Nadi Arena (6/6/24)
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00:00Welcome back to the Nadi Arena with Junhao.
00:03After finishing his run in the first round,
00:06Junhao took a step forward
00:08when he defeated the 2019 Indonesia Open champion, Xiao Tianchen.
00:12It was a tough start for both players
00:15as they kept catching up until they were tied at 9-9.
00:19At the start of the match, Junhao was ahead of Tianchen
00:24but the Taiwanese player managed to catch up to 18-16.
00:28But Junhao didn't give up
00:29and won the match with a 21-18 score.
00:44Junhao made a lot of mistakes in the second game
00:48especially when he was trying to decide whether to score or not
00:51and also gave the opponent a chance to bring the game to a draw.
00:56The reason for Junhao's mistakes in the second game
00:59was that he was more focused in the third game
01:01until he was ahead of Tianchen by 4-0.
01:04When Junhao was ahead of Tianchen,
01:06the match had to be stopped for a while
01:08as the Taiwanese player had an injury in his hand
01:11and needed to be treated.
01:13Junhao was clearly in a difficult situation
01:15but his mental strength wanted to win the match
01:18so he managed to overcome the injury
01:21and won the match with a 21-17 score.
01:27It's long and he's there.
01:30Excellent defensive play at that rally.
01:33The error from Tianchen.
01:38He's a tough opponent and an experienced opponent.
01:43I know he always does some comeback on the decider
01:47so while I was leading on the third,
01:50I just kept on thinking.
01:52He's chasing up point by point
01:54and I just kept on thinking that
01:56I'll just do myself and win point by point
02:01so that I don't think the 21 points is the end.
02:04Just keep on thinking point by point.
02:07Obviously, Zhou played a bit faster
02:10and attacked a lot more in the third game.
02:12How do you adjust to the change in speed
02:15and what were you doing more?
02:17Were you trying to be more defensive
02:19and wait for your chance
02:20or were you trying to be the aggressor
02:23and create more points?
02:25For sure, because of the condition of the court.
02:29Each side has a better side to play.
02:34After the 11th point,
02:35I think he started to be more aggressive
02:37and attack more.
02:38From then on, I just keep on trying to
02:42take as many shots as I can
02:44and when I have a chance to attack,
02:48then I'll do it.
02:49I know we asked you this yesterday.
02:52What is the reason why you're playing so well now?
02:55Do you have an answer
02:57or you don't have an answer?
02:59I think maybe just the game play
03:03and the confidence on me
03:04so I just keep on maintaining the rhythm.
03:09Do you also feel that because
03:11opponents are not familiar with your play,
03:14you have a bit of advantage
03:15because they are not familiar with your style of play?
03:18Is that what coach tell you as well?
03:20Yeah, for sure.
03:21Because now I was chasing my opponent
03:26so I gave them a boost.
03:30Everything, pressure is still on the opponent.
03:32So yeah, for sure maybe
03:33they are still not familiar with my game play.