KKK/TBH did the hardly-possible by beating MB/CM 19-21, 21-11, 26-24, in a tightly-contested three game match where match points changed hands a few times. Kudos to them and hopefully they will do just as well in the final and win their first premier SS title. CL was a disappointment losing tamely to DPY 14-21, 10-21. Post- Olympics, the top Chinese shuttlers have not shoned.
Have heard of neither of these options?? He doesn't even want to be the next coach in the near future nor assistant for which there is a vacancy as it will still mean travelling all the time and being away from home ...
I read about it in a Chinese sport page, a slightly different version of the story from yours, I suppose.
Demolidor is from Denmark, or if not Denmark, Europe. So, the news he read may be more updated than ours
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No - JOJ is already too old to become "the next PG". Maybe Axelsen can become the next but he has a long journey to that point.
What a reason is given if chinese players lose the match- lack of training. If they are lack in training, why should they come spending this much money . To enjoy sightseeing?. I never accept this reason. I will believe that the opponent have played very well. They never seem to accept their loss. Great blunder to their system. They always point as if the opponent got luck in their encounters. Ha ha.. What a logic to their insight. If you did not play well, accept it. If their top seeds topple, they either direct it to MATCH FIXING or their opponent's luck but they forget to accept their deficiency. LoL. Great logic guys.