Ye Quan's dearest girlfriend, Zhao Jia, had to admit that her opponent from Malaysia was better than her and her partner yesterday. In the end, the China mixed doubles pair lost the second-round match in a straight game.
That was such an unfortunate outcome, but it wasn't unpredictable. Zhao Jia, despite having the experience to be one of the top athletes in the world, had to start over since her partner retired.
She and her previous partner managed to get into the third rank in the world ranking, but now she had to say goodbye to the high ranking.
It couldn't be said that her new partner was bad, but they were still new and still need more time before they could form a solid team. Her new partner was even a year younger than her, so Zhao Jia had to guide him if she wanted to snatch the high ranking again.