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i just hope asy could play more freely today. i also don't know if she re-aggravated her knee injury or something but she was moving wayyyy too slow yesterday. i thought after watching her in so & io she's almost back to at least 90% but she's moving much slower here in paris i think hbj will play without pressure, especially after what happened yesterday
After watching KV's and Viktor's matches in the playoffs this Olympics, I would only give Viktor a 60% chance to beat KV. Prior to watching the playoffs, I would have given Viktor an 80% or 90% chance to beat KV if they met at the Olympics. But Viktor showed his weaknesses, especially against Laksha Sen. Viktor looked stunned and looked like a deer caught in headlights when Laksha Sen took a 14-9 lead against him in the 1st set. And then in the 2nd set, Viktor once again looked confused when Laksha Sen took a 7-0 lead. It was only Laksha Sen's errors that let Viktor back in the match. But in the 1st set, and in the 2nd set yesterday, it really looked like Laksha Sen would take those sets. KV has done well to beat two decent opponents on his way to the finals. First Shi Yuqi, and then LZW. It was hard for me to respect KV's run in the WC last year, because he didn't have to go through Viktor (thanks to Prannoy). Furthermore, in KV's run last year, I think the strongest opponent he beat was Laksha Sen. Kodai Naraoka was not as strong finalist (and in this Olympics, you can see how strong Kodai Naraoka really is). LZJ, Shi Yuqi, Antonsen, Jonathan Christie, etc, were on the other half of the bracket in last year's WC and KV avoided all of them. Like if KV beat LZJ, Shi Yuqi, and Viktor, to win the WC last year, I would have had a lot more respect for that WC run. But this is who KV needs to beat this year to win the Olympic Gold medal. So I respect KV's run this year, based on the caliber of opponents he had to beat, with Viktor as the final boss, and IMO, Viktor is a much worthy final boss than Kodai Naraoka. Having said that, my odds for KV winning have gone up drastically because of his run. From giving him a 10% so 20% chance to beating Viktor, to now a 40% chance of beating Viktor. It's almost a coin flip, but I still give the edge to Viktor because of his past experience with winning the last Olympic gold medal, Viktor's past WC titles, Viktor's win over KV in the 2022 WC finals, Viktor's 6:1 head to head over KV (https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...33E64CC&T1P1MemberID=25831&T2P1MemberID=64032), and Viktor's performance over the last year, including winning the Malaysia Masters, winning the BWF Tour finals, winning the Japan Masters, winning the China Open, and making it deep in other BWF tournaments (aside from winning the WC last year, KV did not win a 500+ BWF tournament since then, but perhaps he is the type of guy that shows up at majors).
These times are not favorable to us on the USA west coast. I'm not staying up to watch these matches live. I'll end up looking up the scores and putting the matches on replay while I work from home. In 2028 when the games will be in LA, I'm fantasizing of just taking a 1-1.5 week vacation to catch as much of the action in person (will be expensive so gotta start saving up!)
CONGRATS TO ALL THE MEDALISTS....Especially VIKTOR on becoming one of the GOATS !! ( I know its too early but I know its gonna be what I feel ) I have a flight to catch and will be in air for over 5 hours so wishing you all best of luck for your favs Peace #KarmaReigns #Unoreverse #LoveYouLiXuerui #ForeverQueenXuerui
I hope HBJ gives ASY a good match today. After watching HBJ's match against CM yesterday, and knowing that CM struggles against ASY (ie. WC finals last year), HBJ has her work cut out for her.
ASY has had some slow starts in the 1st set. HBJ is doing relatively well, keeping the score close so far.
