2011 Japan Open SS: Day 2 (Round 1) Wed 21-Sep

Cheng SC ousted by Sayaka Sato again by retiring in the 2nd set having lost the 1st. Looks like CSC recent excellent results are a flash in the pan. Usually late bloomers don't go very far unless they showed potential in their younger days and was set back by injury or something, eg Tine Baun.
 
It is nice to see Greymel win 21-8, 21-19 in 20 minutes only. Not wasting time for Greys :)
 
luvina said:
LD win 21-16, 11-21, 21-12 :)
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Of course, Lin Dan is always going to win against familiar opponents, except that he is bored, unmotivated and expects to win by sheer respect, just keeping the shuttle in play, content to move the opponent around the court, not pushing himself unless forced to up the tempo and inject pace when threatened with defeat. Only a handful of players can forced him out of his comfort zone, viz. Datuk Lee CW, Peter Gade, Sho Sasaki. Apart from Lee, I hope a new player - anyone from any country - will suddenly burst onto the international scene, start whacking all the top players one by one and create excitement in the badminton world; otherwise, it is always LD, Lee, LD,Lee... all too predictable and staid.
 
Justin L said:
Of course, Lin Dan is always going to win against familiar opponents, except that he is bored, unmotivated and expects to win by sheer respect, just keeping the shuttle in play, content to move the opponent around the court, not pushing himself unless forced to up the tempo and inject pace when threatened with defeat. Only a handful of players can forced him out of his comfort zone, viz. Datuk Lee CW, Peter Gade, Sho Sasaki. Apart from Lee, I hope a new player - anyone from any country - will suddenly burst onto the international scene, start whacking all the top players one by one and create excitement in the badminton world; otherwise, it is always LD, Lee, LD,Lee... all too predictable and staid.
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maybe kevin cordon from guatemala can do it.
 
I was hoping to see WangSX-Cheng SC revenge match, but it's not to be - Sayaka took care of CSC. Next I hope to see Wang SX against Saina later.
 
At last Chen Jin overcomes Sho Sasaki after 3 consecutive losses previously. Let's see what happens should he advances to the QF and meets Lin Dan.
 
Justin L said:
Bao Chunlai has just announced his retirement citing persistent knee injury;he is 28 yrs old.
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Wish him good luck, i think he wanted to try his luck in entertainments.....he sure has lots of girls fans out there...........!!!
 
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