INA vs JPN, Let's see. INA young MS are quite unpredictable (all three, Jojo, Ginting, and Ihsan). In good day they can beat any top 10 players but they can be a flop anyday and loose to much lower rank players. If one of them is on form tomorrow I think INA has very big chance to beat JPN. MD1 and MD2 I think it will go to INA, MS1 Momota is better than Tommy. So I rated this match 52:48 for INA favour.
Agree. I would put my bet on INA. My prediction for tomorrow's men team final: 1. Kento Momota wins against Tommy Sugiarto. JPN 1 - 0 INA. 2. Hendra/Ahsan wins against Hiroyuki/Hayakawa. JPN 1 - 1 INA. 3. Anthony Ginting wins against Sho Sasaki. JPN 1 - 2 INA. 4. Angga/Ricky or Berry/Ryan wins against KAMURA/SONODA. JPN 1 - 3 INA. 5. (If ever played) Kenta Nishimoto wins against Jonathan Christie.
May I ask you to re-read the title of the article of your first link ? Also, I guess you have not been following the news beyond that?LCW and the rest are playing the TC finals. A freshly published article :http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/bad...a-hot-favourite-to-be-included-in-thomas-cup/
Thank you for the new link. That is awesome. The link also explains who already got in and who will be determined by virtue of ranking by BWF. This is cool and explains a lot of unknowns still on my mind.
Japan 3 - 0 Indonesia......INA fans are in for a real SHOCKER(Yeah,Caps Lock ON) Momota will prove his superiority to Tommy Sugiarto Ahsan/Hendra will be punished for underestimating Endo/Hayakawa The Loyal Japanese Warrior Sho Sasaki will put the Final nail in the coffin.
Np, it would be a really weird decision should BAM really field a full team of well, 2nd stringers for the TC.
Surprisingly, there is no H2H between Sho Sasaki vs. Ginting and Ihsan. Sho Sasaki H2H vs. Jojo is 1-0
but Ahsan/Hendra H2H vs. Endo/Hayakawa is 9-0. Ahsan/Hendra frustates and flusters the JPN pair so many times. They often last in rubber sets and Ahsan/Hendra turbocharged, and closed out the game again and again.
For the women's final, CHN B-Team vs JPN A-Team, both sides are fielding the exact same lineup as today's. Personally, I was hoping for WS3, He Bingjiao vs Akane Yamaguchi (instead of Yui Hashimoto). Apparently, the JPN coach(es) prefers experience to youth. Again, I think WS1 will be crucial as CHN WD1 and WD2 are scratch pairs with the edge going to the established JPN counterparts. On paper, it's advantage, JPN.
I think INA should skip Sugiarto and use Anthony Ginting as MS1. He is a bogeyman for Momota if you check their previous meetings. Ihsan and Jonatan are good enough for MS2+3. It will surprise JPN.
The strategy to not play Tommy hinges on coaches' confidences that at least one of the trio Ginting/Ihsan/Jonatan can steal a sure 1pt. Momota is too superior and in form. Ihsan i bet can win vs. Sho Sasaki.
Will the winner of today Men final be guaranteed a spot opposite of home country CHN in the TC final event. A guarantee that they won't meet till the final.
Women's team FINAL (11.30am local time) : CHN v JPN => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...1A7006D-7CB5-4080-9058-430AACDD0962&match=174 WS1, Wang Shixian v Nozomi Okuhara WD2, Luo Ying/Tian Qing v Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi WS2, Sun Yu v Sayaka Sato WD2, Luo Yu/Tang Yuanting v Naoko Fukuman/Kurumi Yonao WS3, He Bingjiao v Yui Hashimoto Japan team has slight advantage against China B squad, first tie Wang SX v Okuhara should be close contest as their two previous meetings described. These two teams have big potential to face off once again in Uber Cup Final, upcoming May.
WS1 NO is in great form, her marathon running legs and artistic wrists are chanting viscous spells on her opponent.. Although I believe WSX has still got what it takes! She'll prove why she stays most of the time in top5 and NO still got as high as 7! WSX's attitude and instincts will play the role of the engine in this match! WD I couldn't watch TQ pairing with Luo as well I am not sure about TYT with her partner. But if I look merely at the scorelines atleast one of the CHN doubles should win.. WS2 Sun YU can thrash Sayaka Sato! But her loss to Goh JW is still alarming! Sayaka is extremely determined but lacks those top 10 attitude which Sun YU surely sparks here PR there... WS3 is surely favored towards HBJ. Yui can drag her to long long rallies I'll advice the talented youngster to carry bananas with her Summary CHN will be crowned yet again
