Well, as you said, Yoo Nam Kyu is gone so if this team plays both matches, it represents an acceptance by the new coach and possibly the whole Korean Association/team that the trials results as a whole were more fluke than form.
Well, it's Suh, Choi & Shin again. Shin is a pretty decent doubles player though, I'll give her that. Both Lees will continue to be twin cheerleaders it seems.
Singapore vs Netherlands = table-hoggers.
M1: Li Jie's nifty switch between chopping and attacking gave Yu Mengyu/Lin Ye so much trouble and disrupted their momentum well. Li Jiao followed up with some really nice moves of her own too while showing why many penholders are good Doubles players.
M2: No surprises there although I expected Britt Eerland to take at least a game.
M3: Lucky for Yu Mengyu that Li Jie had to withdraw due to an injury. The Singaporean women's team does not do well against choppers in general.
M4: Lin Ye showing the world why people don't pay much attention to SEA Games and hence the low ranking points for SEA Games Singles Gold medalist.
M5: Li Jiao with some very effective and nasty blocks (particularly down the line to her opponent's BH) and looked set to turn the tide in her favour after winning game 2 despite being 4-8 down. Somehow, LJ lost her momentum (old age?) but gave WR#8 Feng Tianwei a run for her money.
If not for M3, Singapore might not have won. When push came to shove, only Feng Tianwei seemed dependable amidst all the allegations surrounding her expulsion from the national team.
Meanwhile, I was pleasantly surprised that the Singaporean men managed to force Hong Kong into the decider. Koen Pang stormed through Ho Kwan Kit (3-0) while Clarence Chew upset Wong Chun Ting (3-1). Interesting...