That's why I call him a semi-retired pro. As it is, the traditional annual winter training which stretches for about 50 day has been cut short this year owing to the four BWF WTS tournaments in January and for some the Asia Team event as well, yet he absented himself from it, I guess he's the only one in CBA with such a privilege to decide as he wishes.
Probably didnt want to lose to LD as he was thrashed by Sameer Verma and almost lost to Lucas Corvee in Swiss GPG (Super 300)
JOJ has just played two ("whole") weeks in a row after being out for half a year. He doesn't feel fully recovered and has therefore chosen to not take any chances and withdraw from German Open to recover and prepare properly for All England.
this Taiwanese SungShuoYun played XD WD WS in qualification though lost all 3 ..... too much energy ?????
It's a Super 300 tournament, so the live streaming from BWF Youtube channel available since the semifinal stage.
All mixed doubles seeded pairs found tough test to pass opening hurdle yesterday, even two of them have been ousted by their opponent, 4th seed Malaysian duo Tan KM/Lai PJ succumbed to Danish combo Nohr/Thygesen in two straight-sets while 7th seed Lee CH/Chau HW lost narrowly to Thailand explosive youngsters Isriyanet/Chochuwong. The competition is really close nowadays and badminton has developed rapidly. Qualification round saw China new experimenting WD pairs made it into main draw, Tang Jinhua/Yu Xiaohan and Huang Dongping/Zheng Yu. Also Indonesia latest XD duo, the runner-up of India Open last month Praveen Jordan/Melati Oktavianti. ROUND OF 32 Order of Play (09.00am local time) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=42A5647B-467F-47A1-88EB-53B7580C6EBA Some interesting MS matches will focus on top-half of draw, top-seed Son Wan Ho against Japanese on-fire Kenta Nishimoto, defending champion Chou Tien Chen has complicated task to overcome, Jeon Hyeok Jin. Also former world number two Kento Momota who will take on Wang Tzu Wei. On the opposite half, all frontrunners are expected to through into last sixteen, Lin Dan, Shi Yuqi, Angus Ng Ka Long and Anthony Ginting. Two Japanese leading ladies also tournament favourites as well, Akane Yamaguchi and reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara are expected to book second round spot alongside by their closest rival here, Sung Ji Hyun, Chen Yufei and newly-crowned IND Super 500 champion Zhang Beiwen. The intriguing encounter will involve Aya Ohori v Michelle Li and Chen Xiaoxin v Lee Jang Mi. *R/32 Match Highlights (doubles category) : - Alfian/Ardianto (INA) v He JT/Tan Q (CHN) - Astrup/Rasmussen (DEN) v Hoki/Kobayashi (JPN) - Ellis/Langridge (ENG) v Ahsan/Setiawan (INA) - Endo/Watanabe (JPN) v Goh VS/Tan WK (MAS) - Tang JH/Yu XH (CHN) v Matsumoto/Nagahara (JPN) - Chan PS/Goh LY (MAS) v Jordan/Oktavianti (INA)
Is Ng Ka Long considered a front-runner now? I can't remember the last time I saw something good from him.
Momota definitely lucky to get a few lucky net shot when left behind 10-15. Tzu Wei is very easily rattled, still not mature?
Wang tzu wei do not have deceptions. He is good at basic game and flat fast exchanges. But that's not enough. Deceptions are good to tackle a patient player. Lets see the second game.
