Anyway, Lin Dan is expected not to be in best shape against VA in R1 as he had just completed a full 5-round tournament, all in three-setters, last week. And I'm not holding my breath, to be honest.
If ticket sales for R1 is good, the organizer should've the sense to place Lin Dan's match on TV court or at least Ct2 where livestream is available
Then what about sun feixiang who won the world junior championship 2016. He is still unable to reach top 100
Apparently, going by the score, Lin Dan started well but ended badly, and suddenly he's retired at 13-20 ?
hi reporting from live in sg, apparantly multiple questionable line calls, ld retired officially citing leg injury, but more likely unhappy w umpire VA was dumbfounded the whole time and just followed w the flow of event upon retirement, tournament officials came and talk to ld too