Reigning Champs Fall to Korean Qualifiers – Thailand Open: Day 2
TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019 reigning champions Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda of Japan were ousted on their first day of competition by Korea’s Choi Solgyu/Seo Seung Jae.
· GEETHANJALI LAKSHMAYYA
The second seeds took the first game 21-11 before succumbing 20-22 17-21 to the relentless attack by the Koreans.
“I think our attacking was good today and in particular, we tried to push shuttles to the mid-court and that allowed us to get behind and over the shuttles and keep attacking shots going down.
"I think that’s how we were able to put on pressure and I got a lot of chances to attack from the left side so I think that contributed to our win,” said Seo, who until two years ago was a singles player until he was paired with Choi for the Sudirman Cup in 2017.