How do you deal with a smash, especially one that's sliced so much that it falls close to the service line? I noticed during the AE2012, despite LCW's injuries, he was able to slice several smashes against LD, winning easy points.
you can either adjust your base and in the long run you need to work on your footwork. i find it very hard to get to cross court slice to my forehand side too. non-competitively after a few games you can figure out when the slices are coming
Yea i understand , slice smashes or most people call them chops are always hard to deal with and is even harder when your opponent has huge smashes and very good deceptive strokes. I would say best way is to move your base in front a bit and also prepare to move backwards if he tries to hit a punch clear. Diving for it will be hard if don't have fluid movement and probably you'll end up flat footed. But don't worry Lee chong wei will be the only one who can execute such beautiful chops