Over the last games Hunter S / Joint M holds wins - 3, losses - 2. Kobori M / Shimizu A on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: wins - 2, losses - 3. Based on this data we can assume that Hunter S / Joint M at the moment is in better form, in comparison to Kobori M / Shimizu A.
Hunter S / Joint M: Danilina A / Krunic A – (Loss 1:2), Perez E / Schuurs D – (Win 1:2), Xu Y / Yang Z – (Win 2:1), Danilina A / Krunic A – (Loss 0:2), Mihalikova T / Nicholls O – (Win 1:2).
Kobori M / Shimizu A: Chan H / Kato M – (Loss 1:2), Kichenok L / Ninomiya M – (Win 2:0), Prozorova T / Sasnovich A – (Loss 2:1), Huang Y / Plipuech P – (Win 1:2), Chong E / Hozumi E – (Loss 1:2).Both contenders have moved to the round_of_16 while beating strong opponents along the way. In tournaments as Japan, Tokyo, Hard, Doubles every game is extremely important which is why a great matchup awaits us.