Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017

DanNguyen said:
i just saw an instagram post of Greysia/Apriani and Cqc/Jia at the podium. The indonesian pair is so so cute. They fought a good fight and lost with a smile on their faces. I wish them a long sucessful career. I like Greysia sportmanship, really make the podium and her opponents light up. So so much respect at the moment
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Yes not many pairs can beat 2 chinese pairs in a tournamen yet alone 3 or almost 4.

Cant remember when the last time any WD pair play against 4 chinese pairs in a tournament.
 
nokh88 said:
Yes after reading your post, I agree. He probably was expecting a high backhand clear which LCW always do. Thanks
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Or a straight drop, but not a cross-court shot. He wasn‘t even looking in that direction after the shot was hit.
 
Loh said:
Maybe they have better things to do?
We should look up some of these members and pay them a visit if possible, although they may live overseas.
During the recent Indonesia Open, I saw Hauge {Rudy} on TV as one of spokesmen for BNI, I think.
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Koh Rudy (as he's now called) is a PBSI official now and of course helping out in BAC as well. There are other "old members" who also active in the INA badminton scene. BCA (sponsor of Indonesia Open) & Blibli (sponsor of World Junior Badminton this year) are of course owned by Djarum, who has always been an active supporter of badminton in Indonesia with their PB Djarum (the parent club of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir, Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto).

And yes, some of us do have better things to do (by being active contributor to the badminton sport itself) as Loh highlighted. I do meet up with Loh and others during the Singapore Open 2016 last year.
 
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Maurice MJC said:
If Pol/ Rah win this match they:
  • will go up to n°11 in the world (edit: not number 10 since the Thai WD made it to SF therefore keeping their n°10 ranking)
  • be among the three most successful WD pairs this year,
  • and qualify as the 8th seed in the Dubai Finals!
This match means a lot for them understandably
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Within runner-up result, Greysia/Apriani didn't qualify for Dubai SSF, but still they'll going up to World No.10
The THAI WD No.9 since Huang Dongping/Li Jinhui dropped 4 level into No.13
 
Loh said:
I think HK players should also be happy as they can still play as a separate team and not being treated as part of the Chinese team. Gaining a place in the China team is a gigantic task as she has so many talents.
One day HK may be able to produce an Olympic champion and China will have to look up.
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Loh said:
I think HK players should also be happy as they can still play as a separate team and not being treated as part of the Chinese team. Gaining a place in the China team is a gigantic task as she has so many talents.
One day HK may be able to produce an Olympic champion and China will have to look up.
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If H.Kong produced an Olympic champion pray tell me why does China have to look up? We should all be happy, No? Why this negativity?
 
nokh88 said:
Speaking of Hong Kong as part of China, where HK players slogged it out against China in the Olympics in a do or die mission and after the games ended, the Chinese team will visit HK as part of their parade. Wonder what are the feelings of the HK players.

@pcll99 and other members from HK, what are your thoughts?
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In terms of priorities of support,

HK player > Lee Chong Wei > China team > good players > other countries
 
antssantss said:
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If H.Kong produced an Olympic champion pray tell me why does China have to look up? We should all be happy, No? Why this negativity?
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LOL, looking up to a champion is "negativity"?

What kind of snowflake mentality have you been brainwashed with? Why do you think athletes COMPETE if not for the WIN (& all the respect, $, etc it involves)...

Even Chen Long, who treats the Super Series like a day-job he punches in for, will buckle up for the Olympics -- because he at least looks up to (aka cares about being) an Olympic champion.
 
Cheung said:
In terms of priorities of support,

HK player > Lee Chong Wei > China team > good players > other countries
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What? LCW > China team? . I can't believe it.

Is that so? LCW is so popular there?

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Cheung said:
In terms of priorities of support,

HK player > Lee Chong Wei > China team > good players > other countries
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Agreed, like most countries (as per BWF's definition) with a professional/ commercial sports set-up, the people care about the sport and the sports stars more for their spectator/ commercial value than their "nationalistic/ representative" value... (IOW, to be redundant, popular stars will be popularly received & vice versa)

The simple reason being that a professional/ commercial sports set-up doesn't really have that much "nationalistic/ representative" value since it isn't exactly or entirely funded by the people's money.

I mean, non-Chinese fans of Lin Dan don't care if he's Chinese; just whether he plays like Lin Dan -- not to mention the fact that Lin Dan trains "outside" of the national system; and is (a sui generis case) NOT "representative" of Chinese national badminton/ training at all.

P.S. Lee Chong Wei is kinda special, cos he plays badminton with HK celebrity badminton enthusiasts when he visits HK (LCW actually plays badminton for fun, gasp!) -- vs Lin Dan who visits HK for his er, kicks....
 
Forestal said:
LOL, looking up to a champion is "negativity"?

What kind of snowflake mentality have you been brainwashed with? Why do you think athletes COMPETE if not for the WIN (& all the respect, $, etc it involves)...

Even Chen Long, who treats the Super Series like a day-job he punches in for, will buckle up for the Olympics -- because he at least looks up to (aka cares about being) an Olympic champion.
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I am sorry my comments have made you rant and rave. Glad I have given you an opportunity to unload your feelings.
 
priorities in Hong Kong in general are:

Hong Kong players > Cantonese speaking players > Chinese players > Olympic/World Champions or World Ranking No. 1 players

XXF is a good illustration of the above. She felt like playing on home soil in Hong Kong. (She won the title three times here.) The local crowd almost invariably rooted for her except in her last appearance in 2008 when she met Wang Chen (representing Hong Kong) in the finals. That was the only occasion where the crowd not rooted for XXF. She retired shortly thereafter.
 
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