Congratulations! Just watched the ceremony with 4 national flags, what a sight! I suppose with Team CHN coming one has to prepare with 4 flags just in case needed. As for the others, may be 1 for ENG, DEN and a couple for KOR & INA. of course, none for MAS.
Congrats to both ZYW & ZTT.. ..but then again, it's not a surprise CHN WD squad has dominated this event, literally, yr in and yr out..The other nations could only provide a few blips here and there on the map in WD..
hmm.. if Tian Qing/Pan Pan were not replaced by Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli. Do you think China can have four semi finalists? Haha... Tian Qing/Pan Pan are so inconsistent.
Yeah. The competition is more which China WD pair will win. The #1 spot on China woman's team is not secure, whether it's ZN, XXF, YW/ZJW, DJ/YY, CS/ZYL, ZYW/ZTT or somebody else, so the #1 can't be complacent. In comparison, the #1 spot in other leading competitors' woman's team is more stable. Tine, WMC, Pi, Zhou Mi, Lee/Lee, Chin/Huang has no threat to their #1 spot on the team.
They might or they might not.. ..checking the WD draw again, if Tian Qing & Pan Pan were the ones going, and if they were seeded in the same exact spot as CS & ZYL, then yes, they might have a chance. Notice also, Cheng Su & Zhao Yunlei had to go the full match against TPE's CWH & CYC in the Semis this yr.. But then, we don't know where CS & ZYL would be seeded..
I am really happy for ZYW and ZTT, they truly deserved this LONG-AWAITED title.......................they were always beaten or over-shadowed by either GaoLing/HS or YangWei/ZJW........now that they have got the world title and they will have no more regrets when they retire in 1-2 years time
I just checked World Championshop records and found the following: Zhang Ya Wen: 1 x WD Bronze medal (with Zhang Dan) 1 x WD Bronze medal ( with Wei YiLi ) 1 x WD Silver medal ( with Wei YiLi ) 1 x WD Gold medal (with Zhao Ting Ting) 1 x XD Silver medal (with Xie Zhong Bo) 1 x XD Bronze medal (with Xie Zhong Bo) Zhao Ting Ting: 1 x WD Silver medal (with Wei YiLi) 1 x WD Gold medal (with Zhang Ya Wen) 1 x XD Bronze medal (with Chen QiQiu) So ZYW & ZTT were doing quite well even before this year's world champ...................BUT the ultimate Goddess is : GAO Ling: 3 x WD Gold medals (with Huang Sui) 2 x WD Silver medals (with Huang Sui) 1 x WD Bronze medal (with Qin YiYuan) 1 x XD Gold medal (with Zhang Jun) 1 x XD Silver medal (with Zhang Jun) 1 x XD Silver medal (with Zheng Bo) WOW....that's 9 World Champ medals !!!! Gao Ling rocks !!!!
i like zhao tingting. after she lost in the bronze medal match with wei yili in '04. she did not get a fair chance to really build a pair either in WD or XD. in the WC games she showed her strong defense and attack (04-09 after so many years). she deserved the title. sadly, in the press interview after medal ceremony, she said this might be her last world champs. Hopefully she'll stay!
