Close: Japan’s Yuta Watanabe (left) and Keigo Sonoda in action against China’s Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen. They lost 21-17, 19-21, 20-22 to give China a 3-1 victory in the Thomas Cup final. — AP
JAPAN’s head coach Park Joo-bong took a gamble by splitting the men’s doubles pair and it almost worked.
Scratch pair Keigo Sonoda-Yuta Watanabe gave their all but it was not enough to beat world No. 4 Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen as they went down fighting 21-17, 19-21, 20-22 in a thriller yesterday.
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