Chen Long (S3) has the luck of the draw by being gifted a walkover by JOJ.
He thus reaches the SF very fresh just as was the case in the Japan Open.
MK/HS (S7) upset the form book by defeating KSH/YYS (S4) 15-21, 22-20, 21-19.
S Sasaki had to work hard to beat WWK, LD’s conqueror, 15-21, 21-15, 21-7 in 56 minutes.
It is hoped that SS gives a good account of himself against CL in the SF match.
SS’s drawback is that he will be less fresh than CL due to the aforesaid walkover.
or you could see from another viewpoint (that I heard many times similar things upon some other players' loss):
"CL had a bad luck by having an unexpected WO by JOJ. Therefore his physical condition may not be adjusted properly and would be rusty for the SF due to the lack of a competitive match in QF.
SS is a fighter and physical condition is never a problem for him. Instead, he was lucky to have a knife-shapening session given by WWK instead of LD.
Conclusion: CL would lose. Excuse: too rusty because no match in QF."
