2011 Denmark Open SSP: Finals Sunday 23-October

but...what about IF both LD and CL get the chance to meet in the FINAL of 2012OG? At such situation i don't think there will be any team order... only player's personal glory does matter there
From AlanY's info, it's understood that players from the same NOC will be placed in different pool, so such possibility does exist. This is one of the situation where LD could be wary of CL progress.

 

Justin, Red Shuttle has quite a lot of info on China players ya. About Tang sifu, perhaps Red Shuttle read it somewhere in China's media or something.

 

Well it may also be that LCW is not in his best form..He is not a static factor as well you know

 

but you know LCW is very very determined to beat CL this time round after his defeat in JO.

 

I think this matter happened because THIS TIME all finalists cared so much about the well-being of spectators from other continents such as health issues, lack of sleep, etc, so basically the outcome was decided by the 1st game, whoever took it became the winner

 

Just realised that LCW is almost exactly one year older than AG.

 

Yes, but his form may still not be perfect, even with a strong will

I would think due to training periodiziation to peak for OG 2012, that both LD and LCW are in HEAVY training (muscel stacking) mode currently and this would probably hurt their competetive performance at this point in the buildup. But that may or may not be the case.. It is obvious however that Chen Long has made so much progress that he is no pushover and that he seems to have gotten the hang of "how to play" against LCW from a tactical standpoint..

 

Age also a contribute to any GREAT player even LD and LCW. Yes, they can still beat almost every player in the draw. But they are not as fast and as consistent like few years ago.

Others young players keep improving.

Next year in London Olympic, CL had the best chance to win the gold medal. Only his nervousness can hinder him to win the medal.

I cannot see LCW or LD to improve in any aspect in a year to come. They already had the best skill and cannot improve the speed anymore. But CL still can improve his skill and his speed to clinch the gold medal.

How quick CL improving is scary considering he only play major events for the last two year? And he play with more mature now.

 

My $0.02 view of the MS final: CJ knows how fortunate he was to be given the WO by LD in JO semis. That allowed to rest a whole day prior to winning the JO final over LCW, who had to battle it out over a rubber set with a very determined PG. Fast forward to the DO, imagine CJ's surprise when JOJ gave him the heaven sent WO in the quarters due to "rapid heart rate"! Then in the semis he goes a against a tired Sasaki who had just previously played against a tired WKWong who had won over LD, all in rubber matches. Now on LCW's draw, he gets to meet a determined PG again(!), this time even more determined as he's playing on home soil for his very last time! So unfortunate for Dato, and so fortunate for CJ. ..... [/end $0.02].

 

During the Denmark Open live streaming (not the BWF version), the former Denmark coach said something interesting on the topic of having a tough match or easy match before the final.

He said that it's all good when you win. If you loose, then you blame the tough match for wasting your energy or the easy match for not preparing you properly for the big battle.

 

Lol! I doubt LYB would accept the latter excuse when he orders a WO win to one of his players.

 

If you cannot even differ between CJ and CL, I think your analysis bares little weight

Just give ot a break Cl was in better form than LCW these two tournaments, and trying petty excuses doesnt make much sense.. I am sure LCW will be back in better form!

my 2c

 

I woke up, looked in the mirror and found some funny squares with letter embedded on my face. Wonder what happened?

Decided to pack it in after G1 of the CY/FHF match. At that point it did not look like Fu/Cai's night. LYD and JJS looked to be deserving winners, aided by JJS's return to the MX80 of course.

The feature match sounded like a coronation for CL. I haven't watched the match yet but from all of the comments, CL has jumped into the "contender" category now, along with LD and LCW for the MS OG gold. I think LYB will be sleeping a lot sounder tonight knowing the MS department is much more secure for CHN in the years to come.

As I had mentioned before, you could see LCW's fatigue (physically and mentally) becoming a factor–age is indeed a factor; I'm sure LD will agree to that.

Lastly, my calls on a hard day to predict went 3-2. Take out the two CHN v CHN matches and I only really blew the MD match. Hey, perhaps age too was a key factor in the result in that one.

Thanks to everyone for the early morning entertainment. Because of you, I lasted longer than I thought.

 

Ah, sheet! My bad. Not enough sleep! . I meant *CL*.

 

Which broke in a clash with BS09 and subsequently got dumped for one of the Blue's

 

So, It's mean there are not fix matched