Kevin -Marcus lost to Kim x 2. I have mentioned before the MD of this era have not match up in standard to the MD of 2010 to 2016. Kim x 2 were the 3rd MD pair of Korea from 2012 to 2015 and they were no push over even for Lee YD - YYS or FHY-Cai Yun. Now in later years they can still beat top MD pair goes to show that Stds have dropped. The person who voted Kevin-Marcus as top 5 MD pair for the last 10 years may be off the Mark.
Congratulations Fajar/Rian on another Title for the year! prediction Liang / wang going to take them to the rubber match finals twin towers Vs Fajar/Rian
doesnt really matter though. Minions arent their best anymore. i def think they are top 5, top 3 actually. They are the most dominant MD pair that this century ever sees (2016-2021) with their SS records and 200+ weeks WR1. Not winning WC put them off being the best.
Don't want to argue about who or which era is the greatest, but the minions lost to duo Kim when their performances were in a declining phase, not a surprise. Apart from that, there are no outstanding achievements from Duo Kim in current MD era. IMO, the Minions' defeat of them may not be enough to conclude there is a drop in standards in today's MD era. Lin "super" Dan at the end of his career also suffered defeats to Ka Long and Tsuneyama who were just layers to Momota, and that didn't change anything
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Similar situation in XD these last 3-4 years, zheng/huang are so dominant (they even won WC 3 times) but for me they're not better than zhang/zhao when they were at the top of their game, the competition simply much tougher back then. I already said in the previous thread, how can you be the 3rd best pair oat if you can't even get a medal at the WC or OG ? like that's simply laughable
Yeah, definitely this is true. But ZZ also won a lot of titles , big titles. you cant say JJS/LYD won a lot of titles, did they win 15SS? and No WC to put them above Minions. If they win like 20 SS and 2WC, id prolly change my mind. Simply cant put pair that won almost 30SS outside top 3. These are also major titles. Other than that , dominance in MD is way tougher than XD. Its still so much easier for Zhuang to win than Minions in 16-21. In any case, i only use the numbers to say who is the best though. there is no sentiment, past generation, new generations or what not. For big titles, i can give extra credits thats why i put CaiFu > Minions even though CaiFU overall won less titles. while Minions > JJS LYD.
XD era of competition and standards now are like 4/5 levels below the past while MD era of competition (which is really tight now) and standards at worst is only 1-1.5 below the past. comparing it is folly.
you maybe right. But im seeing XD as a pair and not as a player. Theres a lot of weakness in the female players of this era that delevate the standards of competition. Had ZSW/hyQ plays in ZZ/Natsir/CP era, i doubt they will win more than 10SS. Honestly i cant remember when the last time i watch XD match.
Imo zheng/huang & huang/wang are comparable to zhang/zhao & xuma (I even think huang/wang are better than xuma), it just there's no pair from other country that can consistently challenge them. back then we have tontowi/natsir & fiescher/pedersen, and they're much better than let's say yuta/arisa & dechapol/sapsiree.