As expected. Mohd Rian Ardianto/Rosyita Eka Putri Sari [9/16] will now take on CHN's He Jiting/Du Yue [5/8] for at least a Bronze medal.
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Arjun M.R.[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Chirag SHETTY[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Mathias BAY-SMIDT [9/16][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Mortensen FREDERIK SOGAARD[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-15 13-21 21-17[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Indian MD pair upset another seeded pair . Now Denmark.. Beating Denmark pair is definitely promising to these youngsters..
Fitriani catching up 3-4 in the decider. Now 4-4... Raffi/Ulfa lose the first set 24-22 to Park/Park of Korea
Fitriani leads 11-7 in the mid game interval of the decider, but to be catching up by He Bing Jiao now trailing 11-13.
Bayu also trails 5-10 to Shi Yuqi Huang/Zheng takes the first set against Reinard/Altof Raffi/Ulfa trails 14-18 to Park/Park
Raffi/Ulfa surrender to Park/Park While Fitriani lose the decider 21-14. I'm not sure why, is it perhaps stamina issue?
Heavy casualties for INA in R16 - 8 so far (5 to CHN representatives: 1 in each discipline), 1 to SIN, 1 to JPN, and 1 to KOR. 2 more matches to go. Rosyita/Apriani are leading 1-0 so far and Rian/Clinton are on the court now.
I have one doubt.. Why they keep names something like this??? ANy reason... I mean like "fitriani fitriani or apriani apriani" etc
Sigh...one weakness of INA's pair is the inability to hold the lead against CHN pairs. Rian/Clinton were leading 11-7 at the interval (ditto for Reinard/Althof) but ended up losing the first-set (second-set for Reinard/Althof) 17-21. Arguably, this year's INA BD pairs are the weakest in several years, compared to the previous few years.