2014 Li Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cups - Day 7 & 8 : FINALS (24th & 25th May 2014)

galaxyduo said:
Well deserved win for Japan. They have improved immensely in their badminton program. Only 4 years ago, Japan was at best a 2nd tier badminton power, never able to compete against China, Korea, Denmark, Indonesia, or Malaysia. Today, Japan is officially a 1st tier badminton power.

The best thing that will come out of this win is that hopefully, more money from Japan will be poured into badminton tournaments and players. Hopefully, more Japanese will tune into badminton and pick it up as a sport. Their were rumors that the IOC wanted to kick badminton out of the Olympics after the scandal at the last Olympics. With this Thomas Cup win, I'm guessing Japan will join the list of countries that will push to keep badminton in the Olympics.
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Hope this will push Japan (Yonex and other companies like Gosen, Kawasaki etc) to make more rackets with new technology as well.
 
galaxyduo said:
LMAO at Lin Dan getting the Bronze medal. He is probably thinking, "This is the first time I've achieved a bronze medal. And I didn't even play to get it. Good job team!"

Actually, I don't think Lin Dan even recognizes what a Bronze medal is ...
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at last, LCW get one over LD. he almost got a full set of silvers!
 
Well done japan! though i really hope for darren to change the tide after the 2nd game. glad that he really fought til the end. The fact is people only remember the winner. Guess it is back to the drawing board for the rest of the world to figure ways to win the next campaign cup.
 
Cheung said:
Japan have got good depth to retain the title in 2 years time
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That's something that INA unfortunately does not have, especially in Singles.

It's time for Team INA to speed up the regeneration process, especially with the younger MS players. There's no pt in keep playing Hayom and Simon. Better to introduce players like Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (who unfortunately didn't even have the chance to play 1 match against Nigeria), Jonathan Christie, and Anthony Ginting early!

As for doubles, Hendra/Ahsan will probably be playing only until the 2016 Rio Olympics. It's urgent for Herry IP to unleash the young and promising double pairs, starting with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Selvanus Geh! Rian/Angga are just too unstable to be relied upon even as MD2.
 
China definitely needs a new MS coach. XXZ hasn't been able to improve any of the MS players. In fact, they seem to be getting worse. Morever, they don't play with the style that the other nations play with. The Japanese players had a clearly gameplan, and are willing to go for the angled smashes. Chinese players play way too slow.

As for MD, they should just get a foreign coach. There's not even a single man in China who can coach MD.

And notice how PJB was on the court for all the matches? LYB used to do that, but why doesn't he do that anymore?
 
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