Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open SS 2012: Day 6 (25th November) - Final

**AlanY** · 11-25-2012, 04:57 AM

well, another clean sweep for team China with only 1 out of 5 No1 seed prevailed.

**Justin L** · 11-25-2012, 04:58 AM

Cai Yun said originally they wanted to skip this tournament owing to lack of systematic practice. He's is slowly getting back into shape.

**Heong** · 11-25-2012, 04:59 AM

Koo and Tan had no tactics

Against Cai and Fu they still lift and lift and lift... cannot find any way to turn the shuttle and counter-attack

No contest here

**Justin L** · 11-25-2012, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by AlanY

well, another clean sweep for team China with only 1 out of 5 No1 seed prevailed.

Very interesting. All finals contested by the top two seeds and only one victory to the no.1 seed.

**julianng** · 11-25-2012, 05:03 AM

in summary... KKK inferior to Cai/Fu ...

they haven't beat Cai/Fu for more than 1 half years...

**Justin L** · 11-25-2012, 05:04 AM

GC said last year CHN also made a clean sweep here?

**Ython** · 11-25-2012, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by Heong

Koo and Tan had no tacticsAgainst Cai and Fu they still lift and lift and lift... cannot find any way to turn the shuttle and counter-attackNo contest here

KKK/TBH drives techniques really not as good as CY/FHF. CY /FHF dare to come in front to take KKK/TBH block. They need to train harder.

**skchen** · 11-25-2012, 05:35 AM

China did well to lift the five titles of the 2012 YSHKO tournament.
Although LCW did not lift the MS title, he is still to be complimented for reaching the final of the said tournament.
In his match against Chen Long, he appeared a bit rusty and this is to be expected with his taking time off to prepare for his wedding to Wong Mew Choo and enjoying the celebrations.
Hopefully, he will be better prepared for the Super Series final next month in China and win again.

**scorpion1** · 11-25-2012, 05:41 AM

If wang shixian got selected, the group she will be placed will be so easy for them to beat her. Juliane will be placed with shixian if she got selected. So, definitely she will be easily beaten by any player in the top 8.

**scorpion1** · 11-25-2012, 05:51 AM

With the way Li xuerui crushed yihan today, i think she is in form now. She has an edge over saina in superseries.

**CLELY** · 11-25-2012, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by julianng

what if all the 1st seed wins...
will it be the first time it happens ??

Only WD category, first seed is out as the winner, four others second seed crowned top prize

Well, once again CHN sweeps all 5 titles here in 2 consecutive years, congrats!

**Justin L** · 11-25-2012, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by Justin L

Face of Adversity and partner triumphs.

My apologies,it should be just 'Face Adversity and Partner triumphs' (no 'of').

**Heong** · 11-25-2012, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Ython

KKK/TBH drives techniques really not as good as CY/FHF. CY /FHF dare to come in front to take KKK/TBH block. They need to train harder.

Yes driving

And also Koo Kien Keat is not creative enough. And he does not set up as well as Lee Yong Dae, Hendra Setiawan or Cai Yun... leaving Tan Boon Heong's smash redundant...

Koo needs to learn how to counter defence, use defence for attack rather than a passive shot... He could do so much more with his opponents' drives and smashes...

**Justin L** · 11-25-2012, 08:08 AM

At the end of the match,after exchanging handshakes with his opponent,Chen Long walked over to his coaches and knelt down in front of Xia XZ and Zhong Bo as if to express gratitude or maybe he was just overjoyed. Xia immediately gestured him to get up.

During the interview,Chen Long said he adopted a learning attitude towards the match with Lee CW and felt lucky to have won it.

**rahuldarga** · 11-25-2012, 08:23 AM

I just woke up and I am treated to a bunch of surprises including a very pleasant one. Zhao makes a come back of sorts with a double doubles!!!!

**Jonc108** · 11-25-2012, 08:24 AM

It's really unfair that ppl keep saying LXR won but not encountered SN, JS, TB enroute to recent champions.

look at the facts, she is already holding a winning H2H record against them:
4:2 against SN
5:1 against JS
2:1 against TB

why should she need to further prove to you in every tournament? She's already proved to certain extent.

From this perspective at this point of time, SN/JS/TB are still only challengers to LXR, better ask them to perform better to avoid being beaten by other players, so that they could earn a chance to improve their H2H against LXR.

**rahuldarga** · 11-25-2012, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Jonc108

It's really unfair that ppl keep saying LXR won but not encountered SN, JS, TB enroute to recent champions.

look at the facts, she is already holding a winning H2H record against them:
4:2 against SN
5:1 against JS
2:1 against TB

why should she need to further prove to you in every tournament? She's already proved to certain extent.

From this perspective at this point of time, SN/JS/TB are still only challengers to LXR, better ask them to perform better to avoid being beaten by other players, so that they could earn a chance to improve their H2H against LXR.

You right and so are the facts. But people say that she needs to prove herself is because she doesn't have enough mileage under her belt, yet.... For example, WYH, SN, TB have been on the circuit longer than her especially in top 10. She came to top 10 not until recently with a good patch of form. She is great but she needs to maintain this for at least for another year or so for ardent badminton fans to accept her.