Hopefully LeeCW/WCH not the 1st pair !! I'll not stop laughing until they stop. Msia 1st doubles CTF/LWW don't match the speedy Cai/Fu. CTF/LWW never won before against China. I think there will be scratch pair again if play with China because China too good at singles.
KKK/CTF makes sense to me because CTF is a natural back-court player, while KKK likes the front court. I am not too sure about LWW/TBH though. Sounds like a weaker pair to me.
har???...wow...u are wrong,man....cy/fhf lost to lww/ctf in 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUATER FINAL IN MALAYSIA...and yet...they are the one whom beat the chinese pair most many time compare to any of malaysia md if i am not mistaken...they win chinese pair atleast 4 time last year...^^...
u r right..now i remember anyway, Msia have too earn points from doubles. Msia singles might loss all.
No scratch pair can compare to Korea's mighty Lee YI/SSM combination... I couldn't stop laughing when I saw that combo. both over 28 years old(consider old in professional badminton), and both are single players... TOO GOOD!!!
Ctf/kkk is similar to Rexy/Tony in TC 2000. CTF is Rexy (over the peak but has great skill at the net, OK at the back, and much experience), KKK is Tony (at the beginning of his peak period, lethal at the net, good at the back). However, my question is: Is it a bad decision to field them against Japan? Imagine what would happen if CY/FHF suddenly meet this pair -- there is no way CY can rule the net. So MAS made a wrong move this time IMHO.
I don't think so. The key is the following: Both KKK and CTF are the net player in their own pairs and at the same time have decent back court power (this is the key similarity between this pair and Rexy/Tony). KKK/LWW would be more traditional and predictable -- be careful when KKK is at the net and LWW is at the back.
Not necessarily CTF/KKK. It could be CTF/TBH, LWW/TBH, KKK/LWW depending on who is the opponent. LWW recently has played at the net too with CTF. Sthing like WPT/LPS, WPT/CEH. LPS/Ng Hui Lin. They choose best combo to play the opponent. Against Japan, it was CTF/KKK. Against China....China'll be left wondering. But my preferance is same as limsy : LWW/KKK, though more predictable, CTF has "nervous at crucial point" syndrome Same goes for Zakry/TBH, they never played before in tournament condition.
It reminds me of Icuk Sugiarto playing 2nd double during Thomas Cup Final in the 80s to break solid China team.
My impression is just on the contrary. LWW usually does more smashes. CTF/LWW is a very balanced pair anyway.
I do think it's good for MAS to tinker with their double pairs in facing Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun and Xie Zhongbo/Guo Zhendong, with the objectives of winning 2 pts, not just 1.
If staying for the old formation where CTF/LWW & KKK/TBH to be 1st and 2nd pairs, then it will be 1-1 in double compartment. If M'sia continue to field CTF/KKK as 1st pair, they might be able to have a closed game with CY/FHF, and won't be surprised if they could beat China due to unfamiliarity; Drawn back is on the 2nd pair which get weakening compare to original formation May consider to keep Zakry/Fairu, which should be another 50-50 games with china 2nd pair, but by doing that best case M'sia will win 2-0 or can loss 0-2 in double compartment. Gambling is on......
MAS TEAM WILL PUT CHOON HAN AS THE FIRST SINGLE, [burn] LEE CHONG WEI WILL BE THE SECOND SINGLE., and beat bao chun lai, CTF-KKK FIRST SINGLE beat cy-fhf ZAKRY-TBH AS SECOND DOUBLE beat guo zeng dong-zhong bo MAS WIN 3-2
Dude...u are on dreamland. There's no way Wong Choong Hann will be MS1 and Lee Chong Wei will be MS2 by virtue of their rankings.
