no need report as she clapped after LHI won the match.....very tense game, and we had smiling faces at home when LHI clinched the last point...
Korea Open linesperson clapping She (the linesperson) clapped BEFORE the match was over. I think Lee Hyun-il was 2 points away from the match. This means the lineswoman was CHEERING for Lee Hyun-il DURING the match, which was evidenced by her clapping. Yes, it was a tense moment, but since I was up there on the rafters, my perspective was wide and I could see what's happening down below, one of them the clapping linesperson. I sent an email today to the contact person of the Korea Badminton Open. I am not sure if they will respond or not. I will give them 48 hours. Do you think they will respond?
This is a clear case of 'WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND' for China. Need I say more ? Don't be too pertubed by it.
I think the linesmen should have been replaced. By linesmen I mean both the linesmen in Korea Open 08 and China Open 07.
Kind of ironic that it is the controversy of bad line calls, CHN game fixing and now, this LD-LM incidence that generate interest in badminton and not focusing on the great game itself....compared to tennis where Sharapova won which is talked about...missing out are the other events like WD, MD, XD and WS...yes, ZM winning and congrats to her, being the rejects that CHN does not want and she won what seemed like a great match with LL that no one is talking about...can't help but wonder how baddy can be a mainstream sport anytime soon.
quick question, if they re play again the TV screen, isn't it preety good enough to check the lines man call ?
I do not think they will respond.........I did also to BWF regarding Cheng Du's event and took them a long time to come back to me....not in writing but I met them in HKG to talk about it......
I'm wondering if writing to the BWF might be better since they sanction the events. You might get a stock answer though. You don't really know how seriously they take observations from individuals, unless they have clout. If Sally Yeh wrote instead...
yes, im pretty sure you hafta have some clout to be taken seriously.... otherwise, they dont know for sure that you were just someone trying to mess with the scores...unless you have a video
Yes Alphonse, the bald guy is Li Mao, he's a China citizen, have been coaching Korea MS since beginning 2007. And yes, most probably they were screaming at each other in Chinese, both pissed off with each other.
I just finished re-watching the MS final towords the end of the decider. http://bbs.badmintoncn.com/plus_video_view.php?id=292 I noticed that the last 3 points were all due to LD's unforced errors when having the 4th match point at 23-22. LD's return went long, and hence the 4th duece in the decider at 23-23. LD's return went into net, it gave LHI's 3rd match point at 23-24. LD's cross-court smash went into net, it gave LHI the title at 23-25.
In light of what happened.. ...one thing i would give props to, and as mentioned by other BCers, was the organizer's decision to use non-Korean umpires in the Finals, esp. in the matches involving KOR players...
^^I believe..^^ ..and if i remember correctly, they showed the same thing on TV, or at least, the video that was shared in this forum. However, yours, i believe showed a bit later sequence of the actual incident; you might've missed a few seconds of the initial incident..Your video, at least, showed the location where it happened without the camera switching..Anyway, thanks again for sharing!
according to a couple of Chinese media who has phoned Li Mao and interviewed him, Li Mao claimed that he shouted at LD at a close distance, "are you going to hit me?" i think that also provoked the very last reaction from LD before he walked back to his side of the court.
^^Haha...^^ ...this controversy should be something to chat about in the next....month or so....while we wait for the AE...hehe
