Perhaps LXR started the match wanting to conserve some energy but ended up having to expend more effort to win a 3-setter instead of wrapping it up in two sets.
That's their first encounter. It's Zhang's way to say: Hello, World number 1 and Olympics champion, now I'm coming!
Saving the host's face after the XD collapse... MD: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [3] bt Chai Biao/Hong Wei: 16-21, 21-18, 21-15 in 1:06
Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan - Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Choel 21-14 in the game #1 G2: Liu/Qiu 6 - 2 Ko/Shin 7-2, 7-3, 8-3... 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11 KOR pair take 8 points in a row... towel break
G2: Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan 12 - 12 Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Choel 12-13, 13 all, 14-13, 15-13, 15-14, 15 all, 16-15, 16 all, 17-16, 18-16, 18-17, 18 all, 19-18,,, 20-19, 20 all, 20-21, 21 all, 21-22, 22 all, 22-23, 22-24 rubber set!!
Yes!! Ko / Shin come back from losing the first set by a clear margin Interesting we could have had 3 CHN MD in the SF but ended up with only Fu/Zhang... Ahsan/Setiawan didn´t seem to be in best form. I wouldn´t wonder if Ahsan still carries an injury. I also wondered how Kim´s played yesterday. Looked like they just went to play a bit and see what they can do instead of going all out...