i hope USA wins so they will pay more attention to badminton in the future, will show competitions on tv, so we dont have to struggle with choppy images
i knwo that was a rather sad match...well still Taufik won! oh well poor Lin Dan oh well...life goes on, thats going to be interesting his gf got 1st and he didnt...
Another babble of language in the interview. English, Indonesian, and Mandarin and English in the background. GSports is really lagging.
Draught is the problem Judging from all the comments...smashing and net play won the game for TH. The draught will certainly not favour any shots lifted high so TH tactics are fast and low shots I believe. He is very clever and that unsettled LD. TH is a complete player in my opinion
no doubt taufik is the most talented player in the world today, lin dan is just a hardworking persistent player who just "wore out" his opponents if he is not there mentally to work that hard..he will lose even gade almost got to him,just luck gade run out of steam by the third game now...ON TO DISNEYLAND!!! for the whole chinese team....ld just dont want to be left out for a third game..their bus is leaving early for a night trip
LD is still lacking in experience.. I think only Gade can give Taufik the toughest match.. I think the Singapore Open match between gade and taufik is one of the best match all time... however, no one uploaded yet
it's painful to watch, kinda anti climax really... after seeing LD against PG (which is i think is one of the best match of the c'ship), today LD has never got into the game... from the very beginning, looking at his body language and attitude, i have the feeling that match is most probably TH to take... anyway, big congrats to taufik.. well done!! as for LD, work harder.. hopefully it's a lesson for him though he is one of the best, he is beatable, easily too... he used to have the 'never say die' fighting spirit but have not seen that for sometimes now, maybe too early a success he enjoyed... watch out for Lee Chong Wei too, he is a future star....
Taufik kept shuttle low and played a very smart game. I think Taufik found the key to beat Lin Dan continuously just like he did with Chen Hong, Peter Gade and now Lin Dan Taufik is the best!
anyone else notice chinese team lack its usual fighting heart for the game this tournament? like most playing sub their par..ok..its just me
Yesterday's match between LD and Gade was defnitely the best MS match of this tourney. When LD is on his form I think he can beat Taufik... ie. in Sudirman Cup. Just watch tho, this may just end up like right after the Olympics when LD starts winning all the Opens after losing the really Big 7*.
I wont push it to say that Th is world number one. But he is definetly very very gifted player and more from the old school. What is worrying is that who will replace Taufik when he leaves the scene? Taufik replaed h'wan the magician who used to weild a Iso 800 to great success. Taifik never did justice to the talent he has. He is prob one of the most underperforming baddy players in terms of talent to titles ratio. He is also one of the old school players who had great defense and brilliant NET play. The new flavour baddy seems to lay great emphasis on fitness rather than fakes etc. I am very worried at the demise of Indo baddy. Indo, China and M'asia were the real forces in baddy and i hope Indo and M'asia dont stop producing such great players we have come to seen.
Don't forget the Danish players Gade and Jonassen are pretty old too. They're older than Taufik. At least Indonesia still has Sony to take over Taufik whereas Denmark I don't believe has anyone yet to fulfill Gade and Jonassen's shoes.
