Mak/TWK fight with Ko/Yoo in the first round two weeks in a row? What the... but all the best to them, hope they gain the experience of fighting with a top level pair! Zakry/Hoon got a tricky first round match against Hirata/Hashimoto and they might meet Kido/Setiawan in the second round!
Nova/Lily will play in SS tourneys till the Asian Games..and AG is their last tourney.. tantowi/lilyana will play in GPG tourneys this year.. they will focused to OG..
Some INA players will take on China shuttlers at first round, Hayom vs defending champion BCL, Sony vs Chen Long and Firda vs Jiang Yanjiao. Tough chance for Hayom & Firda...
I think LCW will withdraw from this one. Newspapers have reported that they will try to make sure that LCW will be totally fit for the Commonwealth Games, although they did not confirm that he will skip the JPN Open.