Liu Yuchen, born 25 July 1995 , and Li Junhui, born 10 May 1995, the CHN MD pair, nicknamed 'Twin Towers' for their height, 1.93m and 1.95m respectively, has finally arrived with several big and prestigious titles to their name. They first formed their partnership in their junior days and captured both the World Junior Championship and the Asian Junior Championship in 2013 and since their transition to the international pro circuit in 2014 at age 19, the pair has been growing from strength to strength and is now the mainstay of Team China in both team and individual tournaments. Some of their notable achievements as follows to date (May 2019) : BWF World Championships 2018, Nanjing, China - Gold Thomas Cup 2018, Bangkok, Thailand - Team Gold Sudirman Cup Mixed team Championships 2019, Nanning, China - Team Gold Malaysia Open Super 750 in 2019 - Winner BWF World Tour Finals 2019 - Winner Japan Open Super 750 in 2018 - Runner-up Asian Championships (BAC) in 2018 and 2017 - Gold Indonesian Open Superseries Premier in 2017 - Winner All England Open in 2017 - Runner-up Li Junhui 李俊慧 Liu Yuchen 刘雨辰
Add this for you. They are the one who sealed CHN's victory at Thomas Cup 2018. Thanks for creating this thread. Can't believe that a great pair like them didn't have their own thread until just now. They are really dangerous pair. One should watch them carefully.
Cause no one cares about them till a thread is needed? They are good but the titles they won, most of them are at home soil. Any pair with that kind of team will have win the TeamEvent anyway. I have to say their most impressive win is IndonesiaOpen17. They played really well against Boe/Mo ( even though BoeMo played till midnight in SF if i'm not wrong). They looked like world beater when they reach Japan&Korea Open back to back in 2016.
http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2019-05-27/doc-ihvhiews5017708.shtml After the Sudirman Cup triumph, one member of the "Twin Towers" Liu Yuchen on his weibo(microblog) "makes a confession" to Fu Haifeng:" Not much to say, just happy today, you've left the team for two years but didn't leave me, thank you for your help. I've always loved you, grateful to have a big brother like you, no regrets in this life." Fans, one after another, teased Liu Yuchen:" Others thank their partner after victory, you always declare your feelings to your elder, does Li Junhui know ?" Li Junhui replied:" I'm not your true love ? How did it become Brother Bao?" (Brother Bao is Fu Haifeng's nickname). Fu Haifeng warmheartedly encouraged Li Junhui:" Come on (jiayou), chubby, on court you've to depend on yourself, neither your friends nor your teammates, not even your parents can help you, you direct everything, you play the leading role. Bless you and Hui 'er, target Tokyo !" Two-time Olympic champion Fu Haifeng is now the CBA Technical Consultant, assisting the men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles to prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Saw LJH walking around Sydney Olympic park on finals day. He looked so lost. Then when I went to watch the finals LYC sat near me. I interrupted his viewing experience to get a photo, he looks a bit annoyed in it .
Not sure what their tactics against Gideon/Sukamuljo were today tbh. They seemed like they knew what to do within the points, gesturing to each other where to hit after the point ended. But I’m not sure why they tried to take them on in the flat game, Kevin especially was all over them, surely a couple of high lifts to tire them out and slow them down wouldn’t hurt?
Didn't they try that in the second game ? playing some high lift and trying to move the backcourt player from side to side ? but it wasn't effective because li junhui lot of times make a mistake in the defense plus kevin variate the pace well, making it hard for li/liu. I think if they meet each other again at japan open next week li/liu would have a better chance, slower playing condition suit them well.
Yeah they did it more in their win last year though. You’re right, probably the faster conditions makes the tactic less effective and Kevin/Gideon did well
Quite a disappointing season for them. Li Junhui needs to vary his attacks more, if he can develop even a decent dropshot with his height, his smashes will be more effective. Right now his smashes are all the same pace. He actually has a very good slice smash, but only uses it when his mind is off the game already... Mentally he has to develop as well
Are Liu Yuchen and Li Junhui not playing in the Sudirman Cup? Does that mean they're about to get replaced? :/
Badminton was introduced not long ago since 1992. In every edition I enjoy watching all Final matches because they are competitive and worth watching. This Chinese pair created history this year by becoming the worst performing finalist in all Olympic editions. Before this I thought Lin Dan-LCW final in Beijing was considered bad but LCW simply had no answer to Lin Dan's power play. This Chinese pair unexpectedly made to the final when other top seeds were eliminated. Not only they lost badly, they cost China an important gold medal to be added to their overall tally. I predict they will never be seen again. Curiously on the side note, the other worst performing finalists were Jia and Chen in Women's Doubles and yet they are still playing for the team. Their loss was bad too and costly. I do not understand the decision making thoughts of CBA.
