TH's not done yet and I don't think he's gonna lose sleep over his loss to CL. Ok, I did not mention his knees did not look good.It's not a major match. Mulyo's not there. TH played in a motivated manner in spite of his knees. His determination was just a bit short of WMC level (who probably has the highest standard in that quality.)
I think TH underestimated CL. In the first game TH played a bit leisurely and made many mistakes. On the other hand CL did not look impressive. The first game reminds me of CL's 2:0 win over LD, in which LD made many mistakes whenever he tried to gear up. However, starting from the 2nd game, CL showed his good power and his wide variety of shots often caught TH by surprise. That said, I still don't see much improvement in CL's movement, which is on the slow side, and now and then looked a bit awkward. This will be his major weakness when facing top players like LD and LCW.
Hi All: Not sure if you already know but you can download Taufik vs Chen Long's match here: http://www.rayfile.com/files/762493e6-60f0-11de-b6e0-0019d11a795f/ set1 http://www.rayfile.com/files/11408280-60f9-11de-aff8-0019d11a795f/ set2 http://www.rayfile.com/files/26a893ab-6102-11de-ad54-0014221b798a/ set3 or here: http://www.gazup.com/5GDiZ-set01.wmv-download-mirrors/ set1 http://www.gazup.com/4xDWI-set02.wmv-download-mirrors/ set2 http://www.gazup.com/sO4hE-set03.wmv-download-mirrors/ set3 The match was recorded by a private cam and the quality was quite good, thanks to this particular badminton fan.
do you have more videos of the tourney? u may post it here>> http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1198813#post1198813 thanks.
Hi George: No la...I found this video links accidentally at a mainland badminton forum yesterday. I will post at the video sharing thread if i can find more in the future, thanks for reminding me. Cheers