If Lu Kai can fill Fu Haifeng's shoes to the hilt, then this Zhang Nan/ Lu Kai combination will be most outstanding
Zhang Nan may be 'only' 26 years old but somehow I don't think it's a very good idea for him to do double duty all the way to Tokyo 2020 when he'll be almost 30 then. At the Rio'16, if not for his relationship problems with Zhao Yunlei, he might've won double Olympic gold. But for Tokyo 2020 , he'll be having new partners in both the disciplines, not too confident he can pull it off next time.
I don't think Lukai should be ZN's long term partner. If they are struggling to win even a GP tournament, how are they expected to compete for SS or World Championships?
None of those players would be better. But Zheng Siwei, or Hong Wei, or even Li Junhui should be given a trial.
What has happened to Huang Kaixiang? He was touted as a doubles player to watch out for by none other than LYB himself.
Yeah, but Zheng Siwei outshines him, both in XD and MD. Anyway Huang Kaixiang is still young, 20 years old, too early to write him off.