KOREA Open 2019 : Qualifying Round-FINAL (24-29 September)

indeed. they prove they can beat china top 2 XD pairs. definitely a dark horse and more dangerous than japan YW/AH

 

To me he is top 3. But first, he is desperately in need of a very reliable (back court player) partner. No one in CHN team come into mind.
Such wasted talent.

 

Though perhaps it's still a bit too much to defeat two in a row.

 

hmm.... well, a silver to prevent a 1-2 finish for china... looks fine to me. lol

 

Thai pair know Chinese?

Play hard. Train harder.

 

Yeah.. though personally I was wishing they had done it to the different pair in WC lol.

 

Thai pair and Chae Seo improving rapidly.
Hope this leads to a good XD scene.

 

They were chatting in English...not bad.

 

sapsiree and huang yaqioung are kinda close friend. Though they might converse mainly in english, she should know a bit of chinese.

 

I just went back to watch the XD match and recalled what Morten said a while ago about Sapsiree: the way to beat her is to do quick drops. He's right. She keeps getting ZSW's smashes back, but a lot of her replies to his drops are weak.

 

that's very obvious due to her injury years ago....

 

GLY has the same problem too. Not easy for her to response to drop shots.

 

Anyone figure out who was screaming like a murder victim during the WD final yesterday?

I figured it must be a friend of Kim or Kong but I couldn’t read the sign she was holding...

 

She was Kong's younger sister. I think it was Kong's name in the card she was holding. She was more excited than Kong whenever Kim/Kong win a point

Play hard. Train harder.

 

Wow...good catch! That explains how she had the VIP pass. I couldn’t tell from the highlight reel but in your photo she looks a lot more like Kong

I wonder if Kong realized it was her sister screaming after each of her points

 

Ofcourse she knew. But she shyly denied when asked in post match interview and told that she was too concentrated in the match to notice the screaming . But Kim confirmed that it was indeed Kong's youngest sister. Looks like the Kong sisters love to scream.

Play hard. Train harder.