Fan looked near his best against PF and TH, but was thoroughly outplayed in the first three sets. A bad omen for the CNT if his sputtering and starting form keeps happening.
There'll be no comeback train tomorrow for Liang, no way he goes down 0-2 and wins tomorrow.
As for the Olympics, Fan won both WTTC titles in this cycle, and he should get precedence. Even if his performances are underwhelming in the Saudi Smash or The Men's world cup, they'll still pick him and micromanage him as much as possible to be in decent form just like they did with ZJK. ML is most likely gonna be the third choice so if anything happens with Fan, Ma should replace. LJK is not as secure as Ma in doubles for the team event, so I think his chances of playing at the Olympics is very similar.
There'll be no comeback train tomorrow for Liang, no way he goes down 0-2 and wins tomorrow.
As for the Olympics, Fan won both WTTC titles in this cycle, and he should get precedence. Even if his performances are underwhelming in the Saudi Smash or The Men's world cup, they'll still pick him and micromanage him as much as possible to be in decent form just like they did with ZJK. ML is most likely gonna be the third choice so if anything happens with Fan, Ma should replace. LJK is not as secure as Ma in doubles for the team event, so I think his chances of playing at the Olympics is very similar.