It really is my own observation on Chen Jin's performance over the last few years rather than just last few months. Chen Jin really has to prove it himself where he should be in world ranking. As Justin mentioned above, his main problem at the moment is the mentality rather than his physical ability. Hope he can make a breakthrough in time.
Au contraire. It is both his mental and physical ability that have been hindering his performance. His numerous injuries have caught up with him and have slowed him down. His style of play is physically demanding–all the running and chasing, grinding his opponent down and outlasting them. His injuries have rendered this style of play much less effective and his opponents know they now stand a better chance to upset him. Without the help of his teammates, I don't think he'd able able to physically last a full tournament.
Thanks for mention about the injuries and style of his play. I agree that those are the factors too. But CJ is only 25 years old which is golden age for badminton. A confident Chen Jin can play through his injury as well. I remember there was a game between him and Hafiz in 2008 Thomas cup semifinal. Lee Chong Wei beat Lin Dan and the score was 2-2. It was up to Chen Jin and Hafiz to decide which team to go to final. Chen Jin got back injury during the game but managed to play it through and clinch the victory. If we have a chance to take a psychology course, we will amaze that how much our mind affect our destiny. Linsanity probably is the best example at the moment.
Yet another stupidity from PBSI. If they about to help reviving Sony's career, they should follow Lee Hyun Ill track to restart from IC over again. Don't torture Sony's physical and mental by directly sending to high level tournament just to lose 1st round. Please PBSI, learn how to build your players' confident.
nice to see the sisters Rena Wang and Iris Wang of USA beating Wallwork/White and goes into the main draw. unfortunately they will be facing Bao Yixin / Zhong Qianxin in 1st round, which means the end of the run for them.
DAY 1 has finished . Finally, the long DAY 1 has finished. It ran better than the DAY 1 of last week's All England. Looking forward to check out on these MS players on DAY 2 (in Round 2); * Zulfadli ZULKIFFLI * Pengyu DU [8] * Taufik HIDAYAT [10] * Jin CHEN [4] * Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO * Jan O JORGENSEN [11] * Daren LIEW * Boonsak PONSANA [16] * Tommy SUGIARTO [15] * Peter Hoeg GADE [3] * Tien Minh NGUYEN [7] * Long CHEN [2 .
. Unfortunately Sony happened to face Lee Hyun Il in Round 1. Bad draw for Sony. Otherwise, I am certain that Sony could make it at least into Round 2. BTW, I am expecting a Lee Hyun Il-vs-Chen Long Semi-Final at this 2012 Swiss Open. .
MS R32 Taufik Hidayat [10] vs Henri Hurskainen - motivation is one big problem for Taufik. If he can somehow sort that out, he might get far this week. Chen Jin [4] vs Andre Kurniawan Tedjono - Andre could contribute a little in thwarting Chen Jin's bid for a ticket to Olympic but I doubt he can beat the CHN player. Viktor Axelsen vs Tommy Sugiarto [15] - a tricky tie for Tommy and I hope he can deliver before facing Peter Gade tomorrow. MD R32 Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [5] vs Roger Schmid/Gilles Tripet - should be a routine victory for AG/Alvent who have been disappointing so far this year. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [4] vs Gan Teik Chai/Tan Bin Shen - ditto for Kido/Hendra, whose Olympic hope is very very slim now. Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputro vs Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan - should be an interesting tie for the INA's MD vs CHN's MD for the future. The CHN pair has the edge. WS R32 Wang Yihan [1] vs Adrianti Firdasari - can Firda upset Wang? Slim chance WD R32 Alex Bruce/Michelle Li vs Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati - Vita/Nadya have been on a slide since rising to the top 10 last year. Anneke Feinya Agustine/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari vs Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na - I think the KOR pair will win this one. Mariana Agathangelou/Heather Olver vs Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii - should be a victory for the INA pair but they will be stopped in R16. XD R32 Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir [1] vs Johannes Schoettler/Sandra Marinello - a title is imperative for the newly crowned All-England champion. Hendra Setiawan/Vita Marissa vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam [3] - the THA pair has the edge. Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto vs Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels [7] - Rijal/Debby have been improving slightly since end of last year and they have beaten the German pair earlier this year.
. Well Done to Rena Wang and Iris Wang of the USA. I think Wallwork/White are still affected by their silly internet discussion/dispute with Bankier. .
DAY 2 Schedule of Matches is out . The DAY 2 Schedule of Matches is out; http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D911EE9B-0A12-487A-8EA2-71660C6C7BE6 .
I agree. Lee Hyun il played really well this year and gave Lee Chong Wei a lot of trouble last week. It will be a good game if they both make it to the semifinal.
My most look forward game is can Tai Tzu Ying continue her form and beat Wang Shixian or the history repeat ? Hope Tzu Ying can continue her form to this week and win Wang Shixian !
