nokh88
Regular Member
Me too. Guess we are both of the same level.I'm gonna start playing like Lee Hyun Il now:
1. Clearly lose first game.
2. Dominate 2nd and 3rd.
I can at least do half of that!
Me too. Guess we are both of the same level.I'm gonna start playing like Lee Hyun Il now:
1. Clearly lose first game.
2. Dominate 2nd and 3rd.
I can at least do half of that!
BL has given his all to beat LCW but can he carry the winning momentum to the next game against TS? I feel that TS would have an easy passage to the finals.Brice Leverdev's great victory over a somewhat listless Lee CW, nevertheless a memorable one, not for the birthday boy though.
I did say at the semifinal thread before you wrote that today's match with Tanongsak may be one too many for him.BL has given his all to beat LCW but can he carry the winning momentum to the next game against TS? I feel that TS would have an easy passage to the finals.
LCW looked lethargic and unlike himself, only showing flashes of his potency. Brice should have won the second set, if he hadn't lost focus (and laugh during interval). I suspect LCW has minor injury preventing full out effort. If not, that was a weary looking LCW in the whole tournament...I feel this is the beginning of the end of LCW.
Many people will try to take a leaf out of Brice and beat LCW.
Renbo: 3 or 4 years is centuries in badminton terms... specially past 30. But LHI is specialist of retirement-come back-retirement scheme, which LD can study...
Nice! But Lee plays like a sage surgeon, picking corners, while Lin Dan plays like Rambo blowing everything in his path. That's how they've always played, AFAIK. So if Lin Dan wants to enjoy badminton longevity he'll need to change playing styles...Grandpa Rambo can't handle the heavy artillery as of young. Not sure one can change playing style so late in so high a level and still be successful.
Good point, explosive badminton ,Lin Dan's forte and what defines his style,his trademark, is not for the aged and faint-hearted.Renbo: 3 or 4 years is centuries in badminton terms... specially past 30. But LHI is specialist of retirement-come back-retirement scheme, which LD can study...
Nice! But Lee plays like a sage surgeon, picking corners, while Lin Dan plays like Rambo blowing everything in his path. That's how they've always played, AFAIK. So if Lin Dan wants to enjoy badminton longevity he'll need to change playing styles...Grandpa Rambo can't handle the heavy artillery as of young. Not sure one can change playing style so late in so high a level and still be successful.
True, LCW appeared out of sorts, listless, probably having an off day.LCW looked lethargic and unlike himself, only showing flashes of his potency. Brice should have won the second set, if he hadn't lost focus (and laugh during interval). I suspect LCW has minor injury preventing full out effort. If not, that was a weary looking LCW in the whole tournament...
If anyone wants to learn from Brice's cookbook: play LCW when he isn't himself, make lots of ridiculous net tumbles and call the doctor when LCW kills you with a marathon rally (no disrespect to Brice on this - brilliant move regardless of veracity).