He is the most consistent MS player, he has played 16 tournaments during last 12 months and has lost in quarterfinals astonishing 9 times. Of course from now on he will be unseeded and could face top-8 players on first round.
HSP’s 5 week tour came to an end. I could see significant improvements in his game, compared to how he was a few months ago Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Prannoy, work harder and play well in the coming tournaments. Omg.. still lazy man (saipraneeth) is in the tournament !.
Beside Asiad, this is one of the best match of Kenta i've watched, good defence, nice attack, probably improving his stamina and accuracy and he can be a tough task for Chou tomorrow
Country representatives in QF 9 - JPN 8 - CHN 5 - KOR 4 - INA, THA 3 - MAS, IND, HKG 1 - TPE Seeded players left in QF MS - 3 WS - 2 MD - 3 WD - 6 XD - 4
QUARTERFINAL (01.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=F9664872-E75D-49B5-82C9-D26712EF3C4C *MATCH HIGHLIGHTS - Sai Praneeth (IND) v Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN) - Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) v Chou Tien Chen (TPE) - Chen Yu Fei (CHN) v Sonia Cheah (MAS) - Ratchanok Intanon (THA) v Chen Xiao Xin (CHN) - Gideon/Sukamuljo (INA) v Endo/Watanabe (JPN) - Li JH/Liu YC (CHN) v Goh VS/Tan WK (MAS) - Matsumoto/Nagahara (JPN) v Du Y/Li YH (CHN) - Polii/Rahayu (INA) v Chang YN/Kim HR (KOR) - He JT/Du Y (CHN) v Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai (THA) - Seo SJ/Chae YJ (KOR) v Wang YL/Huang DP (CHN) Local hopeful Khosit Phetpradab brings cheerful for home fans to stun more fancied opponent Kidambi Srikanth who's still far from his finest, struggling to overcome shortage of self-belief, 11-21 / 21-16 / 21-12. Phetpradab will take on Ng Ka long who beat him last week in Tokyo meet. Strong favourite Chou Tien Chen sails smoothly into quarters and will set up an interesting clash with Kenta Nishimoto. Indian sole survivor Sai Praneeth has defending champion Kanta Tsuneyama to progress. Indonesian fourth-ranked player Shesar Hiren Rhustavito outlasts his idol Lin Dan in three games, leaving China doesn't have MS representative once again in last eight of top-tier BWF World Tour event. Rhustavito will find Malaysian rising star Lee Zii Jia for a place in semifinal. Women's singles top two contenders, Chen Yu Fei, Ratchanok Intanon are expected to eliminate Sonia Cheah and Chen Xiao Xin respectively. Chen beats second Korean foes in a row, Kim Ga Eun straight forwardly whilst Intanon drops opening game to oust compatriot Nitchaon Jindapol. Other quarterfinal stage encounters will see Sayaka Takahashi against Indonesian petite Fitriani while home potential young player Pornpawee Chochuwong will up against Hong Kong resilient Cheung Ngan Yi. Fierce competition in men's doubles since the beginning of tournament, all four seeded pairs at bottom-half draw have been vanquished by the underdogs. Alfian/Ardianto continues negative trend, the Asian Games silver medalists couldn't pass preliminary round in back to back tournaments, this time lost to Rankireddy/Shetty. Two qualifier pairs marching on, Choi SG/Seo SJ and Huang KX/Liu C while the frontrunners Gideon/Sukamuljo keep their winning momentum and will be tested by Endo/Watanabe this evening. As usual familiar contestants occupy women's doubles scene with Japan has assured one spot in last four. A noteworthy match in this category will pit World Champions Matsumoto/Nagahara versus Chinese number two Du Y/Li YH who conquered the on-fire Korean combinations Kim SY/Kong HY convincingly yesterday, 21-15 / 21-15. China dominant figures Wang YL/Huang DP will face tricky obstacle that may troubling them, Korean lefthanders Seo SJ/Chae YJ. All Indonesian squad have been dismissed simultaneously including premier pairs Jordan/Oktavianti and Faizal/Widjaja. Other well-known quarterfinalists Watanabe/Higashino and Thai dynamic duo Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai stay on course to step up into next round. LIVE TV COVERAGE
Hi CL, Unfortunately I will be one of two commentators from Thailand Open You will need to turn down the volume or perhaps I might improve. Have a great day everyone
