A weak push at the net cost SK a point. But a soft backhand block saved him a point 15-13. Another BH block from CL's BH smash gave SK a good lead 17-13 now.
A close call for CL' side line smash and another net cross gave CL 16-17. MY, what a rally, return of smash from SK successful but not from CL 16-18.
18-all! CL kills the net return from SK. But an impatient CL smash out immediately afterwards. 19-18 SK.
this sentence has no logic at all first : China open is not major title, it is only SS Premier...the same status with AE, Malaysia and others...but surely, one level lower than OLY and World Champ second : what can we expect from the old guard like Lin Dan whom is injury / recovering from injury. even if someone beat LD whom is still young and free of injury like Peter Gade back to China Masters 2006, it is still debatable third : there are so many memorable achivement which is far greater than what KS do in China 2014. one of them is : Ji Xinpeng won Olympics Gold by defeating world #1, 2 and 3 from QF to Final : Taufik Hidayat, Peter Gade and Hendrawan..all of them are skillful players, and they still young except Hendrawan. remember, Olympics Gold, not only China SSP the question is : right now, how many of you can remember this historic wins ??? 25 years later from now, how many of you still remember of JXP sensational win ? compare it with Srikanth who is only winning china open against the old player and still injury / recovering from injury lol
CL has seemingly been much more aggressive with his backhand in recent months. Anyone else notice it? He almost never clears and does a backhand drop while mixing it up with some beautiful backhand smashes that taufik would be proud of. Anyhow, good match thus far! Excited for 3rd game
