Observing Lee Chong Wei at the Malaysian Open SS 2010

Don't jinx him...
X-Ball was fine at the Korean Open, though.

 

Lee Chong Wei's match starting anytime soon? I feel sleepy THIS early...schoolwork and all

 

Lee Chong Wei on court now. 0-0.

 

Lee Chong Wei ANNIHILATED Rajiiv Ouseph 21-14; 21-4, same scoreline with his 1st round against Andrew Smith last tournament. 29 minutes.

 

LCW vs Du should be an interesting one later

 

Interestingly, Datuk is at the same half with those who have beaten him before, Chen Jin, Bao Chunlai, Nguyen Tien Minh and Jan O Jorgensen. If he reaches finals, Peter Gade who stunned him @ Korea Open last yeat awaits.

 

It looks like Du Pengyu has given Datuk Lee Chong Wei a very big scare, Lee Chong Wei dropped his first set for 2010 to Du Pengyu, losing 21-23 in first game...

 

Finally, Datuk Lee Chong Wei prevails 21-23; 21-17; 21-14 in 69 minutes! What a match! Du Pengyu, you played really well to impress me, I will keep an eye on you for the upcoming tournaments.
Lee Chong Wei's first match where he dropped a set and worked so hard...

 

Frankly, I am disappointed with LCW's performance against Du Pengyu. He had his opponent on the ropes and then let go. So much so that I went out of the stadium and had dinner during the 2nd game of the match.

LCW only showed serious badminton during the tailend of game 2 when Du almost caught up, and again at 12-12 on game 3.

He could have clearly put the issue beyond doubt in 2 games.

 

He does that all the time - hope you have not just witnessed that. And that is why he lost in the past to average players. These days he 'gets out of jail' because he is a better player but still a risk he does not need to take.

 

LCW was doing some kinda demonstration on display during the first set. If you were there watching the match in the stadium, you will know what it was like. He was obviously the better player from the start, but he chooses to toy with DPY and only played seriously like what abedang mentioned above.

 

Yesterday I saw his playing style was totally different in Korea Open 2010 final against peter gade. During Korea Open, he smash more to gain points but here so dissapointed he only playing trick and rally style game.

He has the smashing power but didnt use it much to tapau Du Pengyu

 

He wasted the lead during the first-set and certainly lost his focus for a while there, which led to Du Pengyu winning the first-set. That was almost repeated at the mid-way of the second-set when Du Pengyu closed in at 17-19. As for the third set, it's probably Lee Chong Wei decided not to fool around, esp after the Chinese levelled the score as you said

It's the most unconvincing performance of Lee Chong Wei in the 7 matches he played since last week If he shows the same kind of performance today, Chen Jin will seize the chance and beat him Let's see which side of LCW turns up today...last week's LCW or yesterday's LCW.

 

hmmm... i guess mayb LCW is saving his energy for tomolo match againts CJ ? he juz toy-ing wif DPY and when DPY catches up , only LCW get serious ? juz my guessing , no offence.

 

Actually I was there on Round 1, LCW did the same thing against Rajiv but DPY is not an easy meat. LCW needs to tighten his butt against CJ tonight.

 

Saving his energy? Playing a 69-minute match doesn't seem very energy-saving to me, I think finish off in 2 sets still better. I think today got a big name, LCW will not fool around any longer, or else he gets shown the exit.