Lucky for Watanabe, he was playing so bad in the first half of the first set, but Higashino was playing so good. They got away with set 1 because of Higashino's play.
Oh well, Higashino going back to her old level of play in the first half of this 2nd set. She is making a lot of mistakes now and not as dominant.
Each player on the court took his/her turn to drop 2 out of 10 performance at various intervals and if this was a movie, i would advise you to save your money and look somewhere else.
Japan needs to find Watanabe a proper Men's Double partner for Watanabe. Since Endo retired, I'm not aware that Watanabe has a good Men's Doubles partner. But if Japan can find Watanabe a proper Men's Double partner that is as good as he is, or at least as good as Endo, Watanabe is also capable of producing a top 3 Men's Double team.