Over the last meetings Shimabukuro, S holds victories - 2, losses - 3. Park, Uisung on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 2, losses - 3. Based on the games played we can assume that rivals are in similar shape.
Shimabukuro, S: Leandro Riedi – (Loss 0:2), Beibit Zhukayev – (Win 2:1), Ilia Simakin – (Win 2:0), Naoya Honda – (Loss 0:2), Nikoloz Basilashvili – (Loss 2:0).
Park, Uisung: Beibit Zhukayev – (Loss 1:2), Daniil Ostapenkov – (Loss 2:0), Ryo Tabata – (Win 1:2), Linang Xiao – (Loss 2:0), Yuki Mochizuki – (Win 2:0).Both contenders have moved to the round_of_32 while beating worthy opponents on their way there. In tournaments as Gwangju every game is extremely important which is why a great battle awaits us.
