Yonex ALL ENGLAND Open 2017 : SEMIFINAL & FINAL (11th & 12th March)

CBA will be mighty pleased to have the young Shi Yuqi able to take on Lee CW and all the foreign threats than to have to continue depending on the aging Lin Dan and sometimes inconsistent Chen Long alone.
 
If I were Shi Yuqi , I will go all out to beat Lin Dan, it's now or never, for when will such an opportunity presents itself again ?
 
It's an honourable exit for LD. Rather thangetting his clothes torn to shreds by foreign youngster, he can find some excuse here.
Time to retire.
 
I wanna mention here, Lindan can be beaten by any good young players. This is started from China open 2014 when K.Srikanth defeated him. Later, Victor Axelsen, Tommy Sugiarto, H.S.Prannoy and Other than Chen Long, there was no other chinese player defeated Lindan in the present scenario. Shi Yuqi did that. Good for the youngster. But , his test is not finished. He has to go through a very hard battle tomorrow. LCW will not give away as easy as Lindan. No other chinese player other than Chen Long and Lindan defeated LCW. So, it should be interesting tomorrow.
 
I think LD is just too tired after the Axelsen game.

Also, another theory is that LD's target is gold, not silver. so he knows that to beat LCW he needs all the energy he can get, meaning he has to play slowly without exerting too much against SYQ. if he plays all out and wins against SYQ he'll definitely lose badly against LCW. So he'd rather go out playing slowly (with a slight chance of winning playing this way) than lose badly and lose face against LCW. if he plays slowly and conserves energy against SYQ and still wins, then he thinks he'll stand a better chance against LCW who is faster and fitter than him now. otherwise he knows he won't stand a chance.
 
Done, Shi Yuqi victorious. Apparently, Lin Dan is half-spent from yesterday's draining match against VA. All the more SYQ would capitalize on it, who wouldn't ?
 
arctan said:
I think LD is just too tired after the Axelsen game.

Also, another theory is that LD's target is gold, not silver. so he knows that to beat LCW he needs all the energy he can get, meaning he has to play slowly without exerting too much against SYQ. if he plays all out and wins against SYQ he'll definitely lose badly against LCW. So he'd rather go out playing slowly (with a slight chance of winning playing this way) than lose badly and lose face against LCW. if he plays slowly and conserves energy against SYQ and still wins, then he thinks he'll stand a better chance against LCW who is faster and fitter than him now. otherwise he knows he won't stand a chance.
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Sounds plausible.
 
I posted this in the other thread:

LD is going downhill and has been since 2014. Even if he wins AE, I won't consider him the favorite to win the WC this year. He was not at his best form or shape last year at the Olympics. Do I think his shape is better in an off Olympic year? Probably not. My guess is LD is probably still pre-occupied with being at TV star and he's probably thinking of his next mistress. I would like to see him prove me wrong by winning both AE and WC this year. But until then, I am skeptical.
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Yup, I was right. LD is still not in the best of form and his fitness is the same or even worse than the Olympics. Age will take a toll and LD hasn't kept his form and shape like LCW. I think LD is more interested in his celebrity lifestyle and he probably has another mistress around the corner, lol
 
Devendra said:
yeah yeah yeah.

First we were supposed to believe that Lin Dan will be given a free ride due to CHN team's orders.

Now this.

Sure.
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He doesn't realize he is confused believing what he wants to believe and even contradicting himself. He is writing his own script to suit his own narrative based on what he's been fed from whatever sources he accepts wholesale without question like a loyal soldier who is not expected to use his own brain and probe deeply for the truth.
 
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