Really? From what I saw in www.chinabadminton.com (in their forums), China has called the organizer saying they withdraw. Guess for political reasons.
Oh boy, I gotta stop "participating" in these discussions. It happens every time TH and LD are about to or potentially are about to meet. You guys have fun!
Currently, CHN's top players are STILL ENTERED in the main draw of the Chinese Taipei Open. Who said that they are only fielding the second team?
Too bad if CHN withdrew for political reasons...I thought they sent their best players to show that Taiwan belongs to China....
What I mean is, it's like a <4* open in the past few years if I remembered correctly. So back then it doesn't matter for China to skip it. Now things are different.
Let's just conclude it this way - the Taipei Open ranking points are 'worthless'. We better leave it at that.
The ranking points are not worthless...as it will be counted toward Olympic qualifying points....so you will see more top ten players play at Gold GP level...until next april ( if I am not wrong, the cut off or deadline for Beijing'08)
Indo can win by giving team order to have TH Walkover to final, then either LCW or LD would've been tired from playing each other. And Indo win GOLD!
It always happens...especially it starts with some people called" Players' fans". As long as it is healthy debate...why not? some start with baseless statements...that how it goes....
Haha, here we go again.. ..apontoh brought up an article and sort of focused on a very small part of the article. Yet, when i read the whole article, i only get a feeling that both players respect each other's game and acknowledge that they are still "missing something" or "haven't fully regained the playing form"..If i remember correctly, this type of "comment" had been said before by LinDan (and probably Taufik), in their many interview transcriptions..But hey, for whatever it's worth and to tickle the many baddy fanatics in BC, hey might as well bring it up again.. ..ya ya ya, concur!...Nothing more and nothing less, actually--what's wiser to say than those complimentary & respectful words.. ..yah, good choice, Master NGP!
So sad tat Lin lost... I almost threw away my tv remote control tat time... Wat a waste, cant c Lin in finals... Sad Sad Sad!!!
Yea... Besides, he has too many medals in his bag... Short of 1 is nth serious... Haha... He'll get LCW back next time, he always did... GO LIN!!!
i was out all evenng and hasnt watched any of the SF. Congrats to lcw over LD. LCW definitely seem to be more fit than LD today. As u know, cooler has explanations to everything After winning the 07 WC, i doubt LD had maintained his form for the JO. Secondly, since comparison are constantly made about how TH is better than LD because of the gold title at 04 athen, LD and LYB's target is the 08 OG. Playing all out and winning all the tournaments between now and the 08 OG is not of great importance. Like, why risk injury during the next 11 months time frame? Maybe only 08 AE is worth owning because it would prevent TH claiming the grand slam status of badminton (OG, WC, AE) Both TH and LD is missing one piece of these hardware. I predict that LD wont be winning much tournaments after 07 WC to the 08 OG time period, maybe except for the 08 AE.
