judith meulendijks

[sfr fans]

anyone has judith meulendijks picture please......
she is great!!thx b4...

[seawell]

Her website!

http://www.judithmeulendijks.nl/

[blckknght]

here are some pictures, from nobrakes.ch. excellent quality pictures on that site, by the way:-)

[baddycoach]

looking on the second picture when she is on the position to take backhand, her grip is not a backhand grip, is this correct? any explanation?





here are some pictures, from nobrakes.ch. excellent quality pictures on that site, by the way:-)

[blueagle]

looking on the second picture when she is on the position to take backhand, her grip is not a backhand grip, is this correct? any explanation?

i think that's the correct grip to use when doing a backhand with your back to the net as opposed to doing a backhand while facing the net wherein you slide your thumb to the flat part of the grip. i've seen pictures of gade and taufik somewhere in this forum and they use the standard forehand grip hitting a backhand just like what meulendijks is doing. i think its gives you more leverage. it is also difficult to hit a backhand like that with your thumb on the flat part of the grip because you'll have to twist your arm more than necessary.

[sfr fans]

oh,thx...grest pics of her....

[seawell]

here are some pictures, from her website!

http://www.badmintonline.com/aaa/UploadFile/2006-7/20067222015864406.jpg

http://www.badmintonline.com/aaa/UploadFile/2006-7/200672220151584610.jpg

http://www.badmintonline.com/aaa/UploadFile/2006-7/200672220152492292.jpg

http://www.badmintonline.com/aaa/UploadFile/2006-7/200672220145490460.jpg

http://www.badmintonline.com/aaa/UploadFile/2006-7/20067222015143889.jpg

[jug8man]

looking on the second picture when she is on the position to take backhand, her grip is not a backhand grip, is this correct? any explanation?

Backhand slicing/sweeping action. A very skillfull player & delight to watch, unlike her oponent in the Macao Finals.

And wooooh!!!!!!! she is LOADED with the camilla Martin Factor!!! umpires, linesmen, BEWARE!

cHEERS

The Borneon BaddyNut

[libratwins]

nice pictures.all of you is judith fans.

[seawell]

http://www.chinabadminton.com/ball/images/upload/2006/07/26/222455.jpg

judith look likes Rafael Nadal!:eek: :D

[ants]

I think Judith have some Chinese or Japanese blood in her.

[sfr fans]

yes,right!!her mother from bandung,is indonesia!!!
asia blood!!
she beat zhang ning in macau open??!!!wow!!
very great!!hehehe...
GBU...

[winstonchan]

yes,right!!her mother from bandung,is indonesia!!!
asia blood!!
she beat zhang ning in macau open??!!!wow!!
very great!!hehehe...
GBU...
Macau Open Final - threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though :o

she needs to calm her temper, whatever happens, in a Grand Prix match

[Simp84]

her backhand is power!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[Loh]

yes,right!!her mother from bandung,is indonesia!!!
asia blood!!
she beat zhang ning in macau open??!!!wow!!
very great!!hehehe...
GBU...

No wonder she looks Asian. Yes the Dutch has a very strong political influence on Indonesia once upon a time. Many of the top brass and well-heeled Indonesians learn to speak Dutch then and there were inter-marriages.

So our lady Meulendijks must be a product of that exciting era! Just wonder whether she speaks Indonesian. I'm sure if her mother takes good care of her as a child, she is bound to learn Indonesian and with lots of practice (badminton aside) from teammate Mia Audina, she should be very fluent in that exotic language.

Can't remember in which event on TV (maybe Uber Cup?) that I saw her this year, but I must admit I was very impressed even then. She probably is one rare European lady, perhaps apart from Camilla Martin, that has beaten a top rate Chinese and having done this once, there will be more to come from her.

The seemingly impregnable wall of China has finally been pierced, first in the men's and mixed events, and now in the ladies' singles. The ladies' doubles will soon experience the same fate, I'm sure. It is a matter of time and this augurs well for world badminton! China's and Asia's exports to Europe have expedited this process. :)

[Cheung]

Macau Open Final - threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though :o

she needs to calm her temper, whatever happens, in a Grand Prix match
Of course not! It provides spice to the atmosphere:)

[ants]

Did she threw the racket on the floor and it bounces to the opponent side or she literally threw it at her opponent side?

[DinkAlot]

Did she threw the racket on the floor and it bounces to the opponent side or she literally threw it at her opponent side?

