Since the matches started at 10.00 local time in the morning, two top seeds of the women's doubles and men's doubles were stunned at the hands of their adversaries. The first one is the women's doubles pair of who is also a gold medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympic from Japan, Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takashi. The world's number one was stopped in the first round by China's Huang Yaqiong/Yu Xiaohan with 7-21 and 20-22.
It didn't take too long for another first seed of the Red and White men's doubles, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, a pair who has been expected to win the 1 million us dollar tournament, was lost in the hands of Danish pair, Kim Astrup/Andres Skaarup Rasmussen with 16-21 and 16-21. Kevin admitted that he still felt the impact of his shoulder injury that he experienced a few days ago during preparation for BIO 2017.
Not only that, the Danish third seeded in men's singles factor, Viktor Axelsen, was slipped after defeated in the first round by his fellow compatriot Emil Holst with 12-21, 21-12, and 17-21.
Finally the last upset on Wednesday night, the China's seventh-seeded men's singles, Lin Dan was the next casualty at JCC. The two-time Olympic champion was defeated by Taiwan's athlete, Tzu Wei Wang with 16-21 and 18-21.
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