Badminton ASIA Championships 2018 (Wuhan, 24-29 April)

if FukuHiro manages to overtake TakaMatsu world ranking before Uber cup that would make things more interesting in my opinion ahaha
 
FukuHiro sure want to overtake their seniors.
Coz JPN#1 is the new World #1
 
And fukuhiro take it! Amazing performance from them. Non-stop attack and great defense

Sad for Takamatsu but Fukihiro really won this one

Really great final
 
Overall still a good WD finals, both pairs did well and clearly the better pair won today.
 
Hmm...I won't worry about TTY being dominant because, frankly, I don't see it happening nor think it's going to happen anytime soon. Didn't Saina at age 28 whom some regard as a has-been pushed TTY real hard in two tight sets yesterday ? And Chen Yufei , who is far from her peak at the young age of 20, is able to come close to beating her, only losing by the narrowest of margin today, 19-21, 20-22, and she's improving.

Let's not forget Intanon Ratchanok who until now has a positive H2H of 11-9 over TTY , winning their last three encounters. apart from that, we should expect a couple of young up-and-comers rising to challenge her, not to mention we still have the 23-yr-old Nozomi Okuhara and the 20-yr-old Akane Yamaguchi, if not PV Sindhu and Carolina Marin.
 
ownz.uno said:
Japan is really in good shape for Thomas and Uber cup..
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Indeed, JPN is overwhelming favourite in Uber Cup while Thomas Cup they will pose very dangerous darkhorse, similar situation to their shocking feat in 2014.

The physically demanding showdown between two Japanese leading pairs closes BAC final day, Fukushima/Hirota deny Matsutomo/Takahashi hat-trick mission. The Japanese number two pair are so consistent since Dubal Finals 2017 then cruised into back to back final in GER Super 300 & All England last month.

In mixed doubles, off the radar Huang Dongping has improved lately, she's so quick at front area with unpredictable placement several times. The Indonesian didn't perform as good as yesterday, more errors including last point when Natsir served at the net. It's hard for PBSI to rely on mixed doubles to pick up title in top-tier tournaments after Liliyana Natsir retirement.

The most surprising result none but men's singles, Kento Momota seizes the attention along this continental tournament. His biggest achievement since comeback to international competition last year. Momota comeback on the right time when Japan needs him desperately as the leader for Thomas Cup contest. Kenta Nishimoto also Kazumasa Sakai have shown progress to cruise into final but failed to execute to be champion early this year in Kualalumpur and Jakarta respectively. Chen Long manages runner-up position, he's near to best form but not yet. Men's singles constellation will be really interesting ahead as the 90's generation begin to shake the trio Lee-Lin-Chen hegemony.
 
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