Nine Tailed Fox
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any news about china's team selection today
any news about china's team selection today
Nope. But my crystal ball is telling following line-up at Day-3
MD: Cai Yun/Lu Kai
MS: Chen Long
WD: Ma Jin/Tang Yuanting
WS: Wang Yihan
XD: Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin
I'm quite sure about the singles. Let's see how many do show up in the court![]()
Even though Fu/Cai narrowly defended their dignity with great difficulty today, but the reality is undeniable, their prowess have been waning out. Just don't see how can they have some fighting chance against the top pairs from KOR or INA or perhaps MAS.
It's a losing proposition to stage them together in the knock-out rounds, and if MD is an Achilles heel for China, then better to stage the younger guns and keep Fu/Cai reputation from further taints. It's sad to watch out a non-performing stellar of the past to be grilled in the court.
Chn needs to field Wang Shixian in this competition at least once.
I guess CHN will field following line-up in the semifinals:
XD: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei
MS: Chen Long
WS: Wang Yihan or Li Xuerui (with alternate assignment, depend on whom they plot to field in the final)
WD: Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang or Ma Jin
MD: Zhang Nan/Fu Haifeng
If CHN don´t field Chen Long it will feel like they are afraid of Jonatan Christie who said he had a dream when he beat Chen Long![]()
Lin Dan should play in the finals based from the pattern.