It was a marvelous Doubles final, very spectacular. The Chinese are really champions. But despite Oshima and Morizono singles level being far below the Chinese, they really worked and trained hard as a pair, they are real doubles specialists, anybody can see it. They gave a tough challenge to the Chinese. As a supporter I believed until the very end they could still win.
Oshima and Morizono both played incredibly well, they were as fierce as the Chinese and very good in serves and receives. Well, until in the 5th set, they were 2 points up and Oshima made 2 receive misses in a row in the net. From that point, he was out of the match mentally, his arm was shivering. Morizono was fantastic and holding the team all by himself but it was too much in the end for him.
Really too bad. Silver is a very nice color for a medal, but 2 years ago, they lost in QF to the Chinese, after holding match point. They were seeded n1 and didn't have to encounter any Chinese pair nor MA/BOLL until the finals. You don't get that many opportunities in your career. It was a fantastic opportunity to get gold. The Chinese were not always 100% focused, they might have been thinking about their singles SF going on later... You could see they were annoyed to face resistance from the Japanese.
