No way, saina is at her best. I thought she will lose in Round 1. But due to her determination, she came this far. Hats off to her. Hope she recovers from her groin injury and inflammation in her stomach. Good work. Let's hope for her quick recovery . Since it is Olympics qualification period, nobody can take liberty to avoid the tournaments even if they are injured. Pity.
does tennis tournament make the winners awkwardly carry so much prizes in the podium and then have them shake the VIPs' hands while doing it?
Gillian Clark's pronunciation of Li Xue Rui is not bad at all. Naturally, the tones are incorrect but no worse than than I would expect of a non Mandarin speaker and better than many. Cai Yun she pronounced wrong before - it's more like 'ts-ai' in standard pronunciation. However, many Mandarin speakers will use a sound like 'ch-ai'