Paige Hourigan (NZL) and Rutuja Bhosale (IND) v Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) and Eri Shimizu (JPN)

A very strong wind certainly affected the play to some extent when Paige Hourigan and Rutuja Bhosale played Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Eri Shimizu in their first round doubles match in Fukuoka this afternoon, but what made it more challenging for me was that the ball quite often blended into the pale green carpet surface of…