@antssantss @Justin L What d you think about winners of doubles categories in junior world championship??
Excellent, the junior doubles players are doing better than their seniors in MDs and WDs, and just as well in the XD department. It surprised me somewhat because the CHN junior doubles players are not trained by the Korean import coaches, as far as I know.
As for the CHN junior singles campaign at the world junior championships, the results were disappointing without any MS representatives from the semis and only one WS, Yuan Anqi, in the semis and final where she lost to the skinny JPN opponent, Miyazaki.
To me, I find YAQ's game a bit too passive, too much of a stroke player, lots of lifts and clears and drop shots, some net play, too few injection of pace and the occasional smash. In fact, she is more often than not on the defensive, unlike her shorter and very slim ( I almost thought she's undernourished) Japanese adversary who's seizing the initiative to attack most of the time. Yes, I prefer the JPN player's game.
Actually, when YAQ, one game down, came back from the brink of defeat in G2, saving 2 matchpoints and winning the deuce, 22-20, to force the decider, and was pumped up to lead 11-8 by the mid-game interval, I thought YAQ might take the title. But, alas it was not to be, her feisty opponent fought back to take the next 6 points and managed to maintain the lead all the way to the end by continuing her more proactive game to emerge WS champion, scoring 21-14, 20-22, 21-17.
However, as they are still very young, both girls only 16 years old, I shan't read too much into it.
