Great video with Viktor Axelsen and Jan Ø Jørgensen - playing with plastic bags!? I will try the same one day. It must be difficult to see whats on the other side of the net! [video=youtube;SNAsqgy5Ag8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNAsqgy5Ag8[/video]
A belated congratulations to Viktor for winning the FZ FORZA tournament in Denmark. He beat Ville Lang in the final and was in control throughout. Watched his progression on Badminton Europe TV. I enjoyed the Irish presenter (insert name?) winding him up a little during the post match interviews. Impying that Viktor needed to control his temper on court.
Started his commentary career today aswell, commentating with gill on the HKV v Tago match. Was quite informative to have a current top players view about the match and tactics.
Yes, it was a pleasant surprise to hear him commentating with Gill today. What is it with Danish players being good commentators as well? Both VA as well as HKV, along with Morten Frost, are all quite natural; only Poul-Erik is a bit bland. I certainly hope they do well in their future tournaments, but I won't mind if VA and HKV get the opportunity to be chatty and informative on air; anything to save us from that terrible Richard Kaufman!
Good to see him commentating on matches. They should incorporate more (active) players into commentary, I think. Would be very interesting.
BWF website. See the news. There are incentives for players to attend media events. http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=84522