CHN and TPE have captured only title each and might expect one more through other categories meanwhile THA surprisingly seals WD crown which describes their fast track development in this discipline as Kititharakul/Prajongjai vanquish China number two Zhang SX/Zheng Y, wide gap illustration has differentiated with China sole reliable combination Chen/Jia.
The most anticipated match of final day will pit two world top-ten members, Olympic bronze medalist Ginting takes one familiar rival Chou TC. The faster Indonesian exploits his forte at front court, net shot and some deceptive drops while Srikanth tried to direct Ginting into disadvantage area frequently at backhand corner to score point. Overall, both players have pleasant technical skill to watch but can’t control accuracy properly. Seasoned-campaigner Chou absorbs good analysis of Popov game plan in the opener to tackle his tall opponent hard smash then dictated second game completely, the Taiwanese displays convincing performance along the tournament.
The quite late-bloomer Zhang YM beat two biggest names of this S300 tour in a row, Marin and Okuhara. The Japanese tidy game and superb court coverage hasn’t restored yet, the Chinese applied exact recipe to expose former World Champion weakest link, to push her into baseline and some exquisite net drops that flat footed Okuhara occasionally. Han Y meanwhile overcame junior peer Tunjung narrowly, 2017 world junior champion has distinctive skill how she contructing the rally and shot placement but sadly plagued by too many unforced errors repeatedly.
Indonesian hopefuls Kusharjanto/Kusumawati provide promising sign amid the declining of INA mixed doubles department and slow progress of the much expected Rivaldy/Mentari. They will face tricky test, Chinese dynamic duo Feng/Huang. Taiwanese men’s doubles raise to the occasion to fill the vacuum of the Olympic Champions devastating form, Lu/Yang show positive trend in back to back Europe tour.
