i know chen hong is a good player ... but i think he is in 2nd group players .... the top player should be lindan, peter gade, lee chongwei n taufik hidayat ... they win a lot of tournament n beat a lot of top player many times .... but for chen hong, i think he still difficult 2 beat players like lindan, chong wei, hyun il, peter gade n taufik ...
My bet is on Chen Hong. He has been advancing into the later rounds of tournaments consistently for the recent months. Its about time he makes the final step. Furthermore, he is the only guy I have seen smashing like that with a NS8000, power. He got to be rewarded for hanging in there while everybody keep saying he is going down.
group #1 : Lindan, Lee CW, Taufik H, n Peter Gade group #2 : Bao CL, Kenneth J, Hafiz, Chen Hong, Chen Jin, Lee Hyun Il group #3 : Chen Yu, Kuan Ben Hong, Shon SeungMo, Park Sun Hwan, Bonsak, Eric Pang, etc
You are absolutely right. Here is another double standard. When Gade losses, people said Gade is still the best, even he lost because of his age (just check some posts today). While for Chen Hong, people said he is not good no matter what he is still winning, he is not good simply because he is getting old. So getting old, as an excuse, can make Gade the best, no matter how he performs. While getting old, as a reason, can make Chen Hong inferior, no mattter how he performs. Is it funny or not?
Nolar..Actually i watched a few of his matches and i think that he is a top player. I was really happy when he bet Lin Dan for the All England title 2005.
I understand that Chen Yu comes out on top of Lin Dan, BCL, and Chen Hong during serious training sessions. What he lacks is to play as well under big time 'match atmospherics', and as a consequence is always out of the national team for team competitions.
I've heard that too. He seemingly does well only against his own team mates. Playing against someone who trains day in day out with you makes it a totally different ball game. For example, there is no on-court coaching, and the familiararity of the opponent's game now is so extreme that there are literally no more surprises. So along with this radical change in dynamics, we should also be expecting some results to occasionally veer off the expected path. However, I still feel Chen Hong stands in better stead to win the semi finals. Afterall, he has been there and done that. But both men have huge stakes in this game. For Chen Yu, the chance of being in another final and having a shot at gold has eluded him for the past 3 years, while Chen Hong is still struggling to find some winning form ahead of the World Championships. All in all, I hope it will be a great match. Sometimes it matters not that both sides are from the same country. A great match is still a great match regardless of the setup.
hope hafiz can bt chen jin today...also cograts to chong tan fook and lee wan wah coz can go to semi final.wish they use all their energy to win the games...
