Only WS top 8 seed not making it through is therefore Carolina Marin, following her retirement from the competition in G3 8-11 down giving a surprising QF ticket to Michelle Li from Canada
Juhl Pedersen making their return to competition together after a skip of three consecutive SS tournament
Lin Dan seems to be motioning upwards at the lights; Ng Ka Long I would presume talked about drift from the doors behind him.
Inoue/ Kaneko looking very good. Much better all-around players than Kamura/ Sonoda it seems. See a lot potential
I'm only referring to his mind, not his physical condition. Read carefully, use your commonsense. And it has nothing to do with the LD - VA match. Besides, you don't win matches with a particular mindset only.
They only skipped France and China. Pedersen has actually been playing really well in XD in those two tournaments. It will be interesting to see if she can keep that momentum in both categories.