OK, someone please upload the MD match too. Sounded like an instant classic. Feel soooooo good for the DEN Uncles. Many congrats
Congrats to LCW, congrats to Ken Tago. I am downloading the match to watch; won't offer an opinion until I have.
Yeah, their mental fortitude and uncle experience really pulled them thru those few nail biter match points.
So two titles to Denmark, two to China, and one to Malaysia. The super seniors did it in spite of their ages. Good job grandpas. It gives me hope that the oldies are the goodies.
Yes, you are correct, my prediction was screwed and I am glad I was wrong...maybe I am playing reverse psychology. BTW, my prediction is based on who I really think will win AE10, that is if I am betting on that player (LD) to win. My support is my hope that a MAS player will win. Those 2 are different.
Nan ZHANG[CHN] Yunlei ZHAO[CHN] - Nova WIDIANTO [2] Liliyana NATSIR 21-1823-2521-18 Tine RASMUSSEN[DEN] - [CHN] Yihan WANG [1] 21-1418-21 21-19 Chong Wei LEE [1][MAS] - [JPN] Kenichi TAGO 21-1921-19 Jing DU [1][CHN] Yang (F) YU[CHN] - [CHN] Shu CHENG [3] [CHN] Yunlei ZHAO 20-2221-16 21-13 Lars PAASKE[DEN] Jonas RASMUSSEN[DEN] - [DEN] Mathias BOE [4] [DEN] Carsten MOGENSEN 21-23 21-19 26-24
Finally got to watch the LCW-Tago match. My first comment is: have you ever seen a match with so many net cords? The sick thing was the majority of them were planned that way. Hats off to Ken Tago, whose net game today was outstanding. He goes cross court a lot on flat lifts and is light on his feet. He gave away several cheap points by dumping service returns into the net. A real no-no. LCW was also winning points by smashing at his right hip. Nice bit of homework by Misbun. Tago also played several nice lookaway shots but LCW was alert to them. Once Tago tightens his game a little he could be a very difficult opponent. As for LCW, he overcame early jitters to overhaul Tago and managed to hold on. He is still prone to period of lapses where he plays lax shots instead of going for the jugular. That only exerts more pressure on himself. On a positive note, he was under unbelievable pressure as the overwhelming favourite and found a way to convert. This will be a boost to improving his strength. I hope he can store this experience somewhere and pull it out when he needs it again. The controversial winning point has been discussed ad nauseum. Every champion needs a slice of luck to be one. Like they say, "it's good to be lucky and lucky to be good". All those who argued with calm and common sense, well done. Overall I saw a LCW that did enough to win. I'm sure he doesn't care how he did it because he is finally an All England Champion. Postscript: Commentary on GDTV...I wish those guys would have shut up and let us enjoy the match. Most annoying was during the presentation ceremony, when the announcements were being made, they kept rambling on incessantly. Not very professional at all.
Wasn't bad at all to be fair, the first mixed doubles got the crowd growing. The men's singles was what everybody was waiting for, and you could tell by the applause. Tago did good, considering he's not seeded but Lee Chong Wei wasn't playing to his normal standard. Saw BOE and Carsten after the tournament finished while I was walking to the minibus
Boe/Mogensen can't have been very happy. To be so close and not get your hands on the trophy must be killing them.
I made a mistake when I wrote that Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen never won a Major title, when in fact they won the World Championships in 2003 So, they have now added the All-England title to their collection, which truly make them a great pair and certainly the best MD pair DEN has ever produced in the past 20 years or so. Congratulations!
Yeah, I know. It was a good game though. I noticed they didn't have as many opportunities to smash and kept it more on the defensive side, I liked my front row seats
I dont think that Boe/Mogensen should be too disappointed... they would also feel good for their fellow countrymen, and they probably would take comfort in knowing that they still have chances in the future, they are young, and full of potential. This would probably be more important (if that's possible) to laars and jonas. With the number of surprises this time round, I keenly look forward to next years AE to see if LYB changes tactic, or if the younger players become the new CY/FHF etc. All in all, an awesome tournament, certainly one of the highlights of the year.
Oooooo, did you get some nice pics. Please post if you did I'm still waiting for someone to upload the match (please, please). I can't wait to watch it.
