Good to see her bagging the JO women singles title. It is good for the sport when an underdog like Tine Rasmussen upset the odds and win. One thing I like about Denmark is that their players have the right professional attitude and good work ethics. BAM and Msia should learn from Denmark.
Beating 3 of the top Women Chineese players in one tournament is not a small feat!! Let's hope she can sustain and that it not was a one-hit wonder Anyway.. The name "Rasmussen" indicates some pedigree /Twobeer
she awesome and i enjoyed watching her played. wish in malaysia we have someone like her. keep it up Tine.
Definitely Tine belongs to the elite group now. But don't look down on WMC, she is on the way to join the group.
They can also learn from us -- our MS (LCW) and our MDs are better than theirs. And is MC that bad ? Open your eyes - it might be glaucomatus. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Tine Rasmussen is probably the player that the China camp fears the most. She has great reach, stamina and strength. Her sideline smashers are simply too strong to return cleanly from other woman players.... And her reach allows weak blocks/net shots into netkill. XXF, Zhu Lin or Lu Lan simply hope to play keep away (playing angles and 4 corners) from her and hoping Tine loses her balance and makes mistakes.
We need to see more WS play like Tine. Very entertaining and explosive. Do you know the secret of Tine game ? It's the heel. She will touch her heel every other point. Must be pressing some button there to make her jump higher and run faster.
I hope Tine wins the Olympic gold in Beijing. That way, badminton will be noticed again by the non-Asians and thus won't be dropped from the Olympics in 2016...
during SO, tine touched her heels with right hand and wiped her face with left hand. and she shook hand with her opponent, umpire and service judge with right hand. i observed this during SO. i was waiting for her to wipe her face with right hand and touch heel with left, but that didnt happened. hehe i enjoyed watching her play during SO. Someone to look out for in WS
Thundering Tine Yahlor....I dun know what tension of strings she uses....but when you heard the smash live...it sounded like a gunshot. During the Semifinals in Singapore Open against Wong Mew Choo the firepower was obvious. WMC is no match for that kind of firepower...she can pick up the smash once a while......but WMC cannot reply the canon with canon....it's like she absorbed the canon bombardment and using her peashooter to reply at Tine.