Steen Pedersen mentioning players who have a positive H2H against Lin Dan, such as Pullela Gopichand and Peter Rasmussen ages ago. I'd like to remind him that the only way for any player to have a positive H2H over Lin Dan is to play him only either during his infancy or old age in badminton terms.
Wong Wing Ki Vincent beat Kanta Tsuneyama 21-23, 21-15, 26-24 is the longest match so far in this WC (1 hour 24 minutes).
11-7 for Emil. Good length in his shots. Making LD work for it. So far LD hasn't tried breaking through his defense.
A number of uncharacteristic errors from Lin Dan so far, not the kind of start I'd expect from him at a major event.
Meanwhile, Chai Biao/Hong Wei struggling to take the first game, 23-23 all and now GER pair leading 24-23
I don't feel good about it, Lin Dan is not in control of the rallies more often than not, and error-prone as well.