2016 BCA INDONESIA Open SS Premier : FINALS (5th June)

Loh said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_China_Open_Super_Series

In the China Open 2007, Malaysia's unseeded Wong Mew Choo (LCW's wife now) grabbed the WS title by beating:

Zhu Jingjing 21-19, 21-11

Pi Hongyan 21-17, 16-21, 21- 11

Zhu Lin #4 18-21, 21-9, 21-13

Zhang Ning #2 21-16, 21-19

Xie Xingfang #1 21-16, 8-21, 21-17 (LD's wife now)
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WMC actually beat 3 world champions on home soil to win her one and only SS trophy....this must be a record to beat or never be broken.

As for TTY winning IO, hmmm, I put on my Einstein cap thinking hard and here is my thought;)
As someone posted, LXR threw her match so that WYH/WSX can challenge for their RIO ticket, that make LXR super generous:p when IO purse was USD900K. WSX lost knowing no matter how she perform in RIO, LYB will still pick WYH and WSX cannot accompany Dragon Long to RIO so WSX was heart broken:D WYH was totally exhausted mentally and physically after coming from behind to beat CM and WYH had nothing left in her tank, she was worn out ready for a steam sauna:p. Summarizing, a combination of super-generosity plus broken-heart plus worn-out gave TTY the trophy....:)
 
ssj100 said:
Title drought for WYH and WSX continue! Will they ever win another (decent) tournament? I bet no one would have predicted they wouldn't win a title for two years and counting since 2014!

And by the way, where's Fox? Told you months ago that Djokovic would win French Open! Never wrong!
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WYH won the BAC if I am not wrong?
 
I guess if anyone loses at 2016 Olympics, we can say all is suspect before World Champs 2017 and Olympics 2020 hehe.

I agree though, for the WS discipline, to unequivocally label the China domination era over, either Okuhara, Ratchanok, Marin or TTY have to take home the Gold.
 
ssj100 said:
I guess if anyone loses at 2016 Olympics, we can say all is suspect before World Champs 2017 and Olympics 2020 hehe.

I agree though, for the WS discipline, to unequivocally label the China domination era over, either Okuhara, Ratchanok, Marin or TTY have to take home the Gold.
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Or saina... Or sung ji Hyun.. Soo many prospects!
 
I wouldn't be surprised if any of the following WS get Rio gold:
LXR
WYH
NO
RI
CM

Anyone else, including TTY, I would be, more or less, surprised.

That's actually quite a lot, more than the other events.
e.g. for MS
LD
LCW
Slightly surprised if CL wins
That's it
 
Incredible isn't it though? You're saying you won't be surprised if Japan, Thailand or even Spain win Olympic Gold in badminton! Quite amazing times we're in!
 
It's June now and here are 5 champions of the last 5 superseries this year :

1. AE SSP Nozomi Okuhara
2. IND SS Ratcanok Intanon
3. MAS SSP Ratchanok Intanon
4. SIN SS Ratchanok Intanon
5. INA SSP Tai Tzu Ying.

It's interesting fact that Carolina Marin and the Chinese trio didn't win any title yet.
 
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blabl said:
Now I would like to speak sincerely from the bottom of my heart about Korean badminton.

Okay I felt that doing double duties are not benefiting the players but only make them extremely tired.

We all know that Lee Yong Dae / Yoo Yeon Seong are good MD so they can just focus playing MD only. Lee Yong Dae / Lee So Hee need not play XD. Yoo Yeon Seong / Chang Ye Na need not play XD too. That is a total waste of energy during tournament time. Anyway Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong won't qualify to play in the XD for Olympics 2016. So why waste energy? Then Chang Ye Na / Lee So He should just focus playing WD only.

Next is Kim Gi Jung / Kim Sa Rang already qualified to play MD for Olympics 2016. So Kim Gi Jung / Shin Seung Chan need not play in XD. It is total waste of energy. Imagine doing double duties during tournament time. Not easy. Shin Seung Chan / Jung Kyung Eun should just focus playing in WD only.

Then Ko Sung Hyun / Shin Baek Cheol should not be playing MD and XD in every tournaments that they participate. Total waste of energy. Again doing double duties. Ko Sung Hyun / Shin Baek Cheol didn't qualify to play for Olympics 2016. In my humble opinion Ko Sung Hyun / Kim Ha Na should just focus playing in XD only. Then Shin Baek Cheol / Chae Yoo Jung should just focus playing in XD only. Unfortunately due to performing double duties all the time, Shin Baek Cheol miss the chance to play in Olympics 2016 as he was ranked no 9 before the Olympics qualification ended. See if Shin Baek Cheol only focus playing in XD only and didn't play in MD, I am very sure he would have qualified to play in this Olympics 2016.

But then all this is easier said than done. It is the BKA decision and also the coaches decision to let the players do double duties so I also cannot say much. However, what I have said above are just my own humble opinion and hope it will not cause any arguments or dispute later.
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You have a point. That's also one of the reasons I'm a bit worried about Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan and their double duties. Perhaps a reason why the BKA let the Korean athletes play in two categories, is to train them in multiple game scenarios in which (different) techniques/tactics/skills might improve or develop.
 
ein_roboter said:
You have a point. That's also one of the reasons I'm a bit worried about Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan and their double duties. Perhaps a reason why the BKA let the Korean athletes play in two categories, is to train them in multiple game scenarios in which (different) techniques/tactics/skills might improve or develop.
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Zhao Yun Lei may be better off to focus only on Mixed Double. Badminton Association of China, on the other hand, thought that experience matters when it comes to compete in major tournaments. My take is that skill, experience, physical strength, speed, and stamina play their roles. What ZYL has lacked is she is no longer as strong or having weaker stamina compared with four years ago. It's a big gamble by BAC; they still dream of 5 golds.
 
My take is that it's ok to let the woman play in both XD and WD, because she has the more passive role in XD.
But it's more challenging for the man to play in both XD and MD. Just look at the XD world ranking list. There are glaring exceptions (like top 2 XD - ZN and KSH), but the norm is that the man tend to focus on just XD, while the woman is more likely to play both events.
 
Some players are exceptional and they peak at the right time for the Olympics.

There are a few of them who won two events at the same Olympics.
Of course this is rare and the quality of today's players and standard of play have generally increased, thus making it more difficult to achieve multiple titles.
 
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