What happens when you take out all the typical pre-service and post-rally rituals and multiple displays of delay tactics you see in an average badminton match? A 55 minute match is reduced to an effective 19.5 minutes of gameplay.
The match itself is very much worthwile (re-)watching as both women's singles specialists are at the top of their respective games, neither have to cope with any type of injury and their physical fitness is A+.
This Dutch national championships women's singles final of 2018 is a true reflection of a literal and figurative 'level playing field' between Gayle Mahulette and Soraya de Visch Eijbergen, both enjoying equal opportunities to take the win.
