not that funny... hehe well, I think it was Denmark Open 2005 XD Final: Robertosn/Emms vs Chen/Zhao (I think ) then Nathan Robertson ran out of rackets and then the officials gave him a yonex racket he was sponsored by hi-tec (i think AGAIN ) I think that is rather embarassing than being funny! haha
It was the final of the 2004 Denmark Open, and it was indeed against Chen Qi Qiu & Zhao Tingting. Nathan and Gail are sponsored by Hi-Tec and Carlton, Hi-Tec provide all the clothing and shoes and Carlton provide all the racquets I agree it was very funny, not only did he break all his spare racquets, but all of Gail's as well. I felt very sorry for him, he was very sheepish and trying to hide the Yonex logo against his chest!
also 2000 sydney olympics mens doubles final, tonyGunawan & candraWijaya VS Lee dong soo & Yoo yung sung the shuttle was lifted to the back, yoo yung sungjumped up and smashed, but lee dong soo did not crouch down and his head got in the way of the shuttle and it hit his head and bounced out, he was smiling embarrassly after that
Should it? How come? I've never read any rules about that being a let before. I always thought that if you didn't make it over, and it was stuck on the net, no matter who's side it was on, the person who hit it last, lost the point. Is it not so? Can anyone confirm or break my belief? Lol! How many rackets did he break to get to that point?
You need to read the laws of the sport you play. The relevant law is: "14.2 It shall be a ‘let", if: ... 14.2.3 after the service is returned, the shuttle is: 14.2.3.1 caught on the net and remains suspended on its top" Is that any help?
But isn't that only for serves? So does it apply usually? But yes, it is a great help, because my friends and I were debating about it the other day.
Ok. I see, I wasn't reading that correctly, because for some reason, I was computing that as "only the shot that returns the serve", which was utterly absurd on my part. Sorry 'bout all the hassle. I have learned a new piece of badminton knowledge, as I seem to do every now and then. Thanks!
I agree, it was very funny. I think he only turned up with 3 racquets as he'd broken loads of strings during the week and hadn't bothered to get them restrung. When he started playing you can hear him swearing and complaining that the tension on the racquets he had was too tight and he broke strings on all 3. Then he broke the strings on at least one of Gail's racquets, possible even 2. I think at some point one of the England coaches rushed off to try and get some racquets re-strung for him but he didn't get back in time! Hence the Yonex racquet It was also quite funny because Simon Archer who was commentating on the match said that if he had his racquet bag with him that day he could have loaned him a spare racquet as they most used the same Carlton model. Poor Nathan!
Haha that's some skill . I'd love to see that sometime! These are great and very interesting , keep them coming!
haha Nathan Robertson didn't prepare well, otherwise he would have got enough rackets to last the whole match lol
Some time ago at a US Open, John Holst-Christian and Thomas Lund were playing doubles, in the middle of rally, Thomas Lund broke a string, they stayed in the rally The opposing team cleared the shuttle to John Holst-Christianson, Thomas Lund ran off the court and grabbed a new racket, John Holst-christianson saw his partner run off the court so he hit a high defensive clear to give TL time to get back on the court. TL and JH-C won that rally (i think) Toddster
Ahhhhhh, just thought of one against my Coach Alex. We were playing half court singles and he said if I can get 2 points off him, he'd by me dinner. Well, I have no chance against him playing normally so every time he lifted, I aimed my smash and drop at the top of the net hoping it would flip over. I actually got one smash to flip over so I was down 12-1 and then I hit another smash that appeared to hit the top of the net and flip over, but in a weird way. I cheered as I fell down in exhaustion thinking I had won a dinner however Coach said my smash broke the net just below the tape and went through the net so I did not score. I inspected the net and it was indeed broken just below the top of the tape so I believe the shuttle did go through, instead of flip over. Still, I told my Coach, if anyone could manage to smash the bird, break the net and have the shuttle go through the net, do they not they deserve the point? He stood there, befuddled, but nodded in agreement... ...I still have not received my dinner. P.S. Later on, something similar to this happened!
Well, I believe the net was already broken, I just happened to hit it there. I haven't played half court singles with Coach in a long time but he now says I need to get 5 points, which is impossible because his defense is the Great Wall of China; and there's no way I'm going to hit the top of the net 5 times.
I remember a match between KIM/HA and TONY/CANDRA. it was an all england semi-final,cant remember which year. Ha dived to a shot and ran through the net into TONY/CANDRA'S end. However, the shot HA dived to didnt go over the net and HA shouted excitedly on T/C's end. Then, CANDRA gave HA a very very slight kick on his ass. That was very funny and the whole crowd was laughing.
