This slow hall favors defensive play. Kamura/Sonoda had no clue of what to do. Didn't the coach have anything to offer I wonder. What a disappointing final game. Congrats to the Korean.
yeah kim doesn't smash as hard as yoo but clearly have more variation on his shot. but he really need to cutdown his errors.
if gideon still firing all those flat smashes all the time it would be a disaster, he need to learn from ahsan how to break lyd's defense...be patient.
well, i think gideon and ahsan is quite different type of player. i regard ahsan (on his prime) higher than gideon now. gideon only has "quite" hard smash and really high workrate. while ahsan, aside from his hard smash (especially before his back injury), he has excellent shoot variation. lets see wheather gideon could break LYD defense with his "quite" hard smash and high workrate..
That's why he should learn from Ahsan or anyone who has the variation. He is one of the weakest back court players in top 10, in my opinion. He hardly could penetrate anybody's defense lately, even Kevin could break the opponent's defense more. He is or at least used to be fast and quick. But even that kind of lacking recently.
poor kamura sonoda...can't beat lyd when he was playing with koo, playing with yoo, and still can't beat him when he's playing with kgj now
And then LD lost G2 and G3 16-21 11-21 Oh well.. better wait for the coming AE to see him doing his best I guess
5/8 spot in WD quarter final tomorrow are Japanese. And there's a chance in the semifinal will be all Japanese
QUARTERFINAL (02.00pm, 2 Courts) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...F74681-A9A8-487F-8C60-E1F23803BB7E&d=20180928 *Match Highlights : - Zhao Junpeng (CHN) v Jonatan Christie (INA) - Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA) v Chou Tien Chen (TPE) - Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) v Gao Fangjie (CHN) - Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) v Saina Nehwal (IND) - Kim GJ/Lee YD (KOR) Hoki/Kobayashi (JPN) - Inoue/Kaneko (JPN) v Choi SG/Seo SJ (KOR) - Du Y/Li YH (CHN) v Tanaka/Yonemoto (JPN) - Faizal/Widjaja (INA) v He JT/Du Y (CHN) - Seo SJ/Chae YJ (KOR) v Watanabe/Higashino (JPN A huge upset in second round tournament witnesses top-seed Viktor Axelsen is ousted by the qualifier Zhao Junpeng. The left-hander Zhao frustrated Axelsen who made great comeback in opening game but failed to seal it, 27-25. Second game saw lop-sided clash where the Dane only scored single digit, 21-9. Zhao read the game well with fast attacking style and good defense while his more fancied opponent became erratic and emotional to crack the Chinese game plan. Zhao will up against AG Champion Jonatan Christie next, two players are coming from same generation. One more surprising result in MS category, another qualifier Heo Kwang Hee edges out his senior Son Wan Ho in tight match, 15-21 / 21-13 / 24-22. At lower-half of draw, Anthony Ginting once again will face Chou Tien Chen, the Indonesian is favoured to extend winning momentum considering his stable performance lately. Well, all Japanese quarterfinals will pit new world number one Kento Momota versus Kenta Nishimoto who disposes Lin Dan in rubber games, 10-21 / 21-16 / 21-11, the veteran continues slump performance. Momota is stretched into the limit by Anders Antonsen, the Japanese has hefty lead in second game but couldn't finish it as the young Dane slowly catching up and saved three match points to force rubber games from 17-20 to 22-20. Third game is still neck to neck until 14-all as Momota raises the tempo to end match, 21-16. Women's singles last eight almost goes to the scenario, it's Kirsty Gilmour who twists the plot to eliminate below-par Ratchanok Intanon. The Scottish star will up against Zhang Beiwen for a place in semifinal. CHN-JPN encounter, Japanese players win two while China only Gao Fangjie survived who has Akane Yamaguchi to pass, three Chinese opponents in a row for Yamaguchi in this KOR Open. More Japanese representatives, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Takahashi will take on Saina Nehwal and home favourite Sung Ji Hyun respectively. Only two seeded pairs left in men's doubles category, Inoue/Kaneko and Endo/Watanabe. Number one seed Kamura/Sonoda must admit the comeback Koreans expertise, Kim GJ/Lee YD who outclass them in second and third game, 18-21 / 21-10 / 21-9. Another Japanese combination waiting them tomorrow, Hoki/Kobayashi. Also good news for Malaysian fans as their two pairs through into last eight, Aaron Chia/Soh WY and Chooi KM/Low JS. As predicted Japan dominates women's doubles quarters and one semifinal berth has been secured, on bottom-half of draw Du Y/Li YH are encircled by three Japanese opponents. Then Fukushima/Hirota also Fukuman/Yonao occupy the opposite draw who face Malaysian combination Chow MK/Lee MY and Indonesians Awanda/Istarani respectively. Third seed The Adcocks can't maintain four point leading to nail first game, 20-16 as home pair, two lefthanders Seo SJ/Chae YJ perform valiantly to turn the tables and take psycological advantage to win 25-23, it's gone case in next game as the English duo succumb, 13-21. Other seeded pair Thailand Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai almost sent packing by Kaneko/Matsutomo, title contenders Christiansen/Pedersen and Watanabe/Higashino march on to next round. LIVE TV COVERAGE (Court 1, 02.00pm local time) : 1) Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (JPN) v Seo Seung Jae/Chae Yo Jung (KOR) 2) Heo Kwang Hee (KOR) v Tommy Sugiarto (INA) 3) Sayaka Takahashi (JPN) v Sung Ji Hyun (KOR) 4) Kim Gi Jung/Lee Yong Dae (KOR) Takuro Hoki/Hugo Kobayashi (JPN) 5) Chang Tak Ching/Ng Wing Yung (HKG) v Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 6) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) v Saina Nehwal (IND) 7) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA) v Chou Tien Chen (TPE) 8) Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe (JPN) v Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)
