On this top level Higashino is the weakest of the four... No chance if she s not on her best day against the two Chinese pairs.
Sindhu up one game. I knew Mia was tricky, Sindhu has to be wary of her. Till now she's playing convincingly.
I wouldn't be surprised if yuta lose his MD match too Wang/lee are playing better lately and if yuta/endo decided to play their usual defensive game then it can be a disaster
Wata/Higa are always going to be underdogs against either Chinese pair. Higashino has to play at her absolute peak and Yuta has to be on top of his game too for them to stand a chance.
Though I supported Japan and wanted them to win and honestly believed they could have but Chinese Teams are really good, no wonder they are World no.1 and 2. Sent from my SM-N975F using Tapatalk
Chn MX holds their A game almost throughout the match while others like Japan have too many phases of b game in between... Hope HGK pair can prove me wrong. Somehow finals between different countries are more interesting. Oth we have seen great all Chn MX finals with these two pairs
Looking at how Japan performs, i am just thankful Indonesia did well in AsianGames18 with 2 gold. They were pretty much beaten by Asian pairs.
Hope Yuta has enough time to recover completely for MD after a 3 set match of hard fought XD. Come on Japan. Sent from my SM-N975F using Tapatalk
He looks mentally tired. He just gave up covering those large gaps in the court after the 7-8 point gap. I mean Arisa singlehandedly lost them 4-5 points based on flick serves alone. She wasn't making opportunities for her partner either. I am only satisfied with their first game.
The CHN pair were just super stable and combine that with Arisa's weak defense - there is only so much Yuta can do. Ouh I like the pony tail Michelle Li!!! But let's go Okuhara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!