Sure it's right to be ambitious, but when you know that your opponent (lin dan) can pull a "super dan" any time he wants like the OG 2008, then i think the two players are on seperate levels. Lin Dan has won everything, LCW? got smoke hardddd in the olympics. Concurred, arrogant statement by LCW, not even the same calibur of player. Yea no...It's more like LD = Brazil, TH = France, LCW = Senegal
That's not my statement... it's LCW's. I do not see the rivalry as even close (see bottom). I presume by each other you mean members of the forum. Then, read on... Good.. now we can focus on the rivalry. I have always agreed that the rivalry is not at the same level. Federer vs. Nadal is so epic they have a wikipedia entry on just their rivalry. Essentially, it's a story of a young star (Nadal) rising to challenge a legend (Federer). Now, the story continues with the legend's struggle to even the scores. If LCW vs. LD is as big as the above, we will get a lot more attention in our game. As it stands, I do not see the elements defining of as great a rivalry. The only element that exists is whether the current crowned #1 can beat his arch nemesis in important matches -- which is weird when he still doesn't any key titles under his belt and that LD was previously #1. As it stands, this "rivalry" is only a one sided struggle.
Not that wierd, since he enters far more tournaments than LD and goes deep into any given tournament (at least SFs) almost everytime. That's what I applaud most about LCW, his amazing consistency. Below LD, he is clearly a cut above the rest. So basically his NO. 1 ranking is a reflection of his formidable consistency.
Equations, balanced or not, terrify me. So I'm not going to enter this debate. Allthesame, A-B = X-Y does not imply that A is X and B is Y. If it's math we are arguing, the equation has many possibilities. For instance, 4-3 = 29-28 = 34012224-34012223 Clearly, A is not X and B is not Y is any of the above sets
But only 34012224-34012223 (consider if skill points) can be considered as federer vs. Nadal level of "rivalry". 4-3 is like joe doe club level of "rivalry". Plus, I do not consider LD vs. LCW's difference is by 1 to begin with.
yup.. plus nadal owns fed head to head, esp. in big matches. lcw not so much. dumb comparison of rivalry
