This umpire again? Last year he said no challenge for service line. Yesterday he warned minions and the Koreans to play seriously no clearing..
There's Hawk-Eye to arbitrate linecall challenges, who can check or challenge the umpire ? No-one, he/she is the ruler or dictator on court.
Japan has a good tournament with 5 presentations in final. I am looking forward to seeing Japan in Sudirman Cup. Long-term investment is getting a lot achievements.
Yay, Wang/Huang to the final in straight sets. 21-17 21-13 I really like this pair, so adorable together. Like two siblings who get along well but argue a lot. Win the title tomorrow!
Well they have had a number of good tournaments (S500 mostly) where they had all JPN finals in different disciplines this year. They have their players to play in many world tour tournaments maybe almost as many as TPE I think.
because watanabe/eudo lost soon, this time watanabe has a lot of energy to make strong smash. This match will differ with the match in china open 750.
Country representative in Final 5 - JPN 2 - KOR 1 - CHN, INA, THA For the first time in history, Japan has their representatives in all of the categories in higher tier tournament. This means that Japan has the chance to do clean sweep, but it is not easy.
Hard smashes won't work against the CHN pair, as we notice how good is HuangDP's defense. More like Arisa needs to improve her defensive skills, in my opinion..
FINAL (02.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...90654F-67E6-4B06-B3D4-12C0A487388B&d=20181118 Japan has five finalists in all categories, followed by Korea with two slots while China, Indonesia and Thailand have one each representative. Many players have withdrawn, retired, injury, unfit condition as the impact of very hectic schedule in 2018 calendar. WD, Fukushima/Hirota (JPN) v Lee SH/Shin SC (KOR) H-2-H : 1-0 / WR : 1 v 7 No impossible for Lee/Shin to nail back to back title after topped CHN Open podium in Fuzhou. A tremendous breakthrough for Korean number one pair to shake Japan domination and find a formula to beat their top-ranked pairs, started from the Olympic Champion and world champion Matsumoto/Nagahara last week then Tanaka/Yonemoto yesterday. One more left to beat, the world number one Fukushima/Hirota who played gruelling semifinal tie to overcome Indonesians Polii/Rahayu in 105 minutes. A mission for the upbeat Lee/Shin to complete their excellent performance this afternoon, whether they could conquer two-time World Championships silver medalists. WS, Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) v Ratchanok Intanon (THA) H-2-H : 4-4 / WR : 6 v 8 An equal opportunity for both finalists to clinch women's singles crown based on their capability and head to head statistics. Two lopsided games colored Intanon-Sung JH clash yesterday as the real competition occured in deciding game when Thai talented player leading all the way but Sung Ji Hyun showed resilienece to close the gap slowly and deliverd hard times for Intanon before she prevailed at the end, 21-17. On second session, Tai Tzu Ying couldn't finisih her semifinal match due to injury, she's struggling at the beginning when her signature shots far from accurate. Okuhara only needed 20 minutes to book back to back final, she's runner-up in Fuzhou lost to Chen Yufei. Battle of former world champion will draw attention who's the best this time, Intanon won their last encounter in INA Masters in January 2018. MS, Son Wan Ho (KOR) v Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) H-2-H : 5-2 / WR : 6 v 11 Son Wan Ho performed beyond expectation to create major upset in this tournament. His patient style with superb defence and tight netshots really troubled and tired out World Champion Kento Momota who looked really exhausted in end of third game. Momota staped the authority at the opening game but his opponent didn't give up easily to catch up despite losing, 18-21. Second and third game, fatigue hampered Momota to play offensive shots. The marathon match that consumed 90 minutes of play witnessed former world number one Son prevailed, 21-19. Momota couldn't move well in last several points,, what a physical match. Another Japanese rival will await Son today, Kenta Nishimoto who outmaneuvered local qualifier Lee Cheuk Yiu, 21-18 / 21-12. Son is favoured to regain his 2014 title, he stunned World Champion Chen Long in final at that time. XD, Watanabe/Higashino (JPN) v Wang YL/Huang DP (CHN) H-2-H : 0-5 / WR : 5 v 2 A tall order for reigning All England Champion as they never won over the Chinese number two in five previous meetings. They should be motivated to break the jinx this time, the Japanese duo demolished surprising semifinalists Lee Y/Hsu YC in just 36 minutes. Wang/Huang combination brought their best and being alerted in semifinal last night to defeat their nemesis Thailand pair Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai with two effective quick games. Being runner-up four times this year including the prestigious World Championships at home soil, the reigning Asian Champion will seek top prize in BWF tournament considering they constantly are under the shadow of illustrious teammates Zheng/Huang. MD, Gideon/Sukamuljo (INA) v Kamura/Sonoda (JPN) H-2-H : 6-4 / WR : 1 v 3 Japanese energetic and dynamic pair are one of few opponents who can trouble defending champion, still fresh to remember that Kamura/Sonoda shattered the Indonesian aces dream in Nanjing world meet. Gideon/Sukamuljo have tough matches en route to finale here, they played rubber game in last three rounds, started from Boe/Mogensen, Kim GJ/Lee YD and senior compatriots Ahsan/Setiawan. Meanwhile all straight-sets victories for the world number three including their semifinal hurdle, Indonesia promising prospects Alfian/Ardianto in close contest, 24-22 / 21-15. Will the Minions clinch 8th titles in BWF World Tour? They're really consistent along this season to bag numerous titles, INA S500, IND S500, All England S1000, INA S1000, JPN S750, DEN S750, CHN S750.
I just heard Gill mentioned that regardless of win or loss, FukuHiro will be number 1 and TakaMatsu needs to win round 1 in Syed Modi??? Her calculation must be wrong.
