Well GreysApriani cant always reach Final (France, HK, INa, India open) so maybe this is kinda expected.
i don't think anyone is expecting them to reach final of this super 1000 tourney .... but losing in the first match of the tourney to Bulgarian pair is lame and embarassing and stupid no matter what the circumstances ... no offence to Stoevas ....
Yes what about LiuCheng/Nan? Its not that they were not expected to lose but you have to know this is something that can happen to a new pair. you can say maybe they also underestimate stoeva. but its OK, it will be forgotten because they have achieved well past months.
LiuCheng weakness has been known for some time ..... ZhangNan getting weaker by the day.....and they lost narrowly ... not that surprising btw i was replying to your comment "can't always reach final".... which is 100% wrong no matter how you look at it.... no one is expecting them to ALWAYS reach final of every tourney they participate..... just that a better than round 1 exit is to be expected of a purpotedly "rising and promising pair".... not to mention straight sets lost and big margin in the first set ... no matter what it is a very lame result can't wait to read local newspaper tomorrow for the excuses for the embarasing lost
and the sentence you cant reach final is only true and for general in badminton. No one is invincible just because they are 10rank higher. and Stoevas are not 10 ranks even below GreysAp. Maybe Michelle Li and SuChen is a better example to say nobody is invincible. Does that mean its a lame performance from Intanon?
I'm sad that my country's No.1 WD pair lost I'm happy that I'm right thinking that Polii/Rahayu is just average pair