XXXII Tokyo OLYMPIC GAMES 2020 : Day 1-4 (24-27 July 2021) - Group Stage Match

mal1988 said:
I agree with this in that the lower ranked pairs are literally there to make up numbers.

Australia (where I'm from) quite frankly - suck compared to Japan / China etc and it would be a very one sided match.

The only time where I was proven wrong, was the terrific WD match where Canada pushed the Japanese to 3 games.

However, if it weren't for the quotas that each country is allowed to have, it would be simply another World Tour event, just re-named the Olympics.
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If not for the special qualification requirements, then every event will be class as a World Championship.
Even the World Cup (soccer) also operate in the same way as Olympics.
 
It seems like they don't want to play or this match isn't important to them! I thought they would be moving like crazy diving to try get the shuttle. This is QF fhs in the Olympics!
 
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If not for China's sudirman loss to Korea in 2017, we might not have see this XD pair of ZSW/HYQ, and both seems to improve much in consistency and calmness.

Gold medal waiting for this pair.
 
lodoss said:
If not for China's sudirman loss to Korea in 2017, we might not have see this XD pair of ZSW/HYQ, and both seems to improve much in consistency and calmness.

Gold medal waiting for this pair.
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But i'd say this match their opponents did not turn up
 
birdbird said:
Yes, but ZSW/HYQ at their best is not losing to any other pair in the world.

HYQ absolutely dominated the net, very hard to beat when she does that.
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I agree totally. But the INA pair didn't do anything. I mean there were shuttles next to them but they just let them go. I expected them to have more enthusiasm to return each and every shuttle for the Olympics. I expected them to turn into a sort of Vittinghus (ok I exagerated a bit) but still.

Although for me Watanabe is the best male in XD
 
Quentin11 said:
I agree totally. But the INA pair didn't do anything. I mean there were shuttles next to them but they just let them go. I expected them to have more enthusiasm to return each and every shuttle for the Olympics. I expected them to turn into a sort of Vittinghus (ok I exagerated a bit) but still.

Although for me Watanabe is the best male in XD
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It was worse during group play.
 
Quentin11 said:
I agree totally. But the INA pair didn't do anything. I mean there were shuttles next to them but they just let them go. I expected them to have more enthusiasm to return each and every shuttle for the Olympics. I expected them to turn into a sort of Vittinghus (ok I exagerated a bit) but still.

Although for me Watanabe is the best male in XD
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I agree, the effort just wasn't there.

Watanabe is probably the most talented male XD player, but I think ZSW is still better right now. Watanabe needs to keep improving his smash.
 
But why? I fail to understand why! Even if they are tired or not fit - they could still make an effort. It's like they don't want to play. It was a bit painful to watch.

His smash is ridiculously good already though now.
 
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