Zhang Nan must be too tired after reaching both the Double's finals. Indonesia has a lot of good MD pair it seems, a very good performance from them.
4 new winner gold medalists have ben created in this SS. 1. Kento Momota 2. Sun Yu 3. Ou Dongni / Yu Xiaohan 4. Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi.
First time seeing 1st and 2nd on the rostrum. Perhaps they should have label it winner and loser. Hehe.
FHF still struggling to get used to the new INA and KOR's style of play, fast flat pushes and quick intercepts and placements always keeping the shuttle low. It's a learning experience for him, someone from the old school; besides, he also has age to contend with at 31 years, not too old but it's beginning to catch up with him, esp for one whose forte is a power smash. Congrats to the new INA MD pair, another rising star.
Well it is not good as have been seen from the finals result for Zhang Nan to play in MX and. MD. I suggests that if Zhang Nan is going to continue to play in MD he must be given a good partner and not Fu Haifeng. Better still just disperse this pair Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan and let Zhang Nan concentrate on his pet event MX with his wife Zhao Yunlei. No offense here just my suggestions.
I think the way new INA MD pair play is old school too, slow paced game tend to do lifting,smashing, and sometimes netting FHF run out of time just like LD age catching up, even HS now rarely do strong smashes if he's not sure will get a point.
I am glad that China MD pair did not win the match, it serves as a little reminder that the Walkover is not the way to guarantee a win in a match
If the match is ChHN vs CHN it's automatically labelled as boring and scripted, they should be thankful that they can now sleep early since the tournament ended earlier.
