Prannoy leads 11-9 at the interval. Here is where he needs to be tactically very aware of what changes happen on the other side of the net if he wants to stay in the game.
Poor Prannoy seems to have lost his way. If Chen Long yields the second game to him, I'll be shocked. I'm not so sure about that. The head to head is one up in Uchida's favour, and I've seen enough of WYH's play to know that Uchida's style is exactly the sort that WYH doesn't do well against.
Yup, the Russian leads at the moment in game 2... Pranneth grabs game 1, 21-16 against Du PY and Kashyap leads 15-10 against Wang ZM...
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Sourabh VARMA[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Vladimir IVANOV[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-16 17-21 21-14[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Well, that was kind of painful to watch...utter demolition on Chen Long's part. I don't have much faith in the other two Chinese MS, so I'm counting on Axelsen to shake up the stale ol' 'nothing but LCW-CL-LD (when he's around)' side show. Momota, too, if he's up to it. And who was it who wanted to bet a birdie in WYH's favour tomorrow? I'm up for that. I don't think WSX is going to do as well as her boyfriend later today, either.