2016 Princess Sirivannavari THAILAND Masters : Qualifying-FINALS (8th-13th February)

[blabl]

17 all will the match last forever

 

[blabl]

Sun Yu tries to hit the shuttle but to no avail.

 

[Loh]

RIs cross court drops and clears are putting a dent on SY. 18-17

 

[Justin L]

Sun Yu should now by now, clearing is likely to invite IR's bringing the shuttle down, a placement shot, not so much a smash.

 

[Loh]

The end is near SY. Put up a fight! 19-17.

 

[Justin L]

If not for IR's improved fitness, Sun Yu should have won the third set already.

 

[blabl]

The home crowd cheering is amazing. Amazing.

 

[Justin L]

Amazing retrieval from IR to win the rally and bring up matchpoints...

 

[blabl]

Sun Yu rolls on the ground 20-17.

 

[Loh]

SY tried to retrieve the crosses but not the last one from RI , 20-17. RI is on fire!

 

[Justin L]

Too bad,Sun Yu is not going to convince Li Yongbo yet.

 

[blabl]

Pitiful Sun Yu. She played so well today.

 

[blabl]

Amazing home support.

 

[Loh]

Another cross from RI put paid to SY's final efforts.

RI won 21-17.

 

[blabl]

It is out and ratchanok wins it. The whole crowd is cheering loudly.

 

[Justin L]

I somehow feel that Sun Yu lost to herself in the end ,although IR played very well; Sun Yu just failed to seize her chances and played into IR's hands.

 

[blabl]

The whole crowd is cheering. Home support is just too great and such a great morale boast.

 

[blabl]

Overall I am happy to know that the 3 predictions i made today are all correct.

 

[Justin L]

In some instances, instead of Sun Yu attacking hard, she should have disguised it as drop shots to bring IR to the front, and then anticipate her net or lift, making full use of her height advantage, also ever ready to ponce at the net.

 

[Justin L]

Perhaps , switching to a body smash instead might do the trick, rather than smashing into where IR was ready to defend.