India’s Tanvi Lad moved into the second round of the 2015 Canada Open after beating Jamie Subhandi of the United States 21-11 21-14 in 28 minutes in the opening round of the competition on Wednesday.
Game 1 saw the Indian in absolute cruise control mode as she raced away to an early 7-0 lead to put severe pressure on her opponent. She further enhanced that lead by winning 7 points on the trot to go 18-6 up. That all but sealed the game for her and she eventually won it 21-11.
The second game saw Subhandi take an early 5-2 lead, but Tanvi fought back to win 5 out of the next 7 points to make it 7-7. The match changed course once again after that as Tanvi gained momentum and raced away to a 15-12 lead, before putting her stamp on the match, by claiming 7 points on the trot to all but seal the contest. She eventually won the game 21-14 to go through to the second round.
She will now face Number 3 seed Michelle Li of Canada.
Final Scoreline- Tanvi Lad(IND) beat Jamie Subhandi(USA) 21-11 21-14