Endo retired because he lost a bit of motivation. It is there in his retirement statement if i remember correctly. I don't tihink age matters especially in MD that much. Boe played superly till 40, and Hendra doesn't seem to stop anywhere soon. But i feel for ENDO. Everyone retires when their form wanes, but as far as ENDO is concerned, he and YUTA where just at their getting to their peak to be honest. (YUTA was beginning to be unmatchable in MD). I wish he had played this World championships and retired after the Japan open 2022.
The competition is absolutely lousy and you know it. You can rest assured though that nobody is going to give two cents about it in 10 years time when looking back at Axelsen's career. Only titles matter and nobody's going to say "well, he's won the vast majority of his titles in the weakest era of all time", even though that is true. Barring injury, he's going to win a lot more titles, because there is absolutely no one on the horizon to challenge him. He also puts in both the work and the performances to stay on top and doesn't get complacent, so he deserves all his accolades. He would be daft if he didn't to be honest. He's got the perfect opportunity to achieve historic levels of titles.
It's too bad that Carolina Marin and Yamaguchi had to meet in the quarter finals. It would have been better if they met in the semi-finals or finals. But there are so many good WS these days, with no one WS player really dominating and winning all the top titles like the OG and WC. On the other side, you have Chen Yufei and TTY, so there are just so many good WS players now.
Oh Carol when you fell I couldnt stop myself but sigh I hope you are fine please take care of yourself you did play well and dont worry you still have the hughest no. of WC Golds also I must give credit to Akane for she played a tremendous good game and congrats to her on her third medal. So the ouster of Carol officially all my favs are now out of the Presitgious World Championships but I will still watch all the matches as an ardent WC/OLY Fan and wish all the medalists best of luck ! Peace out
That was quite scary for a second, really good that Marin didn't seem to hurt herself too badly. WS matches tomorrow should be absolutely insane.
Why do they allow Marin to waste so much time and scream incessantly? On top of that, her bad attitude smashing her racquet into the ground makes her such a horrible player to watch overall…
My Jinx ? btw when my favs are playing I avoid writing anything and I didnt post anything cause I was busy watching But I guess my jinx is kinda working so I think I should be back tomorrow with my jinx game given all my favs are out already So all of you whose favs are qualified for Semis ...Watch out I'll be back with my jinx tomorrow just pray I dont cheer for your favs or they may end up loosing Im cheering tomorrow for Hendra/Ahsan, Matsu/Naga,Kunlavut,CTC,TTY,ASY
Ahh Gregory Mairs and Jenny Moore could be promising as commentators, judging from the way they speak on their vlog!
Cute feisty Chae. can't forget her performance with Choi when they won the XD decider in the Sudirman Cup final in 2017.
WS is the only exciting category left, MS, MD & XD has become so boring and predictable, WD...couldn't bother watching it
MD is exciting though.. I dont think FajarRian can live with ShettyRR steep smash. I dont like how Rian awkward defending stance. His handling is just so unnatural. for me the hardest to guess who will win is WS and MD with this SF lineup.
Greg seemed somewhat a bit lifeless, maybe nervous. live commentary is pretty hard to do.I thought jenny did a bit better than Greg though on the yamaguchi/marin match
