LYJ hasn’t been playing as well as he did in Frankfurt, well neither has Ma Long but their last match could have gone either way. It wasn’t as decisive as it usually is with WCQ.
Removing Wang Chuqin and putting Edward Ly is a manipulation that the threats will fancy. Big chance to win this tournament with a red-hot WCQ out of the way.
The tussle between Korea's pragmatics and ideologues is always interesting to watch. Sprinkle in a big assertive neighbor that they're near paranoid about, and you've got a whole lotta mess.
Imo, LYJ looked close to his top level at Singapore. At worst, 80% of what he can bring forth on his best day was on display. His overdependence on his BH was his undoing because he met a match in LJK.
Doing this in an Olympic year with JJH and SYB their best doubles pairing and JJH their best doubles player and often their best singles player only makes sense if they think JJH is injured and unable to play. I thought the original conclusion was that JCH was too new to play the Olympics.
Maybe the Koreans are just getting greedy and think JCH has a realistic chance of medalling now vs in a few years time.TBH I'm not sure if the new rule kicks in now or until the Olympics have concluded but Chinese forums show JJH sourcing for her own practice partner(s) already.
Nothing that Singapore hasn't already done (i.e. promote local born players), although we dont have a Shin Yubin equivalent to tide through the transition
Source? I thought KNT was done with these antics especially since Jeon Jihee has been giving them some of the best results since Kim Kyung Ah's time.
My thoughts exactly, lol! If Kallberg doesn't know what to do, then what hope do we mere mortals have? No wonder blahness feels so alone when talking to the rest of us...
