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.
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
great players!! 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 she needs to calm her temper, whatever happens, in a Grand Prix match
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.
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.
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.
