Warning: photos depicts lotta skins and semi nude poses:D

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Top seed Lin Dan of China saved a match point to reach the All England badminton final for the third successive year on Saturday with a 15-9 10-15 17-14 win over Malaysian world number two Lee Chong Wei.
Lin, the world number one and 2004 champion, trailed 6-13 in the decider but staged a brilliant comeback to level at 13-13.

Wei went ahead at 14-13 but Lin saved the match point and levelled at 14-14 before one final effort carried the Chinese to victory. Lin took off his shirt and celebrated joyously in front of a 5,000 capacity crowd

gosh I wish Lin Dan wouldn't do the rip-his-shirt-off thing, it's so embrassing.

lol - i think it's great.. premiership footballers in england get booked for it..

what we need is for him to get some highly inflmmatory political words on his chest.. badmiton would be in all the newspapers then :D

LD's opponent in Sunday's final will be South Korean fifth seed Lee Hyun-il who beat Denmark's Peter Gade, Europe's last hope in the singles, in their semi. In a match of sharp contrast, Gade swept through the opening game before Lee found his range and full power to race into his first All England final 3-15 15-8 15-1.

Badminton-Lin saves match point to reach final
Sunday January 22, 6:19 AM



BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Top seed Lin Dan of China saved a match point to reach the All England badminton final for the third successive year on Saturday with a 15-9 10-15 17-14 win over Malaysian world number two Lee Chong Wei.
Lin, the world number one and 2004 champion, trailed 6-13 in the decider but staged a brilliant comeback to level at 13-13.

Wei went ahead at 14-13 but Lin saved the match point and levelled at 14-14 before one final effort carried the Chinese to victory. Lin took off his shirt and celebrated joyously in front of a 5,000 capacity crowd. ADVERTISEMENT



His opponent in Sunday's final will be South Korean fifth seed Lee Hyun-il who beat Denmark's Peter Gade, Europe's last hope in the singles, in their semi. In a match of sharp contrast, Gade swept through the opening game before Lee found his range and full power to race into his first All England final 3-15 15-8 15-1.

"I wanted to show the stamina and strength of the men's singles game in China so I focused really hard to aim to get one point at a time and when I got to 10-13 I felt much more confident," Lin told reporters.

After recovering from a serious knee injury a couple of years ago, Gade, 29, has looked in recent months to have found the kind of form which took him to the All England title in 1999.


DISAPPOINTED GADE

He ousted the promising Chinese talent Chen Jin in the quarter-finals and had Lee on the run in the first game on Saturday only to lose his way as the Korean took command.

"He had a lot of good variations in the the last two sets and all credit to him but I am very disappointed," Gade said.

"I felt my game has been very good this week but I also feel I have to accept I still need a longer period of preparation to get my physical level to where I want it to be."

Mixed doubles champions Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of England, who survived an epic quarter-final against a powerful Chinese pair on Friday, had a much easier time on Saturday.

They defeated Indonesian second seeds and world champions Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir 15-12 15-4 in 44 minutes.

In the final they meet Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, the Chinese duo who pipped them to gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

"If we could avenge the Olympic defeat in front of our own fans it woud be perfect," Robertson said.

The women's singles final will be an all-Chinese affair between defending champions Xie Xingfang and Olympic gold medallist Zhang Ning, who has yet to win the All England title.

xxf beat mia audia
zhang/gao beats KOR in XD
DEN beats MAL 17-14, 15-9 in MD
ENG beats INA 15-12, 15-4 in XD
zhang ning beats Pi 11-3, 9-11, 11-3.
china (gao ing& huang sui) beats china in WD 15-11, 15-9.

lol big D is stripping again:D

with a body like his, I'll strip everyday, lol...

go lin dan!

strip show continues...one sculptured upper body on display for free!:D

gosh I wish Lin Dan wouldn't do the rip-his-shirt-off thing, it's so embrassing.

nothing embrassing about because he got the body to show off.

Lol. If I won any international tournament the shirt would / will (hopefully :D) be coming off.

i agree with jermaine...LD has got a good body...just saying but i mean if you had that would you be embarrased to show it off? i know i wouldnt with abs like that well mine are getting close lol :p although i dont think ill be ripping my shirt off at any local tournaments anytime soon.

