tbgoh288
Regular Member
The clean sweep isn't a new thing for China squad as we had witnessed their feat in major tournaments like All England (2009), World Championships (Paris 2010, London 2011) and Olympic Games (London 2012). Winning all 5 finals in one competitive tournament is really extraordinary achievement!
WD, Wang/Yu showed more aggresive display against their younger opponents Matsutomo/Takahashi with shots variation and hard smashes.
XD, Towi/Liliyana failed to shift momentum after they forced deuce. Game 2, INA pair started to produce series of unforced error and seemed everything went wrong for them.
WS, Li XR was much better than her semifinal performance, she stayed calm and focused to her gameplan.
MS, final of the day. Both players performed high level quality and the much-improved Son Wan Ho really presented real threat with his solid defence for defending champion. The more confidence Chen Long finally nailed it to cope pressure test in game 1 and saved three game points in game 2. The scoreline was really close, credit for Son WH and Chen L for the thrilling match!
MD, the surprising result for Fu HF/Zhang N as they overcame three prominent MD pairs en route to their first title here, Ahsan/Setiawan at QF, Ko SH/Shin BC at semi and formidable Lee YD/Yoo YS at finale. Fu/Zhang was faster and more aggressive than the Korean yesterday.
Nothing to shout about .The 5 titles were won by players who have played in the circuit for no less than 5 years already. What ardent fans of Chinese badminton like me would shout about is when more Chinese youngsters are involved at the semi-final or final stages, not just THW and the Guangxi guniang, whatever her name, who partnered MJ. Thanks for the summary all the same.