Riichi Takeshita is currently quite a bit lower on the ranking. #4 Kento Momota (will be #2 this week though) #26 Sho Sasaki #40 Takuma Ueda #43 Kenta Nishimoto #65 Kenichi Tago #101 Riichi Takeshita #105 Kazumasa Sakai
Chong yee han was a joy to watch today. His movements were graceful and fast. Especially impressive is the confidence he had at the net in the face of Tago. Very few mistakes. But against Lin Dan tomorrow, yes i agree his physicality wiil be tested to the limit and Lin Dan has the edge. The way he played today has created a buzz. You will probably see a larger crowd tomorrow in his LD game. And they wont be coming to watch LD
good morning everyone, this is gonna be exiting tournament since the Rio race is just about to finish in the next few months, there will be many unpredictable result happen and cant wait to see that. btw i like this new BC Design well done!!!
Yup, two elite WD were sent packing early. The Danish combo, Pedersen/Juhl lost to two-time WJC Chen QC/Jia YF, the Chinese took revenge over last week defeat in New Delhi. Also top-seed and defending champion, Luo twin sisters as predicted have no idea how to overcome Matsuo/Naito, 13-21 / 14-21.
Solid straight games victory for sindhu against bingjiao. .good start for her, this will give her a boost in confidence.
IMO, China will field the Olympic Champion against Matsutomo/Takahashi. Luo twins seem vurnerable to face any Japanese pairs.
Sung JH, LXR, Sindhu and Porntip safely through the second round in two straight games. Kento momota through in two straight games as well, although with difficulty in G2 Surprise victory from the English Rajiv Ouseph against Wang Zheming (who will become n°10 on thursday) in two straight games! WZ having lost in the first round of the India Open and AE. WD top 1 and 4 seeds out in the first round. A few upsets already !
Nice to note that our young XD pair won their qualification: 3:40 PM XD - Qualification Yong Kai Terry HEE [4] [SIN] Wei Han TAN [SIN] Beat [KOR] LEE Yong Dae [KOR] LEE So Hee 16-21 25-23 21-16 0:52 Stadium Malawati AND our senior XD pair cleared R1, Both against formidable Korean players. 10:10 AM XD Danny Bawa CHRISNANTA [SIN] Yu Yan Vanessa NEO [SIN] Beat [KOR] KIM Gi Jung [KOR] SHIN Seung Chan 21-17 21-18 0:29 Stadium Malawati
Chen Long has to watch out - as he is known for a late tournament starter and MZ had good results the last tournaments. I really like CL but a win from MZ would be awesome
KS should play normal without pressure. Have to show result. Otherwise, he won't be picked for Olympics. His ranking is 16 now. I suspect his place for RIO ticket. Prannoy and Kashyap is my choice. But Kashyap is out of competition for months now. What a situation for India !
Boonsak has won the first set. Although I think Srikanth will prevail but it will be bad for him. The sooner he goes back to qualifying the better for him.
