Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017

Yes, I made a remark on this too.
You won't see that from LD. CL yes, he was playing with LCW's son after he lost in 2016 MAS Open.

 

LCW thus equalled LD's 5 victories at the HK Open.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Open_(badminton)

LCW in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2017

LD in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011

 

Wow, LD won 14 years ago.

 

Incredible, isn‘t it? Made Chen Long look like a kid, like at the London Olympics.

 

I think in G1, Chen Long underestimated LCW and was stunned by him, In G2, he bucked up but once he had a good 5 points lead at 15-10, he became anxious to win while, otoh, LCW, sensing defeat, let himself go preparing to play the 3rd set and to his surprise , it was CL who cracked up instead.

I believe this match is a wake-up call for Chen Long, it will push him to strive on and time is still on his side at age 28. The show is far from over for him.

For LCW, I hope his excellent form carries on until Dubai at least, next year he'll be one year older at 36, time is no longer on his side, he can only take it one year at a time counting the months and hope for the best.

 

However, to put things into perspective, in 2014 and 2015 WC and 2016 Rio Olympics, it was Chen Long who had the last laugh.

The LOG'12 affair was in the semifinal and today's is only a SS event, in comparison. In life, you win some, you lose some, though some people win more than they lose.

I'm looking forward to their meeting in Dubai next month. So glad to see these two back in form, the rest will have to wait their turn in future.

 

I think HK players should also be happy as they can still play as a separate team and not being treated as part of the Chinese team. Gaining a place in the China team is a gigantic task as she has so many talents.
One day HK may be able to produce an Olympic champion and China will have to look up.

 

No I did not say CL cheated. What I said relates to LYB's era.

 

Did you watch Denmark Open the other week?

When asked questions in English after winning a title, the Hong Kong Mixed Doubles pair had to speak through a Mandarin-to-English interpreter. They couldn't conduct in a simple Q&A in English.

In 10 years, I believe the "Hong Kong, China" badminton team will be made up of mostly Mainland Chinese.

 

Good that he is gone.
Not a person I would send a Christmas card.
Hopefully there won't be another LYB.

 

Can you prevent this?
But it won't be fair.
You will have 3 CHN teams, 4 if you include Taiwan.

 

It is sad. Hong Kong's English used to be among the best in Asia.
And English will continue to be an international language for a long time.
But it is inevitable that if more time is spent in teaching Mandarin in the schools and much less for English, the standard will drop.

 

Just now I was expecting Cantonese or Mandarin when they interviewed LCW.
Certainly he is better in those two than English.

 

Who says there cannot be both English and Mandarin proficiency, who's stopping them ? In Mainland China, learning foreign languages is very popular, esp English. Many CHN team members, such as Tang Yuanting, Bao Yixin, are keen learners.

Conversely, in the West, many people are keen to learn Mandarin. In badminton circles, Danish Axelsen is a famous example, and he is also into Chinese culture. And we all know, how much loved is Chinese cuisine. We are living in a globalized world, my friend. What is truly the best, the greatest, belongs to all humanity, it will spread inevitably, be accepted, absorbed, and integrated worldwide, it knows no barriers and becomes universal.

 

That would be a first.
But this is HK.
Taiwan maybe but LCW never played in Taiwan if I am right.

 

I think I heard the interviewer urging Chen QC to speak a few words in Cantonese and she obliged.
Was Chen from Guangzhou?

 

I thought LCW's Cantonese was ok.

Am I mistaken?