haha, badmad? your username reminds me of naughty madbad well, this time LD WILL prevail to the final if based on CURRENT FORM.
CJ will give LD victory tonight, as LD gave him AE title last year, to make sure CJ have enough point to qualify to olympic as China 3rd MS at that time.. I would break my pc, if CJ win this match. Hehe..
this is slightly off-topic, but there's actually a vid floating somewhere between CJ and GWJ: they are playing in the Chinese national championships or something in 2008--CJ for nanjing and GWJ for....I can't remember, it might've been Xiamen. The commentators (in Chinese) kept going on about how good CJ had gotten and it was because of his international experience, but it was actually a pretty close game, from memory--altho CJ won. It struck me that this was a better measure of Gong Weijie's ability (he was brilliant at the net), but I guess there's an argument that his AE performance showed he's still got a way to go at the international level. And of course there is the issue of 'orders'....
Lee Yong Bo - the name of the China head coach. I don't think there will be any interference by LYB though. Anyway, even if Chen Jin were 100% fit he would not be able to beat Lin Dan, but the fact that he is injured makes victory for LD a certainty.
I think LD for sure remember that 2 losses very good. But now I am watching his last game with Persson - LD is just in great shape! What hand work, what diagonal shots!
The Semi Final Video b/w Lin Dan and Chen Jin can be found here. http://watchbadminton.com/videos/yo...-singles/semi-final-match-1/page1-detail.aspx. For those who has not cached it online.
The 2nd set interval, Chen Jin conceded a walkover owing to stomach cramps or back pain. Obviously Chen Jin helped Lin Dan to warm up before the Finals. Chen Jin "owe" Lin Dan last year's All England title and is returning the favour. But Lin Dan looked impressive in that game, his acceleration to 'suddenly' attack by jumpsmash was impressive, his speed and recovery is superb. I think LCW will be nervous seeing an 'in form' Lin Dan.