I believe India already has this in the bag through MD1, MS2 and MS3. I would be surprised if Malaysia pull through.
With Zhao JP 's loss, there's less than 50% chance of Team CHN to get past INA, as the two MDs are more or less a given to INA.
Ya,Izzudin/Sze Fei has such a bad record against Rankireddy/Shetty. I really don't know what the coaches were thinking. Both Ong/Teo and Soh/Chia had the better H2H but the coaches decided to play the pair which has the negative H2H against them. Sent from my SM-A307GN using Tapatalk
Too much powerplay from LiuOu esp in G1. They arent going to win this way i feel and they cant smash as much in G2. KevinAhsan skills is really on show.
2-0 for Team INA as Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Mohd Ahsan beat Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi 21-17, 21-15. It's a more straight-forward game, all done in 38 mins. Meanwhile, KOR is levelling at 1-1 and IND is inching towards a 2-1 lead.
Ou xuanyi is terrible, but then again no one on CHN team really come close to yuchen's level at the moment...maybe siwei/yuchen will be good.
Ahsan/Sukamuljo's playing style is less suitable against Kang/Seo, but very lethal against Liu/Ou. The burden now rests on LSF's shoulders
It was indeed a good high quality badminton in g1. Sen badly wanted a good start in g2. When he didn’t get it, LZJ made sure there was no way back for Sen. LZJ controlled the net better overall Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Kidambi with his routine points dropping to give his opponent some fighting spirit. Sent from my M2007J20CG using Tapatalk
Wasn’t it funny when he signaled his racket did the talking after the win. He was sub par for most parts of the match Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Iirc, once again, as in the previous Sudirman Cup, now at the Thomas Cup, Team CHN is in a must-win situation being 2-0 down and the unenviable, pressure-cooker task falls on the young shoulders of Li Shifeng. Can he deliver ?