Who is the better suited pair? The head to head vs. Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin : Minions 1-0, Fajar/Rian 1-0, Ahsan/Hendra 1-1. CTC vs. JC can go either way.
RI better be careful ASY can torpedo and move RI side-to-side, front and back. I hope RI has enough stamina and perform beautiful, crisp net stroke.
The fact that she is a significantly worse player and has won **** all in her career? I don't do sports betting, but bookmakers would surely have favoured AY for this. And what does 1-2 h2h (pre game) mean? Momota was 1-4 against CL when he had to play him in the Thomas Cup final and even lower in the world rankings, yet nobody would have considered him the underdog for that match. Chochuwong is a player AY simply has to beat, especially in a tournament like this. If you look at the way she's lost today, it's textbook Yamaguchi: From being active, controlling the rallies and scoring the winners (led to 21-9, 8-3) she starts taking it easy, loses concentration, makes a boat load of unforced errors, only follows in the rallies and helps her opponent back in the game. Seen that more times than I can count. 14-12 to 14-21 and 20-17 to 20-22 is simply pathetic.
I am betting a 3-0 whitewash of malaysia by Japan come Friday, judging from the way they played China and India. Can you spell 'choke'?
Maybe minions. I am not sure about Fajar/Rian. The last time Fajar/Rian won against Liao/Su, it was done the hard way. Yeah, CTC vs JC can go either way. But, JC has very good H2H against CTC. He is not playing until now, so he should be fresher.
That comparison is slightly off. Chochuwong has been on good form against Yamaguchi as recently as this year, whereas the Momota - Chen Long score-sheet is more complicated. I do not even consider Momota to have been the clear favourite in the Thomas Cup. His first ever win against Chen had only materialised one month earlier at the Badminton Asia Championships; nothing could be taken for granted. I agree, the way that Yamaguchi lost a match, that to all appearances had been hers to clinch, is disheartening. Nevertheless, the loss is not quite on the same level, as say, that of Nishimoto vs Malkov, or Tai Tzu Ying vs Se Young An. There again, if you are a fan ...
An Se Young vs Ratchanok today. I am not expecting an upset but a game win from An Se Young. Let us see
ASY is technically sound, fearless... A 3 match encounter in the prospect Sent from my COL-L29 using Tapatalk
I can't tell if you are angry or happy. People will confuse reading your post. Anyway, I am on the same boat as @Baddyforall
