TOTAL BWF THOMAS-UBER Cup Finals 2018 : QUARTERFINAL & SEMIFINAL (24 & 25 May)

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  1. Forestal

    Forestal Regular Member

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    Hans-Kristian Vittinghus' form may be off and Lee Dong Keun may have improved over the 2 years, but Lee is still not in the same class as a former top 10 players...

    As long as LDK plays his usual slow retiree badminton, HKV can make his experience count by reading his game and countering it -- so the question is whether LDK or HKV will be the one who can keep going in the 3rd game...
     
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    Really, what is Misbun thinking!!
    Same tactic from G1 until G3!
    Won't be long before the people get sick.
     
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    move onnnnnnnnn
     
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    8-6 for France!!!!
    meanwhile LDK 2-2 Vittinghus aftre LDK won 2nd game
    JC has grab a point for INA against LZJ
     
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    Where's the throat cutting gestures now, LZJ? Oh right, you're still not good, almost forgot :D Haha, what a one-sided G3...and the expected result in the end
     
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    Hate him now? Stay neutral bruh
     
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    I will post my tomorrow complaint today then: I wish JPN had facilitated Kenichi Tago better so he was fit and on the team and could play MS 2. ;)
     
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  8. Forestal

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    Lee Zii Jia still has just one game-play "mode" like Leong Junhao (or Jonatan Christie when he first start the senior circuit) -- they need to be developed into more complete/versatile players to have more than a "one-off" win against this or that opponent.
     
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    Okay, I predict under 15 both set win for INA.
     
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    Nah. I simply find it funny that he tried to be badass with that gesture, yet utterly failed to deliver the very next day. Why would I hate a (yet) completely insignificant player? You can barely watch him if you want, I only dislike (not hate) players that are very visible with super bad manners, what he did wasn't even remotely bad enough, and also a one-off thing afaik. Players like KSS and Marin, who show bad manners and annoying habits consistently....those are a different story :D Or the BoMo pair of old (2010-2012)
     
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  11. Forestal

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    shhh, don't poke the clowns....
     
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    I think MAS MD2 can squeeze out a win here
     
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    The French saved 4 smashes/drives but put it at the net the 1st time they get high ball

    haiiiyaaaaa
     
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    LDK - Vittinghus is very hotttt
    both dives everywhere
     
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    Some outstanding saves from Yuta W in that last point
     
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    AMAZING LAST POINT AT THE FRANCE - JAPAN ENCOUNTER
     
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  17. Forestal

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    Woah, cool it, Vittinghus -- remember how you controlled yourself and didn't start celebrating until you had won the Thomas Cup...

    EDIT: see what I mean -- service fault immediately after you celebrated!

    Shades of Lee Dong Keun vs Lin Dan in the last Thomas Cup -- Lee is ready to push his body until he hurts himself...
     
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    62 shot rally! Guess I was right about rallying skills being key...

    Hope FRA takes the lesson that experience really counts when all things are about even -- Watanabe/Hiroyuki just had more/ bigger match experience; in fact, it's more accurate to say Hiroyuki Endo defeated Ronan Labar at this match-up...
     
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    LOL, Vittinghus definitely show-boating and trying to do a "demonstration class" last winning shot -- cut it out, even if you're defending Thomas Cup Champions...

    He probably "prepared" this new celebration in his mind even before the game, hahaha!
     
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    Now that's biased . And how could you compare KSS with Marin and the others? Kevin is just a 7 year old kid , Marin is over 20 and Boe/Mo are over 30. :p
     
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