Judith threw her racket hard at the ground, in disgust, it ricocheted and ended up on the opponents' side of the court. It was weird situation. :confused:

[ants]

This is how sensitive each person's translation and understanding is. It can cause misunderstanding. Winston Chan quoted "threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though"

Coz i don't think Judith is the kind of player that does that. Even Taufik will not do that. He will just slam his racket on the floor. :)

At least now we know that the racket bounces off to her opponent's side.

[EastDevil]

This is how sensitive each person's translation and understanding is. It can cause misunderstanding. Winston Chan quoted "threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though"

Coz i don't think Judith is the kind of player that does that. Even Taufik will not do that. He will just slam his racket on the floor. :)

At least now we know that the racket bounces off to her opponent's side.

Where do you think all the alien sighting stories come from? :D :D

[DinkAlot]

This is how sensitive each person's translation and understanding is. It can cause misunderstanding. Winston Chan quoted "threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though"

Coz i don't think Judith is the kind of player that does that. Even Taufik will not do that. He will just slam his racket on the floor. :)

At least now we know that the racket bounces off to her opponent's side.


From the video I saw, Judith definitely did not aim at her opponent. She just threw the racket in frustration (I don't think she realized what she did until it was over). If she was aiming, I think she would have been disqualified and the match give to Yip.

[ctjcad]

So our lady Meulendijks must be a product of that exciting era! Just wonder whether she speaks Indonesian. I'm sure if her mother takes good care of her as a child, she is bound to learn Indonesian and with lots of practice (badminton aside) from teammate Mia Audina, she should be very fluent in that exotic language.
hmm, she should be and only if she also speaks it everyday & hang around with other Indonesians..

her backhand is power!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Can't remember in which event on TV (maybe Uber Cup?) that I saw her this year, but I must admit I was very impressed even then. She probably is one rare European lady, perhaps apart from Camilla Martin, that has beaten a top rate Chinese and having done this once, there will be more to come from her.
Yes, i concur..that's the one shot i remember quite vividly from her. Yes, it was @ the recent Uber Cup. In her Finals match, i remember she did 2 backhand shots, essentially from baseline to baseline...that shot and her technique were reminiscence of Taufik's..hehe;) :rolleyes: :cool:

[Angel-a]

Macau Open Final - threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though :o

she needs to calm her temper, whatever happens, in a Grand Prix match

I think it was a normal reaction. How would you react when the umpire makes such a big mistake? I know what happened (I did research) and it wasn't OK what the umpire/servicejugde and refere did. What if she lost the final because of the umpire? She could have won that first game if it was a fair game.

[badmad]

thanks a lot for all the pictures... nice ones... she looks pretty in Shabok's photograph.. :) maybe shabok should click all the pretty ladies in badminton so that they look prettier.. :p

[DinkAlot]

I think it was a normal reaction. How would you react when the umpire makes such a big mistake? I know what happened (I did research) and it wasn't OK what the umpire/servicejugde and refere did. What if she lost the final because of the umpire? She could have won that first game if it was a fair game.

Disagree, I do not think it's a normal reaction, at least not for me. Mistakes are made, you should take the good with the bad. Of course it's easier said than done.

Regardless, I'm glad Judith won. Yip's yelling, "Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" on every point started to get irritating. :p

[BadFever]

Regardless, I'm glad Judith won. Yip's yelling, "Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" on every point started to get irritating. :p

We should be grateful she didn't "Yaaaaaaah" when hitting every shot, otherwise, we will have another Maria Sharapova in badminton. :p :p

[badmad]

We should be grateful she didn't "Yaaaaaaah" when hitting every shot, otherwise, we will have another Maria Sharapova in badminton. :p :p

well, who won't want a Maria Sharapova in badminton... :D ... prolly that will be the time badminton will become world popular in public... i remember when my friends used to talk about anna kournikova and tennis and then i became curious about both anna and tennis... :p

[ants]

Yeah.. we need more excitement.. sights and sound of badminton!

[Simp84]

This is how sensitive each person's translation and understanding is. It can cause misunderstanding. Winston Chan quoted "threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though"

Coz i don't think Judith is the kind of player that does that. Even Taufik will not do that. He will just slam his racket on the floor. :)

At least now we know that the racket bounces off to her opponent's side.
No she didn't aim at Yip's face haha :D
She was so fustrated... she slams her racket forward... and the racket bounced and slide forward to opponent's court

[Simp84]

Disagree, I do not think it's a normal reaction, at least not for me. Mistakes are made, you should take the good with the bad. Of course it's easier said than done.

