LD's net play today is reminiscent of his best. The rest of his game might not be enough to lift the title, but for now we can celebrate his victory.
Lin Dan, The Magician, my new moniker for him ! If only he has the stamina to play like that round after round all through the tournament.
First-round Dan does not live up to expectations. Chou Tien Chen must be very unhappy with his display today.
LD needs to be motivated to get some results. He already accomplished everything in his career. He has been in preparation phase so far as his real and last career goal is Tokyo 2020. The real LD will show his true colours starting April 29 of this year. He won't win tournaments (or why not?!) but I'm sure he will get better results that he did so far.
Wow quite surprised to see the scoreline Endo/Wata lost in 3 games to Hoki/Koba. After losing G2 narrowly 22-24 they lost 9-21 in G3.