Yeah but he had a relapse last year and was absent during the Thomas Cup. His performance dropped significantly afterward.
thank you Boe-Mo. good luck and have fun in any of your future plan, be it in badminton or outside the court
Totally agree. Since Axelsen is perfectly capable of beating Lu Guangzu, he should definitely be able to beat Momota - it's just a mental thing.
I don’t know if it is because her latest opponents were a notch or two down in terms of level of play but what a lesson she gave them! I don’t see who else can beat her when she plays like that or may be stronger opponents will not let her play this way and could put her in trouble otherwise I agree, she is a strong favourite for the title.
This time, INA sends 7 reps to QF out of 8. Only Jonatan fails. What a reverse of fortune compare to day 1.
By tomorrow, I bet there will only be 2 left: Ahsan/Hendra & Fajar/Ardianto + Tommy (which is a toss-up)
Oh, how pessimistic! How about 4 reps in SF? Greysia/Apriyani have a chance to beat Chen/Jia. Ketut/Rizki also have a good chance too. IIRC, they beat TanaYone before.
Country representatives in QF. 10 - CHN 9 - JPN 7 - INA 3 - MAS 2 - DEN, IND 1 - TPE, HKG, THA, KOR, GER, BUL, ENG Seeded players left in QF. MS - 4 WS - 6 MD - 4 WD - 6 XD - 5
Greysia/Apriyani used to get a handle on CHN pairs but not anymore. Ketut/Rizki facing another JPN pair no way no how they can win. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
LOL, it's funny that you think that way. Greysia/Apriyani has just beat CHN pair yesterday. Granted, the CHN pair is not at their level. But, I don't get the sense that they are weak to CHN pair. As for Ketut/Rizki, they beat TanaYone in Malaysia Masters this year. Today, they will meet this same JPN pair. The possibility is there. Also, I think that Ketut/Rizki is better than Della/Rizki.
QUARTERFINAL (10.00am & 05.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=035C09CF-D0E7-47DB-A774-8634B0CC5E7B *MATCH HIGHLIGHTS - Kento Momota (JPN) v Kidambi Srikanth (IND) - Tommy Sugiarto (INA) v Ng Ka Long (HKG) - Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) v Saina Nehwal (IND) - Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) v He Bingjiao (CHN) - Sung Ji Hyun (KOR) v Chen Yufei (CHN) - Alfian/Ardianto (INA) v Goh VS/Tan WK (MAS) - Han CK/Zhou HD (CHN) v Kamura/Sonoda (JPN) - Fukushima/Hirota (JPN) v Stoeva/Stoeva (BUL) - Polii/Rahayu (INA) v Chen QC/Jia YF (CHN) - Zheng SW/Huang YQ (CHN) v Adcock/Adcock (ENG) - Ahmad/Kandow (INA) v Watanabe/Higashino (JPN) GIANT-KILLERS COLLAPSED Both Huang Yuxiang and Rasmus Gemke who stunned more-fancied opponent on All England opening round couldn't repeat their magic performance in next day, lost to Tommy Sugiarto and Jan O Jorgensen respectively. Sugiarto grabbed last eight spot in marathon match to defeat the stubborn Huang, 22-24 / 21-17 / 21-16 in 80 minutes of play. The Indonesian independent player will take on another unseeded man Ng Ka Long for a place in semifinal berth. Kento Momota had terrible start against Thailand young star Kantaphon Wangcharoen, trailing behind, 5-11 at interval of first game but turned the tables to seal it, 21-19 then stamped authority in second set. As expected, badminton fans will be treated to watch Momota-Srikanth showdown this evening. The Indian number one avenged his INA Masters defeat over Indonesian darling Jonatan Christie in rubber games, the Asian Games champion failed to maintain his consistency in deciding game instead of produced a string of uncharateristic errors. Two front-runners at bottom-half draw, former World Champion Viktor Axelsen and reigning champion Shi Yuqi score convincing victory in last sixteen. TAI ON COURSE Defending champion Tai Tzu Ying display her marvelous skill to power past Zhang Beiwen and looks back to her fine tune here, a difficult job for Saina Nehwal to topple the world number one, 28 years old Nehwal was troubled by Line Kjaersfeldt in three games yesterday. Last year runner-up Akane Yamaguchi is favoured to overcome her junior foe He Bingjiao who's struggling to shine at senior stage.. China best hopeful Chen Yufei almost ousted by Aya Ohori, fortunately Chen could hold her nerves in ciritcal moment to fight for another day, 21-6 / 17-21 / 21-19, she will take on Korean familiar name Sung Ji Hyun next. Two former champions will facing each other, Li Xuerui versus Nozomi Okuhara, both of them knocked out their compatriots in two straight-games. DANISH VETERANS SAD ENDING Denmark vast experienced, 2012 London OG silver medalists Boe/Mogensen must ended their All England journey early, succumbed to Kamura/Sonoda with two quick games, 14-21 / 16-21.The Japanese will up against China upcoming pair Han ZK/Zhou HD. It's open wide for men's double title contention, Alfian/Ardianto were squeezed to down China underdogs Ou XY/Ren XY, 13-21 / 21-19 / 23-21 and find MAS opponents Goh VS/Tan WK while Ahsan/Setiawan extend good run and will meet German duo Lamsfuss/Seidel who created inspiring comeback in first set, 3-11 to 22-20, defeated He JT/Tan Q. At first quadrant of MD draw, Liu C/Zhang N will take on Malaysian rookies Aaron Chia/Soh WY who succeeded to surprise Astrup/Rasmussen straightforwardly, 21-19 / 21-16. JAPAN THREE COMBOS Japanese women's doubles stay on track, top-seed Fukushima/Hirota dropped second game before got their rhythm back in final game to eliminate French pair Lefel/Tran and have another European hurdle next, Bulgarian Stoeva sisters. World Champions Matsumoto/Nagahara, Tanaka/Yonemoto also prevail and eye all Japanese semifinals if they could dismiss Li WM/Zheng Yu and Istarani/Pradipta respectively. A much anticipated duel to follow, Polii/Rahayu will take on former World Champions Chen QC/Jia YF to hunt final four spot. THE UNSTOPPABLE DUO China aces Zheng/Huang destroyed their second round test Gondo/Kurihara, 21-10 / 21-10 in just 24 minutes and brought them to face home favourites Adcock/Adcock, a daunting task for the English married couple to halt the world champion fierce form. Other contenders sail through to quarterfinal, Wang/Huang get Malaysian tandem Goh SH/Shevon Lai, title-holder Watanabe/Higashino have tricky opponents, the Olympic Champion Tontowi Ahmad who paired up with young partner Winny Kandow. Meanwhile fourth seed Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai will see another Indonesia threats Jordan/Oktavianti. LIVE TV COVERAGE (Court 1)
usually around this time we have the ever reliable LCW to move on forward into the semi and finals.. while the others falter.. This time probably the same but without LCW to carry the banner forward
Judging by R1 performance, surprise INA have 7 seeds left. Winny / Owi provides big upset of the day . Its good that they reach QF.
7 reps, mate, not 7 seeds. INA usually doesn't have so many seeded players. From 7 reps, only 2 MDs and 1 WD are seeded pairs. If you ask me, 6-8 reps in QF is normal for INA. Yeah, I can see the prospect of Owi/Winny. They have a chance today.
