An assistant wipes the court as number one seed Lin Dan of China lies on the court after hurting his left knee during the second set of his men's singles final match against South Korea's Lee Hyun-il at the All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. Lin went on win the match 15-7, 15-7 and in referring to his knee in a news conference afterwards he said 'It could have been a problem if it had gone to three sets so I just wanted to finish it as soon as possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lin Dan of China falls onto the court after hurting his left knee during the second set of his men's singles final match against South Korea's Lee Hyun-il at the All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. Lin went on to win the match 15-7, 15-7 and in referring to his knee in a news conference afterwards he said 'It could have been a problem if it had gone to three sets so I just wanted to finish it as soon as possible. ------------------ I havent seen the video yet but i hope his knee injury isnt serious wahh, those ladies musta like his strip tease yesterday
China's Gao Ling and Huang Sui raise their trophies after beating their compatriots Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the final of the women's doubles event at the All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. Gao and Huang won the match 6-15, 15-11, 15-2.
Yay im in the last picture of lin dan meetin the crowd...lol excellent stuff Lin Dan injury looked a bit nasty wen it happened , after he looked to be moving fairly well however, although it seemed he was wathcing his landings on that leg ie landing mainly on the other one. U coud see he wanted to finish the match quickly after the injury aswell
Na sorry i am near the back on the left takin a picture in a white t-shirt after shaking the great Lins Hand pattin his shoulder i let more of his adoring fans converge upon the star and ii took a picture or two got one of Lee aswell leavin the stadium lookin sad
ar sry matey its was a good match today , worried slighty there by lin's fall but seemed okish n won anyway, me n a few younger juniors shook hands with Lin and one shook wit Xie XingFang so we got some gd pictures i think added something to the day anyhow
well after yesterdays preformance...probally mostly after his game and then today when he won the match...i dont blame them for wanting to get closer to him...whatever their reasons may be sucks to be that guy. But thanks for sharing the pictures cooler.
Robertson & Emms beaten in final Emms and Robertson were 14-13 up but lost the second game England's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms wasted five match points as they lost their All England title to old rivals Zhang Jun and Gao Ling. The Chinese duo, who pipped the English pair to Olympic gold in 2004, won a tense 99-minute clash 12-15 17-14 15-1. Robertson and Emms looked to have taken the contest at 14-13 in game two but failed to close it down. The disappointment clearly affected the home favourites and the Chinese pair easily claimed the decider. "It's hugely disappointing and there's not really much you can say to make you feel better after a match like that," said Robertson. "We played an almost perfect tournament apart from five points. "We thought we should have won. We played two very good games but if you have five match points you ought to win. We didn't take our chances and it's hugely disappointing. "The Chinese didn't do anything wrong at match point down but perhaps we were a bit tense. We didn't have the luck we needed. "We didn't play at the level of the two previous days. But you have to give Zhang and Gao credit for not giving us the second game and sticking at it out there." In the men's doubles, Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark beat Malaysia's Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah 15-6 14-17 15-2. And second seed Xie Xingfang caused an upset in the women's singles final with a 11-6 4-11 11-2 victory over Zhang Ning. In the men's final, Chinese top seed Lin Dan defeated Lee Hyun Il 15-7 15-7.
Yes indeed, it has certainly made the sport more popular - now to increase a price money and sponsors...
