This thread is for discussion of Yonex All England Open 2017. Post about players, predictions, new equipment...
Would love to see Vittinghus win an AE. Just for the pure entertainment value. Problem is, he usually has no skin left on his knees or fingers by QF from all the dives. Would be nice to see a youngster in the final, like Qiao Bin, just to shake the old guard up.
Why not include an "others" option in the poll! Although I believe it's gonna be one of the kings, would love to watch a youngster or a resurgent to grab it
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/02/06/chong-wei-injured-will-miss-all-england-tournament/ Lee Chong Wei won't win this tournament.
A brand new badminton mat at a new national training center and he's greeted with an injury. Luckily,it wasn't debilitating, only requiring 3 to 6 weeks for him to recover, better not take any chances, esp for a 34-year-old. Wish LCW speedy and full recovery, the Superseries will be missing something without him, for me, that is.
An unfortunate event for Lee CW, he fell to slippery mat, wishing him speedy recovery! All England 2017 will quite lose its magnet without the current world number one and three-time Olympic silver medalist but it's still star-studded with all world's best will come to Birmingham next month.
How can we make this the main All England Open 2017 thread? (This is the only thread about this tournament at the moment)
LCW and Iskandar this time in this year's All England both due to injury. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I think Chen Long will do it this year. I will be going to watch as possible the last time to see some of the greats before they retire. I really wish LCW can be there. Kindest regards, -Ajay- Quote of the Day Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Wow Nozomi Okuhara vs Saina N. in first round clash! That should be interesting. That will be the comeback of Nozomi; and must-win situation for her given how many rankings she has lost in the second half of 2016. Surprised to see that LXR is not registered in this tournament. Still not recovered from that injury I guess Sato vs Intanon will be interesting too! Hopefully Intanon is fully fit. In MS, Chen L. vs Marc Z. shoud be interesting.
The new from LCW is that he still think he might recover in time for AE 2017. Lets cross all fingers n toes possible.