2012 Malaysia Open SS: Sunday 15-Jan (Finals)

[abedeng]

It is a Xin to write Xin off - 17-17

 

[abedeng]

Xin forced back and Yihan retakes control - 18-17

 

[julianng]

Why do we have to watch all these CHN-CHN matches ? How does BWF think anybody gets any excitement from watching these matches ?

Seriously, they should allow only 2 CHN players/pairs per tournament.

 

[cobalt]

WYH is certainly playing with a lot of confidence!

 

[cobalt]

OOOooohh!! Goosebumps!!! 19-all

 

[abedeng]

The 2nd half of this game is mostly about mistakes - kwun is right, they should be fired.

 

[cobalt]

Dammit!! WYH takes it 21-19

 

[abedeng]

There is no Xin in Yihan winning the 1st game - 21-19

 

[cobalt]

The 2nd half of this game is mostly about mistakes - kwun is right, they should be fired.

They're just slumming it...

 

[Thom_bad]

Why do we have to watch all these CHN-CHN matches ? How does BWF think anybody gets any excitement from watching these matches ?

Seriously, they should allow only 2 CHN players/pairs per tournament.

wouldn't be very fair regarding the efforts made by those athletes who've been training for 15 years to get at this level

 

[cobalt]

WX is feeling her left leg and side before starting game 2.
Retirement on the horizon?

 

[abedeng]

I think Xin just can't cope with the Queen's speed of movement and pace of shot. She is the older Wang, anyway.

 

[cobalt]

WYH is ratcheting up the pace and aggression, 7-4 and WX a step slower to all corners....
now 8-4...

 

[julianng]

wouldn't be very fair regarding the efforts made by those athletes who've been training for 15 years to get at this level

I don't care how long they trained for. If they trained for 15 years just so they could face their own teammates in the final, then they probably shouldn't be playing anyways.

 

[abedeng]

If Xin had at least a couple of inches of height, maybe she could have done something with her superior angle shots.

 

[cobalt]

11-6.
GC: "Yeah, negative body language; beginning to lose her resolve..."

 

[Tactim]

This final is being played at an incredibly fast rate. Rallies are short and the time between points is (unusually) short. I just started watching the match so I'm not sure how the first game was, though apparently it was pretty close. I don't think they're slouching though, they're going at each other instead of just clearing.

 

[cobalt]

WX throwing everything but the kitchen sink at WYH, and it's all coming back!

There seem to be a couple of freight trains passing through the stadium, by the sound of it....

 

[Tactim]

poor WX. She's created so many opportunities but too many errors when trying to finish the rally or close to it.

 

[Tactim]

@ cobalt

Remind you of the world cup and the vuvuzuelas? Haha, probably not as bad but I definitely thought it =p.