by watching the game, looks like Taufik lost his focus quite easily during the match, and he made too many unforced errors because of that. unless that's how he deceives the opponent, he sure did a good job to my as an audience. Bao CL was more stable during the match this time.
Congratulation MK/HS......this is what i call them as a top quality pair....... Won a SS right after long off with health problem,....KKK/TBH shd learn from them on how to become a top quality pair.........dont fooling around too much...
Hmm.. ..i think Hau-ge meant to say and forgot to add "meeting teammates is always difficukt, except for LD; not only for BAO, as they know each other agme so well...."... But it's quite true w/what you wrote. LD so far has the upperhand in head-2-head record against his top 2 compatriots. Thus he has it pretty easy when playing vs. CJ and BCL. I think what Hau-ge meant was, when 2 teammates collide and face off against each other, it's not easy for either one, esp. the lower ranked player, to play against his/her teammate as they know each other's game pretty well (from numerous practice sessions). I think it might not necessarily apply to the CHN team because we know who's boss in the MS squad. But in the INA team, probably all 3 of the top MS players could beat each other up when playing in a real tourney situation simply because they know each other's game quite well (their head-2-head records probably will show it). But "it's always difficult" also even if the participants are not from the same team; ex. LD vs. LCW, i'm quite sure both players are pretty familiar w/each other's game (strengths & weaknesses) since they've met so many times already. And further, we can also say "it's always difficult" if both players haven't met/played against each other. So... Anyway, back to Bao-Bao. Here are a few FACT CHECK infos (just from 2007 onward): - He has lost a total of 7 times when playing vs. LD or CJ. - He has won a total of 3 times when playing vs. LD or CJ. - He has never met CJ or LD in any of the INA Open SS. 2007 China Master SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_China_Masters_Super_Series (Bao lost to LD in QF Rd.) 2008 China Master SS: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=DCB4AAB3-505B-4A85-8561-FB1DF531A4DE&draw=1 (Bao lost to SDK in SF Rd.) 2009 China Master SS: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=35C6AAAD-C499-4729-A879-9B1CDFEBA7A0&draw=8 (Bao lost to CJ in 2nd Rd.) 2007 INA Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Indonesia_Super_Series (Bao lost to LCW in the Final. Neither LD or CJ showed up) 2008 INA Open SS: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=7DD8D97A-23EA-42DE-A1FE-0BD6A6C30369&draw=12 (Bao lost to SDK in SF. Only CJ showed up in this edition) 2009 INA Open SS: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F5786AF0-6120-4871-B55C-0FF9BE3315CB&draw=1 (No sign of BCL as he decided to stay home to rest his knee) 2007 Swiss Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Swiss_Open_Super_Series (Bao lost to SDK in 2nd Rd.) 2008 Swiss Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Swiss_Open_Super_Series (Bao lost to LD in SF Rd.) 2009 Swiss Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Swiss_Open_Super_Series (Bao lost to CJ in 1st Rd.) 2007 AE SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_All_England_Super_Series (Bao lost to LD in SF Rd.) 2008 AE SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_All_England_Super_Series (Bao lost to LD in SF Rd.) 2009 AE SS: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F52CFDF6-3AB9-4A29-820C-CE30E6D7D260&draw=1 (Bao lost to LD in 2nd Rd.) The 2006 & 2007 World Championships, Bao-Bao met & lost to LD in both editions (Final Rd. in the former & SF Rd. in the latter). However, Bao-Bao hasn't been totally clueless playing vs. CJ & LD. He actually won against them 3 previous times. 2007 Denmark Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Denmark_Super_Series (BCL beat CJ in QF Rd.) 2007 French Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_French_Super_Series (BCL beat LD in SF Rd.) 2009 S'pore Open SS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Singapore_Super_Series (BCL beat CJ in SF Rd.)
