Haha double standards ofc LD did it in China last week too. Haven't seen this before from him, at least not over a whole match...
KM always returns the shuttle to the opponent. After being punked by Lin Dan the entire match (and matches before that) he once did the same. You know that full well.
I think it's nice for the top players that LD is still playing. If you get him in the first few rounds, you can get used to the conditions with someone who can still rally fairly well and punish some of your weaker shots, but is still very beatable if you kick it up a notch. Perfect sparring.
I thought Momota got enough match practise last week, don't understand why he wants to play these marathon matches on first round.
Different drift/shuttle conditions I assume. However, this one looks more like lack of effort or intereset to me. Why bother with this 500 tournament after the difficult last weak? He's got bigger fish to fry next month.
Well Momota doesn't seem he wants to be there and LD is doing Marin. Not so sure I am enjoying this. But I suppose the audience probably enjoying it.