Your favorite player(s)

[Byro-Nenium]

MS - Hendrawan (INA) i really admire this guy, hes much older than most of the other players and yet hes able to keep up with the top players of today. Also, right when people thought he was too old, he was crowned the World Champion

MD - Tony Gunawan (INA) Being a mixed doubles player, i really watch plenty of doubles action on tv to watch the tactics closely, my favourite MD player is Tony Gunawan, he has been the guy that has always encourage Halim when they were losing in matches. A great source of inspiration and excellent badminton

LS - Gong Zhizhao (CHN) Before she turned pro, people said that she wouldn't never make it because she was too short. But she trained hard and made it to the top 5 and was even crowned Olympic Champion. Though her performance has been shaky as of late, she is still my favourite LS player.

LD - Ra Kyung Min (KOR) I've watched her in her matches and she is truely a great player. She never loses her temper and seldom makes mistakes. When she and partner loses a match, most of the time, it isn't her fault.....

MX - Tony Gunawan (INA) Although Tony only partnered Marissa Vita for a while in MX, in my opinion, he is still the best doubles player today

[Josh]

hey byron, how were you able to watch badminton on tv. i don't know when it's on.

[Byro-Nenium]

How was i able to? I think your asking me how i knew it was on right? I checked the City TV Schedule.......

btw who is this?

[jim]

which country are you in?

you are so lucky. There is no badminton TV broadcast at all on public channels...

[Cheung]

MS - Hendrawan, Sun Jun.
MD - Tony Gunawan
LS - Gong Zhi Chao
LD - never thought about it
Mxd - never thought about it.

[Jet]

LD, MXD - Ge Fei

[tanis]

ms: xia xuanze, ong ewe hock
md: tony gunawan/halim hariyanto
wd: deyanna lomban/vita marissaCheung wrote:
>
> MS - Hendrawan, Sun Jun.
> MD - Tony Gunawan
> LS - Gong Zhi Chao
> LD - never thought about it
> Mxd - never thought about it.

[Yogi]

MS - Gopi( as i have personally seen him train and knowing the difficulties he faced when he played baddy) So i am slightly biased

If not then Henderwan,Petergade

MD - Best and the nicest too

LS - Gong Zhi chao

If i had 10% of her committment then i am sure that i will excell in life!

Hats of to these plp for fighting all odds to become greats!

I love badminton and long live badminton as it has the most amount of heroes!

[ShuEn]

This thread just reminded me to tell every badminton fan out there: I've updated the voting booths (if anyone remembers). You can now vote in a crazy mode for your favourite singles players

http://www.freevote.com/booth/badmintonms (mens singles)
http://www.freevote.com/booth/badmintonls (ladies singles)

[nauknip]

MS: Hendrawan - I started watching badminton because I saw him coming back from many points down in a match on tv one day and got so impressed by his strong will and determination. Skills aside, he's a really hardworking, humble and respectable guy. Great role model.

MD: Candra - He's one of the nicest pple on earth. Tony too. Such fantastic players and Olympic gold medallists, yet more humble and friendly than so many other players.

On the ladies side, I'm most impressed by Ra Kyung Min.
I like the combination of Kim/Ra. They're very good. But I agree that the match against Tony/Vita was a really close one. Very entertaining and exciting!!

I'm sure there're many new players we can watch out for as well. =P

[|R|S]

MS - Taufik hidayat...
young, good, calm and most importantly! INDONESIAN! heheheh =)

MD - Sigit Budiarto
it isnt easy doing the stunts he do!

the rest i didnt really pay attention

[Lisa]

MS - Xia Xuanze

[Josh]

Hey Byron, ya i did mean how did you know when it was on. You are lucky. There is no badminton on tv here in canada. only the olympics and the pan am games.

MS = Simon Archer

[Gladius]

Call me an old-timer perhaps, but to date there are a few whom I'm most exceedingly impressed with.

MS: Zhao Jianhua, Yang Yang.

More recent players? Probably Hendrawan and Taufik Hidayat.

MD: Park Joo Bong, Tony Gunawan, Sigit Budiarto.

LS: Susi Susanti, Ye Zhaoying, Gong Zhicao

LD: Huang Nanyan, Nong Qunhua, Ge Fei, Gu Jun.

XD: Park Joo Bong

[Pebulutangkis]

MS: Hendrawan
MD: Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto/Tony Gunawan

[Lim]

MS - Hendrawan

MD - Tony/Halim

LS - Gong Zhicao, Susi Susanti

LD - never pay attention

XD - never pay attention

[viver]

MS - Tong Xian Fu, Hou Jia Chang, Zhao Jian Hua, Yang Yang
LS - Han Ai Ping, Yeh Zhao Ying
MD - Christian Hadinata, Park Joo Bong
LD - Lin Ying, Ge Fei, Gu Jun
XD - Park Joo Bong, Chung Mien Hye, Kim Doong Moon