I'm curious about why you don't think LCW and CL won't meet in the SF. Both seem to be playing well - CL's whitewash of Wei Nan, and LCW cruising against RO (he didn't really up the pace until 13-17 in G2).
I think somebody posted on zhangyuTV that he's getting a heart attack just watching livescore for the Lin Dan match. Why so serious, as if he didn't know the Lin Dan nowadays is like that. Even Li Yongbo is not placing high hopes on him, just happy to have him around to serve as inspiration for the the national team.
It used to be , esp in the glorious past, that Lin Dan would never relinquish a 3 - 5 point lead but nowadays you may never know until the end what he's really up to.
Where's all the talk about LD will be even stronger at the MO now? It's just a fact that most TOP 25 players can stretch LD nowadays, or even beat him. Sad to see, but they all know they got their chance. He's no longer invincible.
I think Praneeth's been rallied to his knees. That's the consequence if you can't finish LD off when you get the chance.
BSP is doing great, I expected straight sets like (-15/-16) M disappointed from Sikki/PJC they now somewhat even have the rankings and surely the exposure. Still can't finish off scratch pairs.