thx for the explanation. I don't follow XD rankings but i alway see XZB/ZYW as china's #1 or #2 XD pair.they ranked 5th before OG
while CHN has already 2 pairs in the big 4 (Zheng/Gao & He/Yu) at that time
based on rules..
one country can only send 3 pairs maximum if only the third pair ,in this case (Xie/Zhang) ranking must be on the top 4 (like in MS and WS,CHN can send 3 representatives because there was Lin Dan,Bao,Chen in the top 4 MS,and also XXF,LL,ZN,and ZL in the top 4 WS)...
pity XZB/ZYW ranked 5th at that time before OG,so they did not qualified to play in OG
mean while...CHN pair lead 11-8 in the 2nd game
thx for the explanation. I don't follow XD rankings but i alway see XZB/ZYW as china's #1 or #2 XD pair.
They could have been ranked higher if they were not asked to make way to HHB/YY. In fact, HHB/YY were in the top 4 by, ahem, team order.they ranked 5th before OG
while CHN has already 2 pairs in the big 4 (Zheng/Gao & He/Yu) at that time...
I was talking about the tourneys before that...Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen could not make it to the top 4 as they lost in the Badminton Asia Championships to Nova/Butet. That's why they kissed their OG hope goodbye.