I think Lin dan will continue to play after London Olympics as long as the BWF rules are not too harsh for his age. Lee chong Wei will give a last try for world championship title in 2013. So, I think 2013 is more likely the last time LD and LCW meet in All England if both of them make into Final. Lin Dan said in the interview that he appreciate all the chances to play with his old rivals including Lee Chong Wei and make them memorable because it is getting less and less when time moves on.
But still, if Lin Dan behave a bit and don't give free walk away, he sure can meet his old rivals including chong wei many more times.
Wang Yihan shows why she is needed by China to win the Olympics gold no matter how much LYB dislike her . Her performance is synonymous to her discipline and never-say die attitude against her opponents in their good days. Although I could she needs to work on certain areas because she tends to fall behind at the beginning of the match thus she has to claw back to level the score. About the selection of three CHN reps in WS Olympics, I would prefer to put Wang Shixian as the first seed and then Wang Yihan as the second seed, Wang Shixian is mentally stronger who can made remarkable comeback in the game. Wang Xin on the other hand, her YOYO performance is starting to worry me. In her 2011 and present year record, she has been shocked several times by the Koreans and Tai-phoon and in the EARLY rounds whenever she is seeded second. If this happens to often, i would prefer to use Li Xuerui to replace her ideally as a safety net. But hey I like Wang Xin, i too want her along with the other Wangs to play in the Olympics. Her see-saw record against stroke players like Schenk, Sung JH, Bae YJ, Ratchanok and Tai-phoon is quite alarming....
Yeahhh the Chinese pairs were horrible in this event. They have to train harder and grow stronger MENTALLY to take the challenge in London.. Otherwise, they can only dream of an impossible clean-sweep
The good thing here is Lily is in form ...... not something I would always say in previous tournaments. Towi has to temper his enthusiasm for the kill. They are still faster than the Danes and with slightly better defence. But just moving Juhl back might not always work compared to other XD pairs. Maybe, play at shoulder height to make things uncomfortable for Danes and tie them in knots. Danes would be playing mixed shots, soft and hard at interesting angles to reduce the chances of the shuttle coming back at them too quickly. Our BC forummer Laybourn is confident of his partner at the back, he shall be more willing to explore the frontcourt than Towi.
Out of the 5 finals, we have 4 World No.1's in them . This 2012 All England Finals played today is still one of the best staged All England's that I can remember - in terms of top players making it there. Out of the 5 finals, we have 4 World No.1's in them. And also, out of the 5 finals, 3 of them are matches of World No.1's-vs-World No.2's. .
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I Cant watch jack **** with Oleoletv and Hahasports streams are down too... A big f u to BWF for blocking us from streaming from youtube..arse