Hmm.. interesting. Di/Wang seems to be doing quite well for a junior pair, has troubled many top pairs now and then.
Being selective of which tournaments to win and which to let go? Does this mean we will see minions playing in less tournaments or just minions winning less tournaments? I guess their aim for next year will be AE and OG. And I hope MO too for another grand slam of Super 750.
I thought ChenCQ is a good coach. CCQ is Li/Liu coach it could unsettle the TwinTowers. He is the one that brings HanZhou up. Despite good or bad, he is the one that brings HanZhou 1st title. Unless, they want to bring WangDi up. However, many CHN senior pairs will have a say about that.
Not every 1st seed in MD can win Olympic title, Its rare, dont think its about resting in tournaments. Not in 2004,2008,and 2016. in 2012, CaiFu is the 1st seed but for a long period before that, it feels like its Lee/Jung is the 1st seed. They were definitely feels like 1st and is 1st seed in 2008 though. If its me, i'd rather play in all the tournaments. Its not as if im playing 2 disciplines so it should still be physically fine. Though i will agree, i dont think they will put so much in defence of their MM & IM title. Their target should be AE, IndonesiaOpen & OG. If they win OG, they can take a break in CO&JO and get ready again in DO.
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Minions in 2019 (Statistics in a glance) Part 1 Tournaments played: 18 Tournaments won: 8 Super 1000 : Indonesia Open, China Open Super 750 : Japan Open, Denmark Open, France Open, Fuzhou China Open Super 500 : Malaysia Master, Indonesia Master Matches played: 69 Longest match: 1 hour 07 minutes (AE R1 vs Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan 19-21, 22-20, 17-21 ) Shortest match: 22 minutes (BAC R1 vs Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Hee Yong Kai Terry 21-12, 21-17) Average match length: 37.5 minutes Closest match: China Open R2 vs Choi Solgyu/ Seo Songjae 22-20, 18-21, 23-21 (1:00) Number of jerseys designs: 3 Pajama shorts (Blue-yellow, Red-white) Checkered line (Orange and white, Yellow and Blue) Soccer team (Black-Pink, Blue-white) Note : All the jersey design's name above are not official
Part 2 (Continued) Matches won: 59 Matches lost: 10 Winning Percentage : 85.5% 1) 64.4% in straight games 2) 32.2% in rubber sets 3) 3.4% from others* *others: 2 retirement and 1 walk over by the opponents (Statistic below excluding W/O and retired matches) Matches in straight games: 40/66 = 60.6% Winning percentage in straight games: 38/40 = 95% won Matches in rubbers: 26/66 = 39.4% Winning percentage in rubbers: 19/26 = 73% won Matches lost : 2/10 = 20% in straight sets (under 35 minutes) 8/10 = 80% in rubber (7 out of 8 above 55 minutes, 4 out of 8 went over 1 hour)
Part 3 (continued) Details of tournaments played in 2019 : ---- Pajama short (Blue-yellow, Red-white) ---- 1) Malaysia Masters Super 500; 15-20 Jan -> Champion 2) Indonesia Masters Super 500; 22-27 Jan -> Champion 3) All England Open Super 1000; 06-10 March -> R1 exit 4) Malaysia Open Super 750; 02-07 April -> QF exit 5) Singapore Open Super 500; 09-14 April -> SF exit 6) Badminton Asia Championships (Individual); 23-28 April -> Silver Medalist Olympics qualification starting : ---- National attire (White with Orange sleeves) ----- 7) Sudirman Cup (Mixed Team); 19-26 May -> Bronze Medalist; Pts: 11,003 ; Total: 11,003 + 8) Indonesia Open Super 1000; 16-21 July -> Champion; Pts: 12,000; Total: 23,003 + 9) Japan Open Super 750; 23-28 July -> Champion; Pts: 11,000; Total: 34,003 + 10) Thailand Open Super 500; 30 July - 04 August -> QF exit; Pts: 5,040; Total: 39,043 + ---- Checkered line (Orange-white, yellow blue) ---- 11) World Championships (Individual); 19-25 August -> R2 exit; Pts: 1,300; 12) China Open Super 1000; 17-22 Sept -> Champion; Pts : 12,000; Total: 51,043 + 13) Korea Open Super 500; 24-29 Sept -> QF exit; Pts: 5,040; Total: 56,083 + 14) Denmark Open Super 750; 15-20 Oct -> Champion; Pts: 11,000; Total: 67,083 + 15) French Open Super 750; 22-27 Oct -> Champion; Pts: 11,000; Total: 78,083 + 16) Fuzhou China Open Super 750; 05-10 Nov -> Champion; Pts: 11,000; Total: 89,083 + 17) Hong Kong Open Super 500; 12-17 Nov -> QF exit; Pts: 5,040; Total: 94,123 + ----- Soccer team (Black-Pink, Blue-White) --- 18) W.T.F; 11-15 Dec -> Semifinalist; Pts: 8,400; Total: 97,483 + Pts : Points earned in the tournament Total : Total qualification points earned so far + : Counted to the top 10 results Note : The jersey's designs names are not the official names
I like the soccer jerseys the most, especially the black pink. Blue-white is cool too, reminds me of inter milan's jersey Hope many titles those jerseys would bring in 2020
Won the most matches and lost the least matches and people worried they lost 5 times against EndoWatanabe. Imagine if they had won all against EndoWatanabe, competition wouldnt exist which is weird in fast and furious anything can happen MD discipline.
Really? I guess I haven't gotten used to it yet. It;s a bit too baggy compared to the previous ones, or is it just me? Still like the red pajamas the most. They are wearing the shorts for practices though I notice. Yeah can't wait to see them win the titles in the new jerseys.
Happy New Year to minions and to everyone! For minions : 1. Injury free and Pressure free 2. In form for AE and Olympics (goal : Gold medal) 3. Sweep all tournaments after Olympics and WTF 4. Marcus be confident and level the H2H against Endo/Wata And of course to win Thomas Cup 2020 would be a huge bonus. With the current squad strength, INA has pretty much a good fair chance. Did I miss anything?
If they are 1-1 or 2-0 after 1st 2 matches against Japan or China, i think i cant see them losing. Denmark is INA strongest competitor. It all depends on the ranking ,it is still better for AG to be above Jonatan when TC comes around (they are only 1000 points apart). Simply because AG will play against Momota or CL, he is compatibe even against CTC. Even if he loses, there is still JC, cant see JC losing against SYQ. Denmark has 3 good singles player so they are the toughest competitor and they have old wily fox Boe. The draw will also be crucial. If they are the 1st seed and Japan the 2nd seed. Its better that Japan is drawn with CHN (3rd seed) rather than INA is drawn with CHN, in all honesty its supposed to be 2nd vs 3rd seed. Its the draw that have failed LCW Olympic Gold pursue, imo
