Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-31337598-20180607104449/@comment-28406729-20180607113725

Zetandroid wrote: it doesn't make sense a 2vs1 match in a tournament.

Boruto and Sarada's plan was to join forces and take down Shinki and then fight agains each other 1 on 1. It was meant to be an all 3 battle but they chose that strategy instead during the match.