how about Razif/Jalani Sidek and Cheah Soon Kit/ Soo Beng Kiang our 1992 Thomas cup winner????? of coz those in 1970s and back....
INA no, but Korea has 2 strong pairs, but maybe not consistent. JJS/LYD are certainly one of the best pairs in the world, but recently injuries have hampered their performance somewhat. KSH/YYS is the strongest 2nd MD of any country around. Btw, what do you guys think of MK/HS's ability to compete with other countries' MD#1?
thats why i said, consistent after Lee Jae Jin retired...it takes KOR some time to find a reliable pair in KSH/YYS but KSH/YYS is not consistent
I think KSH/YYS are more of a big bang time, can push to the limit in one tournament but in the next tournament, performance drop drastically. I predict that they will excel at the team event but not so in the individual. Did Hwang Ji Man retire too?
saw his name few times with different partner for different tournament.... i think it doesnt matter anymore...
Uncles CTF/LWW and CCM were dropped from AG 2006 team. Rexy boldly featured Lin WF/Fairuz & KKK/TBH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_at_the_2006_Asian_Games The difference 2006 and this year : We had uncle WCH, KBH, Lin WF, Fairuz. Other than uncle Wong, the other 3 didnt make much difference,lol. This year, 2 MS back up + 3 MD back up - Mak/TWK, CPS(if the coaches want to feature stratch pair in team).
all these players should spar more with kkk/tbh to reach the level. Then it is up to their heads to perform.
KSH-YYS has an slight edge over XC-GZD and INA MD#2..Alvent Yulianto-Hendri Aprida Gunawan..further behind will be the JPN pairs. MK-HS has fallen behind the other MD#1 due to their inconsistencies and injury
Thanks for pointing out that LWW-CTF were not in the AG2006 squad.I guess that's how TBH got a breakthrough..if I am not mistaken one of them is injured, was it ChewChunEng? This year..2MS back up = LD & CKB??
positive,feel good and boleh!!! right ingredients for success Little had been said of GWS-TKS..what do you guys think about their chances?? From reports, it seems that GWS has a good all round game but TKS seems to be physically weaker.
mak/tan....the brightest shuttlers of malaysia now..give them more 2 years and u'll se the new world champion...