A Day of Emotions – Thailand Open: Semifinals
China’s Li Jun Hui/Liu Yu Chen were the first to book their place in the final of the TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019 when they beat Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe 21-13 22-20 in the men’s doubles.
· GEETHANJALI LAKSHMAYYA
Li said: “Today we felt the venue was windy. We had to play in the direction of the wind and finally we managed to win. I felt satisfied with our performance because we both attacked and defended well. The atmosphere in the arena was good because there were many fans who cheered for us. It made me feel happy.”
Evaluating their performance, Yuta Watanabe said: “The Chinese pair play very high-level badminton not just in strength and fitness but skill and strategy too. We’ll have to go back and look at ways to improve ourselves on all that.”
Li and Liu will take on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India who defeated 2014 world champions Koreans Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol, 22-20 22-24 21-9.