Heh. LD's close match with LCW was certainly justified reason for him to do it. ;)

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Warning: photos depicts lotta skins and semi nude poses:D

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Top seed Lin Dan of China saved a match point to reach the All England badminton final for the third successive year on Saturday with a 15-9 10-15 17-14 win over Malaysian world number two Lee Chong Wei.
Lin, the world number one and 2004 champion, trailed 6-13 in the decider but staged a brilliant comeback to level at 13-13.

Wei went ahead at 14-13 but Lin saved the match point and levelled at 14-14 before one final effort carried the Chinese to victory. Lin took off his shirt and celebrated joyously in front of a 5,000 capacity crowd
i like the last pic most of all (one of the few photos in here in which he is still fully dressed!). i think i prefer lin dan with clothes on:p (though not because i find it embarassing, unlike newplayer!)!

Heh, dancing to the rhythm of ...

can't stand the sight of your hot bod, mate...

Nice body. Lol.

gosh I wish Lin Dan wouldn't do the rip-his-shirt-off thing, it's so embrassing.

forget about LD, I wish every player does that :p :D :D

forget about LD, I wish every player does that :p :D :D

Wow, badminton will be #1 spectator sports in no time :D (ie WS and WD :p )

I have no offence on what he did stripping off his shirt. It may be a spontaneous reaction. But i think its a little too much. No self control.

gosh I wish Lin Dan wouldn't do the rip-his-shirt-off thing, it's so embrassing.
agree with you, can't say i enjoy that sight....
i think it looks weird

I have no offence on what he did stripping off his shirt. It may be a spontaneous reaction. But i think its a little too much. No self control.
and my spontaneous reaction is to switch channel after that match point is done, knew there would be a stripping-off show;)

You mean including lady players ?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p :p :D

forget about LD, I wish every player does that :p :D :D

agree with you, can't say i enjoy that sight....
i think it looks weird


same as at a beach in hot weather :)

i'd think its also much more comfortable than wearing that sweaty shirt now that the game is over

same as at a beach in hot weather :)

hehe, you are right , but that is not a hot beach:)
anyway, i think maybe i will change my mind if it's taufik :D :D
pity he won't do that kind of thing:D :D

That is the interesting thing from LD...haha...he is so confident.....quite some times he has taken his shirt of after victory, it is so spontaneous reaction from him....
or maybe he wants to show his nice body with the six packs:D :eek: :D :rolleyes:

lol - i think it's great.. premiership footballers in england get booked for it..

what we need is for him to get some highly inflmmatory political words on his chest.. badmiton would be in all the newspapers then :D
naaa... he has to do is pierce his nipples then it would make highlight in the papers:D

I have no offence on what he did stripping off his shirt. It may be a spontaneous reaction. But i think its a little too much. No self control.

Hahaha I agree. Kind of frightening! But amusing all the same :p.

I have no offence on what he did stripping off his shirt. It may be a spontaneous reaction. But i think its a little too much. No self control.

As long as he keeps his pants on, I don't have problems with it :cool:

hehe, you are right , but that is not a hot beach:)
anyway, i think maybe i will change my mind if it's taufik :D :D
pity he won't do that kind of thing:D :D taufik isn't that rough like LD. He's kinda soft inside strong outside. I still remembered he cried when he won the olympic gold. And when he like wins a point or match, he very seldom punch the air (unlike other players especially peter gade which almost every point he does it), instead he looks as if nothing's happened and continue playing. Maybe that's the reason i like him, cool and steady.

taufik isn't that rough like LD. He's kinda soft inside strong outside. I still remembered he cried when he won the olympic gold. And when he like wins a point or match, he very seldom punch the air (unlike other players especially peter gade which almost every point he does it), instead he looks as if nothing's happened and continue playing. Maybe that's the reason i like him, cool and steady.
same feeling:D have we met before? nice to meet you:)

so 3 out of the 4 MS semi-finalists use AT700 eh?

no wonder LCW lost!
:p

taufik isn't that rough like LD. He's kinda soft inside strong outside. I still remembered he cried when he won the olympic gold. And when he like wins a point or match, he very seldom punch the air (unlike other players especially peter gade which almost every point he does it), instead he looks as if nothing's happened and continue playing. Maybe that's the reason i like him, cool and steady.

Yeah I enjoy watching him because he's very humble. Or, appears humble at least.