After watching the AE WS matches again, I make bold to say that the one who played best against the resurgent Tine Baun was actually Han Li. If she had stayed focused and not be unsettled by a couple of dubious linecalls and her own misjudgements and won G2 when leading 19-16, the momentum might have swung in her favour in G3. Anyway, it's just speculative talk.
What really impressed me was the way she played and I'm convinced she has showed improvement again. Her next two upcoming tournaments are the ABC in Taipei and the AUS Open GPG. Let's see how she proves herself,particularly in the latter event as the defending champion and where her elite compatriots are absent.
That I agree as I've said similarly on several occasions before; her attack isn't as sharp and forceful as LXR,WYH and WX. At most I see her as CHN's 3rd WS; however, if WX is back, WSX rising again , and some up-and-coming youngster emerging, she'd probably be relegated further.There is no more Tine Baun so she will have to settle for trying to improve herself against lesser players.
She still seems quite raw in the tactical sense and doesn't have the stroke range of her peers yet
Han Li has her ticket to the WS finals. The top eight seeds get byes. They are:
LXR, WYH, WSX, JYJ, Wang Li, Han Li, Liu Xin, and Sun Yu. Notably, Wang Xin is not among the top 8 seeds.
Not sure if she is also in WD or XD. For example, LXR is seeded in both WS and XD.