here's the link to that thread..http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72058 post more pics please hehe
- Yes, typo>>kept thinking of his current age. Probably meant to write "At the age of 19 yrs old". - Exceptional case? Did you foresee LYD winning the AE or even the OG before he even turned 20 yrs old?? I certainly didn't. AFAIK, not many players can win an OG Gold before s/he turns 20 yrs old.
Considering that he was already regarded as a rare talent within the KOR team and reached the Final of the World Championships 2007 and All-England 2008 at the age of 19, surely, the expectation was for him to continue the good trend to the Beijing Olympics 2008. I remember that Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae was the overwhelming favorite within BC to win the Men's Doubles Gold Medal, at 29.86%. So, there's a certain expectation from some of us (the list includes abedeng) that the KOR pair will deliver the Gold. Alas, they failed in the first round. The eventual Gold and Silver Medallists shared the second-spot at 20.50%.
Thanks for the photos epileatheral. Candra's younger bro has the looks, and hopefully also the skills of his older bro.
Guess who is GL talking to on the phone? I guess to his husband GL: dear, I've won my match against TQ/PP
Yes... ..in 2007. But how abt 5-6 yrs ago, when LYD was still a chap singing and dancing to the beat of Clay Aiken and Gwen Stefani??....Yong Dae did win the XD OG Gold.. Btw, i'm wondering, could the mods move the pics in this thread to the "Pictures of M'sia GP Gold" thread, as they should be??..
Who is Candra's younger bro? Rendra? Naaah, LYD got more Korean stars to sing and dance to beside them.. Hmm probably Rain. Or BoA. He doesn't look like he listens to Clay Aiken.. *way off topic* Oh, thanks again for the lovely pics epileatheral!
Yup,the handsome young guy (hehe) partnering Candra . In press interview, Candra said he wants to guide & help his bro for a year bf he(Candra) retires as player.
Oh.. Rendra is Chandra's brother? I didn't know that. They don't look similar. Well, he still has a long way to go. I noticed Chandra got tad a bit frustrated by Rendra's performance. Hah.. reminds me of partnering my elder brother who's a better player than me, I get the lecturing all the time.
Well, Rendra Wijaya was partnering Fran Kurniawan for the majority of last year and they won quite a number of titles, including the Dutch Open GP. In fact, they managed to rise up to at least the top 20 in the World Ranking Table.
Yup, and this was the article : The Star Online > Sports Tuesday June 23, 2009 Candra decides to teach younger brother Rendra the ropes JOHOR BARU: Brotherly love has prompted doubles specialist Candra Wijaya (pic) of Indonesia to make his first international appearance with the younger Rendra in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold championships. The 34-year-old Candra will partner Rendra for a year to give an additional push to his brother’s badminton career. The 25-year-old Rendra has been without a partner since his two-year partnership with Fran Kurniawan ended last year. The duo won five international titles last year — the tournaments in Austria, Finland and Spain, the Indonesia Challenge and the Dutch Open. Candra hopes that his partnership with his brother would take flight, starting with the GP Gold tournament here. “I have never partnered him before to play in an international tournament. For now, he is out of the national team and he needs my help. My time is limited as a player and I have to help him now,” said Candra. “I hope to pass on my experience and knowledge of the game to him. Hopefully, after a year, he will get a new partner and he will be able to make a name for himself.” In the GP Gold tournament here, Candra-Rendra will take on Malaysians Lim Khim Wah-Ong Jian Guo in the first round tomorrow. If they win, they are set to play against second seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong. “It will be good if we can get a chance to play against Koo-Tan. It will give us a better indication of where we stand,” said Candra, who arrived here from Japan after participating in a professional badminton league. “I have had a chance to train together with my brother in Jakarta before I left for Japan. We can combine well and hopefully we will get good results.” http://thestar.com.my/services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2009/6/23/sports/4174013.asp&sec=sports
I don't know much about cars. But on Sat, Koo/Tan drove off in a BMW coupe. On Sun, LCW drove off with the same.
I asked TCS about their training schedule because of LCW's comment that they put in 60 hours a week. Well, it's 6.30 to 10.30am Mon to Sat and then 3 to 6pm Mon to Fri. That's not even 40 hours a week. Even if LCW bump up his training for certain tournaments, it won't even reach 60 hours. LCW must be having them on so LYB would panic and get CHN to put in 70 hours!
Hehe...yup, it is just like a 9 to5 job [abt 40 hr week], except they wield a racket instead of a pen. Ya, either LCW couldn't count properly or he is trying to play mind games with the chinese ....
I asked Rexy why he broke up Hoon/Ong when they were showing signs of performing well in the long run. it seems they both claimed discomfort partnering when queried about poor finishing. Well,if that's not the real reason, then they are paying for it. Look how badly both have been doing with new partners.
met quite a few players in the hawker centre right behind their hotel, the hawkers claimed that the chinese players like belacan kangkung very much! each of them could finish one whole plate with rice!
