Group B is still wide open. India leads Taipei 2-1 1. Singapore will qualify if India loses 2-3 or wins 4-1 2. Taipei just needs to win one more match to qualify. 3. India just needs to win one more match to qualify. India didn't help themselves, coming without XD players.
Indeed, Sourabh Verma blew away the chance to let Wang Tzu Wei scored seven consecutive points into 20-18 and the match ended dramatically with so close scoreline. So TPE tops group B and runner-up position goes to SGP. JPN v HKG line-up
Inoue/Kaneko lost against much lower ranked HKG pair. This has been happened for umpteenth time. If they continue to be like this, they won't go anywhere.
She has shown real improvement this year. Her confidence is up now. She can continue to improve like this. Btw, does Reony accompany WS team?
Koga Minoru (lower end of Japan's national B team), who is playing as a pinch-hitter for Sakai Kazumasa only because Igarashi Yu and Watanabe Koki are currently in Orleans, is doing reasonably well against Ng Ka Long Angus!
Title-holder Japan defeated home team 3-2 last night, the top-seed trailed 0-1 when more favoured Inoue/Kaneko were stunned by WR #105 pair Chang TC/Yeung MN in two straight-games. Another interesting part saw Swedish Open champion Minoru Koga almost surprised Ng Ka Long, losing narrowly, 16-21 / 21-9 / 23-25. In three remaining disciplines Japan was totally dominant. Thailand stole 1 point against Indonesia through Pornpawee Chochuwong who overcame Fitriani in three games while the other four contests going smoothly for INA victory.
For the INA vs SGP match, INA should be able to progress smoothly. INA doubles should have no problem at all. MS and WS are challenging. But, Fitriani did beat YJM in Thailand Masters before.
QUARTERFINAL ROUND (01.00pm & 07.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...16BA47-5B06-43A3-B610-CF6D436A233D&d=20190322 SESSION 1 | 01.00pm JPN v MAS (Court 1) Japan fields real strength in quarters, changing most of their players against HKG yesterday except WD & XD. INA v SGP (Court 2) The clear favourite Indonesia replaces Fitriani to Ruselli Hartawan who opposes Yeo Jia Min today.
