Lots of loud cheering. Must have been an exciting rally involving Fu/Cai and indeed they did win a point to lead 15-13 in G3. The JPN pair is pushing them to the edge
Towi/Liliyana can't fullfill their seeding position lost straight-sets 15-21 / 13-21 to Danish veteran pair Laybourn/Juhl So INA only have two representatives in last eight round, Simon and most likely Kido/Setiawan in this SSP.
Local fave, Cai/Fu through to QF after finish tough match against Hirobe/Kazuno, 19-21 / 21-11 / 21-15. Next, another Japanese pair will be their opponent Kawamae/Sato.
Listening in to the Indian coaching staff and Gopichand is giving instructions in English during the interval.Gutta also chipping in her 2 cents worth in English
Gutta's body language is horrible towards her partner. Blaming Diju for almost every point lost. I would find that pretty demoralizing
XD: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (3)(DEN) bt (IND) V. Diju/Jwala Gutta 21-14, 21-14... twin scores
Hmmm... noticed the umpires, service judges and line judges all wear Yonex jackets in a Li Ning sponsored tournament