Regardless, I'm glad Judith won. Yip's yelling, "Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" on every point started to get irritating. :p
Yip look like Boonsak LOL~

[Simp84]

Disagree, I do not think it's a normal reaction, at least not for me. Mistakes are made, you should take the good with the bad. Of course it's easier said than done.

However you must understand Judith's situation..
The umpire overrule the line call which was obviously out... and theres no way he could have sighted the shot from such an angle where he was sitting.. He was being unfair...
Somemore, Judith has been fighting for so long for a comeback to win in such a big tournament, and especially an Asian one!.. I can understand why she got so fustrated and desperate for that 1 point...:D

[DinkAlot]

However you must understand Judith's situation..

Nope you misunderstand my view, doesn't matter what the situation is, what the judge may have done wrong, a professional, for that matter even recreational player should not get out of control like that.

Mind over matter, mental toughness, and all that jazz.

[peace]

I still don't understand. What's wrong or what's happened when the socre was 19-18 to Yip and suddenly the umpire make an overrule?
Can someone explain, because I saw the video and seems that the return of judith is out, so the point should be 20-18, but may be something else happened as well, coz I couldn't see it clearly. It is still a question for me. Can somebody explain?

[winstonchan]

Nope you misunderstand my view, doesn't matter what the situation is, what the judge may have done wrong, a professional, for that matter even recreational player should not get out of control like that.

Mind over matter, mental toughness, and all that jazz.
thanks, someone finally understood what i wrote

[winstonchan]

This is how sensitive each person's translation and understanding is. It can cause misunderstanding. Winston Chan quoted "threw her racket to the opponent side and got a red card though"

Coz i don't think Judith is the kind of player that does that. Even Taufik will not do that. He will just slam his racket on the floor. :)

At least now we know that the racket bounces off to her opponent's side.
i was there at the stadium watching this happened LIVE.

i think she did more than just throwing the racket on the floor. if you throw your racket onto the floor it wouldn't bounce to the opponent side by itself.

judith did not aim at the opponent, the racket went onto the opponent side under the net, but still it was not the right thing to do, and it was not the correct way to let out a frustration in front of many eyes of an International Open tournament.

[Angel-a]

I still don't understand. What's wrong or what's happened when the socre was 19-18 to Yip and suddenly the umpire make an overrule?
Can someone explain, because I saw the video and seems that the return of judith is out, so the point should be 20-18, but may be something else happened as well, coz I couldn't see it clearly. It is still a question for me. Can somebody explain?

There is an article about it in dutch, you can find it here: http://www.badmintoncentral.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=2

Short summary:

Yip has service. She makes a service-fault. Servicejudge gives signal, umpire didn't noticed. Judith DID notice, smashes out because she knew that she won that point what makes it 19-19.

[peace]

Angel-a, hartelijk bedankt voor de informatie !!

Okay, so it is clear now what was happened during the match. This is also what I thought, because it should be something wrong with Yip's service, because if not, then Judith's return was out and Yip get a point but Judith wouldn't make a protest.

But since Judith made a protest, so I assume it was a problem with service.
Thanks Angel-a !!:)

[winstonchan]

There is an article about it in dutch, you can find it here: http://www.badmintoncentral.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=2

Short summary:

Yip has service. She makes a service-fault. Servicejudge gives signal, umpire didn't noticed. Judith DID notice, smashes out because she knew that she won that point what makes it 19-19.
If this was what really happened, it was unfortunate that the umpire missed the servicejudge signal.

The point here is Judith DID notice the servicejudge signal. In that case, why did she keep playing? She should have left the shuttle alone and let it fall. Judith would have won that point. The fact that Judith decided to hit the shuttle, there's an implication that she decided to play on for that point, or she has accepted Yip's service fault. If Judith hit the shuttle out, she should accept the loss.

[Angel-a]

I guess it was a reflex to play the shuttle back.

[ants]

I agree with you Winston. Judith should let it drop. But even if she smashes.. she should at least smash it in and not out.

[Simp84]

Nope you misunderstand my view, doesn't matter what the situation is, what the judge may have done wrong, a professional, for that matter even recreational player should not get out of control like that.

Mind over matter, mental toughness, and all that jazz.
ya i understand... a true sportmans should not have room for such attitude..
However I was explaining the reason why she she went psycho like that :D

[Angel-a]

I agree with you Winston. Judith should let it drop. But even if she smashes.. she should at least smash it in and not out.

I wasn't a smash (remembered it wrong), but I guess she did it because otherwise Yip may play on.. Why playing futher when you already 'earned' the point.