LXR started slow, not fully settled in yet as no one pushed her throughout the tournament so far. G1, 21-17 to LXR.
Both LXR and YX have similar attacking style but YX got to improve on her defense, and both seem to share the same weakness, proneness to errors.
When Yao Xue's defense is as good as her offence and improves on her accuracy, cuts down on her simple errors, she will be a force to be reckoned with. A runaway victory for LXR in G2 to take the match, 21-7. To the final she goes.
she has height, speed and power. but seems to be relying too much on her backhand, and yes, bad defense. i am suspecting 2nd game was fixed.
That's exactly what happened to her last year in the final here with Tai TY. At the last INA GPG she improved on her simple errors but lost the final to her compatriot Suo Di who probably knew her strengths and weaknesses and exploited it - I was then more impressed with Yao Xue and thought she would win the final. More work for Yao Xue to do to raise her game. To me her feat in this MAS SSP beating Saina(who came to this year-opening tournament fresh and prepared) and WYH is no less impressive than Akane Y beating Intanon R.
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]V Shem GOH[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Khim Wah LIM[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Angga PRATAMA[/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Ryan Agung SAPUTRA[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]23-25 21-13 22-20[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] What a match..!!!
What for? Bae YJ is no threat to WSX and LXR. It's more YX's mentality problem, she is impatient and always rushing to finish the rally and she is aware of it. It's for her coach and sport psychologist to work on it. Apparently, they see potential in her or she wouldn't be competing in a SSP event.
