Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-180.214.233.65-20141121100326/@comment-6697950-20150712113638

Correction for your interview argument: during the Q&A portion of it, the author replied to reader questions as the characters, unless the question was directed at him and not at a character. The question you're referencing was directed at Kirito.

Here's the translation made by Tap (http://www.taptaptaptaptap.net/sao-qna-kirito/): Q. Did you go with Dual Blades in the tournament match with Absolute Sword?

A. No, I went with one sword, but I probably wouldn’t win even with two.

So, this doesn't really counter the argument. It was just about how Kirito believed that he would have lost either way.