Well maybe I got carried away in the "spirit of" humour (and I had a good laugh about equating a World Champion not dismissing an amateur easily with diplomatic skills.) The Nepalese guy or the Kazakh girl still would have been over the moon in the knowledge that they got to face the world's best in a continental event. Even if they had lost 0 and 0,they would still have told their grandkids about this day.... So it would have been better IMO to have given the guy Tamang more credit for not getting daunted by the stage and giving his best instead of finding humourous comforts. Lets hope he gets the opportunity to build on this showing. Anyways congrats. Kashyap wilted yet again.
Also lets hope the Jordanian and the Iranian MS amateurs take inspiration from Tamang's show and try and get to double digits.
Honestly what will they gain by this gesture? Their opponents will be happy with just selfies and autographed merch from the stars. And if an extended workout was the rationale, their teammates and hitting partners would have provided a much better option.
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/p...BC0A9&p2=39EC811A-3BDF-4E29-93E9-CD1F0BD65990 Given how Tamang took 27 points off Momota, he seems to be a better player than where he is ranked.
I think it matters to an aspiring player who gets more than just posing for pics and autographs with a top player, a world champion and world number one to boot. Don't forget, in R1 (the opening match) of the MAS Open, Chen Long came from 13-20 down in G1 to snatch it 22-20 without dropping a point against a player of Takuma Ueda's calibre. I'd imagine only someone with an over-inflated ego would take pleasure in dominating a nobody with a 21-0,1,or 2 score in both sets. That's just my opinion.
To be honest, we've been disappointed by him so many times that we can only hope; in fact some of us have given up on him. But of late he's shown promise again, lifting our hopes somewhat - I see a certain degree of maturity and intensity in his game, whether that can be translated into consistency is yet to be seen,another thing; nevertheless, heartening. We'll see. As for going to Rio, very much doubt so, unless unforeseen circumstances favour him but I won't hope so.
So far his position is really insecure as CHN MS most likely will be represented by LD & CL in Rio 2016
I would say every time you represent your country, every point you win counts and every point you lose counts. Its not about "ego", since that's an individual's attribute. I would love players from my country to beat opponents (irrespective of whether its a #1 or a #1000) to love. In another racket sport, a certain Stefanie Graf never discriminated on her loves. She spread her loves equally. Twice each, to #128 (or #256 qualifier) in R128 and ensured that the #2 didn't felt left behind in the love quotient in the final either. Such pleasantries can be done at practice. Losing on purpose is unethical and unbecoming of a sportsman.
