The Brazilian, Ygor Coelho, looks tall and well-built, and he is certainly no shabby player, just losing G1 by a respectable score of 15-21 to the living legend, LCW.
It's always a delight to watch how the now 37-year-old maestro Lee Hyun Il handles a player a generation younger in badminton terms.
I think Anders Antonsen is bit unlucky to take on Lee Hyun Il in the opening round when the 'old man' is still fresh.
And LHI also anticipates and returns AA's smashes quite well, even forcing the much younger man to run all over the court
Good to see his defense up and running. He was left clueless against Nishimoto's overheads in Germany.
He‘s just getting a feel for the court and arena. Lin Dan‘s form is nothing to write home about, either. I still think either Lin Dan or Lee Chong Wei are going to win it this year.
oh man...i want some of whatever you're smoking! ZN is the only reason they got to where they are, lmao...
ROUND OF 16 (12.00pm local time, 4 court) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...6160C1-6ABB-43CF-A535-2F0175C84D7D&d=20180315 *Match Highlights : - Angus Ng Ka Long (HKG) v Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) - Son Wan Ho (KOR) v Jonatan Christie (INA) - Shi Yuqi (CHN) v Lee Hyun Il (KOR) - Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) v Lin Dan (CHN) - Nitchaon Jindapol (THA) v Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND) - Ellis/Langridge (ENG) v Goh VS/Tan WK (MAS) - Rankireddy/Shetty (IND) v Boe/Mogensen (DEN) - Tanaka/Yonemoto (JPN) v Awanda/Istirani (INA) - Zhang N/Li YH (CHN) v Chan PS/Goh LY (MAS) - Adcock/Adcock (ENG) v Seo SJ/Kim HN (KOR) - Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai (THA) v Christiansen/Pedersen (DEN) No huge upset arrives in men's singles opening round except 8th seed and last year semifinalist Chou Tien Chen losing three games to Prannoy, the Indian finally scores first ever win over Chou after tasted three times defeats previously. Top contenders and defending champion Lee Chong Wei got unexpected tough resistance from Brazilian Ygor Coelho yesterday, his nemesis Lin Dan also needed extra effort to pass Hans Kristian Vittinghus. Chen Long books two straight games victory over younger teammate Qiao Bin while third seed Srikanth Kidambi almost bit a dust, luck factor takes his side when he saved match point and the Frenchman Brice Leverdez smashed wide at critical moment. A classic showdown will be presented tomorrow if Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan could eliminate their opponents today, Lee Dong Keun and Wang Tzu Wei respectively. Canadian Michelle Li creates big headline to tackle former world champion and last year runner-up Ratchanok Intanon. The unseeded Li played brilliantly to balance the skillful Intanon who didn't perform at her best, she failed to execute crucial point when led 19-18 at deciding game while her opponent grabbed three consecutive points to seal the match. One more seeded player falters, Sung Ji Hyun was shown the exit door by Aya Ohori. On bottom-half of draw, the frontrunners Yamaguchi, Okuhara, Marin and Sindhu march on to last siixteen, the latter fought hard to down Thailand newcomer Pornpawee Chochuwong and will find another Thai rival Nitchaon Jindapol for a place in quarterfinal. Reigning world champion Liu C/Zhang N were sent packing early by the explosive TPE pair Liao MC/Su CH. The fourth seed had similar pattern for the way of their losing, made blunder to slip at the end with identical scoreline 20-22. Bottom-half of draw also saw another seeded tumbled, Kamura/Sonoda couldn't find to answer how to tackle the comeback Goh VS/Tan WK. The Malaysian duo face local hopefuls Ellis/Langridge today. On the opposite draw, strong favourite Gideon/Sukamuljo overcame fellow countrymen Pratama/Saputro and will take on Ong YW/Teo EY next, their archrival China's Li JH/Liu YC will meet Danish test Astrup/Rasmussen. Coming to All England with brimming confidence, 6th seed Polii/Rahayu must swallow big disappointment, succumbed to well-improved Bulgarian pair. The nothing to lose Stoeva sisters exhibit strong and steady performance to overcome the nervous Indonesian pair, 21-11 / 21-19. Women's doubles powerhouse Japan secures four last sixteen berth through Matsutomo/Takahashi, Fukushima/Hirota, Tanaka/Yonemoto and Nagahara/Matsumoto. European high-profile combination Juhl/Pedersen experienced hard times before eliminated Aussie pair Mapasa/Somerville also top-seed Chen QC/Jia YF was troubled to take opening game against Fukuman/Yonao. Hong Kong hotshots, third seed Tang CM/Tse YS blew away their golden chance to bag last sixteen ticket when managed healthy leading 17-9 in second game to let Watanabe/Higashino gained second wind and pumped up to score upset their more fancied opponent. Last year beaten finalist Chan PS/Goh LY had thrilling moment to defeat the Magee siblings Sam and Chloe, they will be awaited by China reunion pair Zhang N/Li YH next. All mixed doubles favourites cruise to next round without much difficulty, Ahmad/Natsir, Zheng/Huang and Wang/Huang, also join them are home heroes Chris & Gabby Adcock. LIVE TV COVERAGE (Court 1) : 1) Della Destiara Haris/Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA) v Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 2) Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (ENG) v Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto (INA) 3) Nitchaon Jindapoll (THA) v Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND) 4) Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen (CHN) v Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) 5) Lee Dong Keun (KOR) v Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 6) Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (ENG) v Seo Seung Jae/Kim Ha Na (KOR) 7) Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) v Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) 8) Angus Ng Ka Long (HKG) v Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) 9) Du Yue/Li Yinhui (CHN) v Kamilla RytterJuhl/Christinna Pedersen (DEN) 10) Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge (ENG) v Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)
Just watched the Ohori match and must say she’s playing really well. Beautiful cross court blocks and smashes and net shots but there were a lot of contentious line calls there against SJH particularly giving Ohori MP in second game... there should be Hawkeye in all courts at this level.
Exciting matches in tv court later starting with TakaMatsu! Though I’d like to see the other XD matches... ZN/LYH v Chan/Goh and Dechapol/Sapsiree... Hope Chan/Goh take it! I’ve been waiting a while now for a Rio Olympic Final rematch in XD!
