashing.
The New Year’s reception will take place afterwards. A good reason to encourage FIT Almere in advance. The match starts at 2 p.m.
You can view the standings and results of all matches here toernooi.nl.
All photos are back on the website badmintonenzo.net.
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