LD was serving at 20-19 in the 2nd game and suddenly thought of XXF and lost concentration. So for LCW, one option is the abduct XXF and he will win.
Lin Dan finally couldn't take his own torture and finished 3rd game quickly in 21-10. for a whole hour plus 3 minutes on court. and to be honest, most of us (including Abian) cannot stand it either.
The report card for INA players/pairs today: 6/14. MS - only Simon Santoso passed the first hurdle in straight-sets. Taufik and Hayom were both terrible (esp Hayom as expected...had the chance to take the first-set comfortably, ended up getting overtaken and lost it in deuce!). Tommy was simply outclassed by Sho Sasaki. MD - the veteran pairs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan and Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra progress. Disappointing for Bona/Ahsan as they lost to Kamawae/Sato for the second time in an SSP event! Angga/Rian are also still inconsistent as they lost to a lower ranked TPE pair. WD - 2 pairs advance. Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii progress as expected, while Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati beat the seeded Japanese pair. Nitya/Feinya earned pass mark too for pushing the second-seed to 2 tight-sets. They ought to force the match to rubber-set. XD - as expected, only the seeded Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir progress. Terrible performances from Nova/Vita and Rijal/Debby as they lost easily to CHN pairs.
Conspiracy theories abound with CL's retirement. With PG losing, the path will be cleared for CJ to take maximum points. Bu then JOJ could spoil LYB's plans, meaning LD will have to carry the load once again. LD and CL will instead try to gain their points from the MOSS while at the same time applying a psychological blow to LCW in his own backyard.
. I had exactly 50% correct, therefore I was still happy with my guesses. For today (Rounds of 16), there are only 4 PAW entries from me; .
. In our PAW Game thread, we have many PAWers picking Wang Zhengming to win. Let's see if he can defeat the No.6 seed, Sho Sasaki. .
So just as I thought: The over exaggarated Tai-phoon has been blown down-to-earth by the tiny Gu Juan.