SEVEN times Sudirman Cup Champion - China

[AlanY]

So, one is fighting for a hopeless battle, the other one is having fun to looking for the cracks, then the result is pretty much predictable. I have to say LYD did his best for the day already, no regret.

having fun? you obviously havent seen how intensive the match was!!
obviously, LYD's best is not good enough. he needed a better XD partner and a more match fit MD partner for KOR to have any chance.

[drifit]

come on, gals and guys......
i dont think that Korea is totally relying on LYD to win the Sudirman Cup. as our master LB said, LYD has done his part and it was not his winning day.

i am watching replay of RF vs RN. RN lost to RF straight set on a clay court.

[ants]

Seven times champion China whitewashed the rest of the world

CHN 5-0 England
CHN 5-0 Japan
CHN 5-0 INA
CHN 3-0 MAS
CHN 3-0 KOR

That's what I called a proper whitewash.

Technically its a Whitewash.. but they didnt the final 2 matches in the Semis and Final. But yes i do agree... China is unbeatable.

[ctjcad]

it was ZhengBo&YuYang that helped CHN won the final.
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..that was pretty much the nail on the coffin for team Korea..

the truth is this Chinese team is a fairly young team with the exception of FHF/CY that everyone suggested is the weakest link whicch they can pick up a point. they are the olympics silver medalist, current AE champion and undefeated throughtout the tournament, if this is the weakest link what chance for the other nations? I can see CHN will continue to dominate world badminton for awhile.

..Fu Hai Feng, Cai Yun and Zheng Bo are the veteran men's doubles players. I can see them hanging on for 2, maybe 3 more yrs. After that, i don't know which of their men's doubles players will rise to the top.
LYD will continue to improve and mature. LHJ most likely will be replaced in the future.

...XD performance relies purely on the performance of LHJ that day. ZB/YY pair was the correct tactical choice against LHJ/LYD. ZB will focus on hammering down the shuttle (which he does very well) with YY hunting the net. YY can even throw a few hammer blows of her own. YY is, IMHO, much better overall and especially at the net than LHJ.
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if you consider the opponents CHN's XD is one of the strongest. the tall girl of the KOR pair always has her up and down, brilliant for one point and rubbish for the other, one of the reason that KOR lost the first match. what other good XD pairs from other nations in good form?

..like i mentioned in the Finals thread, playing against CHN's XD pair is akin to playing against a Men's Doubles pair; in a way, it's almost unfair. For one, not only is Yu Yang more masterful @ the net, but just look & hear at how she clobbered the shuttle..

[hcpoirot]

come on, gals and guys......
i dont think that Korea is totally relying on LYD to win the Sudirman Cup. as our master LB said, LYD has done his part and it was not his winning day.

i am watching replay of RF vs RN. RN lost to RF straight set on a clay court.

Yes a little OT. RF won against RN. Hooray!!

[hcpoirot]

[quote=ctjcad;1170122..Fu Hai Feng, Cai Yun and Zheng Bo are the veteran men's doubles players. I can see them hanging on for 2, maybe 3 more yrs. After that, i don't know which of their men's doubles players will rise to the top.
LYD will continue to improve and mature. LHJ most likely will be replaced in the future.
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How old is Fu Hai Feng? 24-25? Still quite young to be able to fight minimal London 2012. With lack competition in MD in his country, if he want, he can have a long career in MD.

[koo_fan]

Yes a little OT. RF won against RN. Hooray!!

Owh, can i join? Hooray!

[ctjcad]

How old is Fu Hai Feng? 24-25? Still quite young to be able to fight minimal London 2012. With lack competition in MD in his country, if he want, he can have a long career in MD.

Cai Yun, the oldest - 29 yrs young
Zheng Bo - will be 26 yrs young
Fu Haifeng - 25 yrs young

FuHF can play a few more yrs, but who will be his partner once Cai hangs it up (Cai will be 33 y.o. and FuHF will be 29 y.o come 2012 OG)??..

[cooler]

no doubt...

In their weak departments, china did have to give up a game in MD and XD tho

[cooler]

BRAVO CHINA

To blank KOR 3-0, winning both double matches played, is a commendable feat. Yes, those matches may have been close but, dang, the CHN team mental strength is unreal.

This year, CHN has no equal

LD said he is peaking now I watched the lcw vs ld in the SF, lcw has improved mentally and consistency, but ld had also improved too.

[weeyeh]

Your first point sum up everything. Points 2,3 and 4 do not warrant a win in every tournament.

Now, now, that will downplay the great tacticians that FHF/CY were in the match.

[LazyBuddy]

having fun? you obviously havent seen how intensive the match was!!
obviously, LYD's best is not good enough. he needed a better XD partner and a more match fit MD partner for KOR to have any chance.

When I say "having fun", I did not mean CY/FHF dressed in Hawaii shirt, laughing, joking, eating, having a vacation. What I meant, was that compare to KOR pair, they can be more mentally relaxed, as their allowed error margin is wider.

Of course the match is intensive, as it's pretty much the last game for SC, and all the coaches are on the court side.

[weeyeh]

When I say "having fun", I did not mean CY/FHF dressed in Hawaii shirt, laughing, joking, eating, having a vacation. What I meant, was that compare to KOR pair, they can be more mentally relaxed, as their allowed error margin is wider.

Of course the match is intensive, as it's pretty much the last game for SC, and all the coaches are on the court side.

I doubt it. They are under pressure not to drop a single match in the whole tournament. Conversely, the Koreans just have to do their stuff since there is no chance of a Korean championship. Likewise, Koreans are also under pressure to not go down flat.

[hezudao]

good performance from all teams, everyone performed to expectations

[cooler]

Owh, can i join? Hooray!

so, when r u gonna change your nic to 'foo_fan'?