These two boys gave Markham crowd the best possible show (considering their age). Good luck to KV for finals. Chin up Lakshya Sen. India have high hopes from you for the future.
She's the clear favourite to win second WJC title, Wang Zhiyi lost tamely in semifinal with 9-21 / 13-21.
I hope Kodai wins today against Kunlavut as three of the big 4 in junior MS have already won prestigious titles. KV - WJC 2017 champion LS - AJC 2018 champion LSF - YOG 2018 champion
Do you really count LSF in that company? He's significantly older than the other three and despite that has a negative h2h against 2 of them (1-3 vs KV, 0-2 vs KN, 2-2 vs LS). Nowhere near the same potential imo.
LSF is 18 , LS and KV are 17 yo. I counted LSF as he is YOG 2018 champion as well as wjc 2018 semifinalist. With more maturity, these guys will be the ones to look out for along with Rumbay. Though he lost tamely at QF but has an impressive year win loss record. Btw head to head LSF 1-2 LS.
Ashmitha Chaliha wins Dubai International challenge beating 6th seed Jeon Jui of Korea with 21-19, 21-15
He'll be 19 at the beginning of January while the other three will still be 17 until mid 2019. That's a significant difference at this age, imo. If you look closely at the tournaments you mentioned: At the WJC, he had to play three games against Nhat Nguyen before losing to the first top youth player he met (Naraoka, who really should have dispatched him in straight games, as anyone will testify who's seen that match). At the YOG, he very nearly lost to Nguyen in the QF (15-21, 21-19, 21-19) as well and only had to play one of the other three (in the final). Lakshya had to play a marathon match v Naraoka in the SF and looked really tired in the final, while LSF had a smooth ride v Merkle. More importantly, he really doesn't look like a special player in the way the other three do. Just a matter of opinion, of course. Oh, and: https://bwfbadminton.com/player/688...ad-analysis/?event=single&team2_player1=95476
Thanks for the head to head record link. I mentioned about 2-1 h2h in favour of LS because tourmament software had shown it.
Agree with your assessment of the special three. I wouldn’t be so hasty to judge LSF though. He may be ‘significantly older’ than the other 3 but he only made his international debut 18 months ago at the AJC 2017 (where he reached the QF). Admittedly last year he was thrashed repeatedly by the big 3, but this year he has shown significant improvement (beating LS, and nearly beating KN twice). If you look at historical records, the other three despite being significantly younger had made their international debut a lot earlier; LS 2013, KV 2014, KN 2014. My point is that it is difficult to judge potential of young Chinese players because they don’t get exposed early, and hence may seem shabby in comparison with their other counterparts when they start to appear in the circuit. Historically, precocious players like Ratchanok and Mia Audina were also beating young Chinese players right, left and centre. Well, we know how that pans out now. You will not see a Chinese player exposed at the age of 13-16 and hence it’s difficult to make that sort of comparison and judgement. Oh well, we will probably not see Bai Yupeng and Li Shifeng again for at least another 2 years... If ever again. Anyone remember Gao Zhenze. He appeared in the last WJC without any experience and exposure and went away with an individual bronze. He has not been seen since.
BWF WORLD Junior Championships 2018 Final Result https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...B352FE-DD7C-4F36-9F85-690ECB3C7D5A&d=20181118 Goh Jin Wei regains her 2015 crown, she's third WS player who bags WJC title more than once alongside Ratchanok Intanon (2009, 2010, 2011) and Akane Yamaguchi (2013, 2014) while Kunlavut Vitidsarn becomes the second MS player who grabs back to back WJC title after Chen Jin (2002, 2004). All Indonesian finals for mixed doubles category in last two editions, Kusharjanto/Ramadhanti once again only manage silver medal, same result with last year outcome in Yogyakarta, lost to their teammates Rivaldy/Mentari. Badminton powerhouse China rectifies their 2017 poor result, zero to two titles this time through MD and WD.
Totally agree with you Djake. Keeping them away after the WJC and AJC for 2 years is way too extreme. There is no harm in getting the talented ones exposed. LD, TH and LCW were very young when they were exposed to the Circuit. So I hope LS and R Pengbo should be sent to many tournaments to get them ready to take on the top ranked players. LS is a potential for the future but he needs to cut down on the unforced errors and improve his speed and deception.
wondering that myself, just open the livescore and there's Verma S. vs Verma S. and another Verma S vs Chinese guy what?
