I agree. LXR clearly had WYH's number during the match. Yes, WYH was a little injured but LXR looked so composed and confident.
Chen Xiaojia,now I recall who she is,the player who beat Pi Hongyan in the INA Open GPG 2011. China produces so many new faces that I got mixed up who's who sometimes. Well,anybody who can play like that against LXR is something. I'm sure we will hear more of her,she may be the next fastest rising star in 2012,another one most likely could be Han Li. For tomorrow,should LXR meets WYH again, I believe the latter's experience and maturity will tell in her favour,giving her the edge but expect a close hard-fought match.
Hope not but who knows except the players themselves. It's cumbersome to playact when deep inside you really want to win. Anyway,saves him the hassle of doing so again tomorrow with Cj(?)
Then if Wang Shixian loses this semifinal game, her chance to play in Olympics is completely destroyed....Li Xuerui really deserves to play in the Olympics. Have to accept the fact... We will see Wang Xin, Wang Yihan and Li Xuerui featuring the Olympics..having said that though, my biggest concern still lies with Wang Xin who hasn't produced any credible results since January
Du PY is an under-rated CHN player,just like his female counterpart Jiang YJ. In any other country,he would be in the top 2 or 3,if not number 1.
Well, if the last rally is anything to go by, all bets are off. What defence by DPY, diving all over the court and making CL try to play the perfect winner, which he can't. CL 19-17
As I had mentioned on the WSX thread, WX is really trying to play her way out of the OG team. LYB must be a little worried with her current form. At the moment, she looks to behind both WSX and LXR. I think only WYH's spot is secure.
DPY, like CJ, is a chaser. Their style is not the most attractive, which is probably why he (and CJ) is under appreciated.
I can imagine LYB saying to WSX: You may be the number 3 in the world, your OG spot is not assured,you got to prove yourself to me (rings a bell? - he said that to WYH before). So don't expect any of her colleagues to help her. So,it's up to WYH to play and win against WSX later and for WSX to raise her game another level - it should be a match worth watching. Didn't we just witnessed a brilliantly-fought LXR-CXJ duel?
Will WX and WYH help WSX in secret.....we'll find out later in few hours time...WX could be relying on the assumption that LYB still favours her to play in London despite her ups and downs..
but why does she want to play her way out of the olympics..it's one of her biggest dreams when she took up badminton as a career.....becoming a world champion is the other one
Sorry, it was stated in a facetious manner. I should have used the appropriate smiley to indicate that. Of course she aspires to play in the Olympics but her miserable run of form makes it seem like she is trying her best to play herself out of it.
DPY has evened it up. His defensive G2 display was incredible. CL seemed out of ideas as the shuttle kept on coming back time and time again. DPY 3-0 in G3
An upset in the making or is Chen Long beginning to put on an act starting from G2 actually? But already past the hour mark,what a hassle, so maybe it's for real, Chen Long is taken by surprise, Du PY playing better than expected. Let's see the final outcome.
That's why in the Olympics never take anything for granted. A once in 4 yrs event, a once in a lifetime chance to win fame and put your name down in the annals, many participants simply and literally go "crazy" during the games and perform beyond their normal abilities, we've seen this happening so many times across all sports.
Gorgeous inside out drop from DPY. He's almost ground CL to a halt. DPY 14-6 What an incredible reaction block by DPY on a point blank net kill 15-6
