how could i forget this big one: camilla martin versus all asian WS LOL basically, every time CM steps on the court, it's a rivalry match CM career outlasted most asian/chinese WS's career duration. Let see: CM vs susi susanti CM vs ye zhao ying CM vs bang soo Hyun CM vs gong zhichao CM vs Dai Yun CM vs zhou mi CM vs gong R. CM vs mia audina CM vs XXF http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-9497.html CM vs zhang ning CM vs others i may have missed CM vs legends basically. This make CM a legend too IMO
MS -- Yang Yang >< Icuk Sugiarto ; TH vs LD ; Rudy Hartono vs Svend Pri MD -- LYB/Tian Bingyi vs Kim Moon Soo/Park Joo Bong WS -- Susi Susanti >< Ye Zhaoying Team competition, no doubt : CHN vs INA
It is very hard to get X Ball banned because there is never a reason to. Of course, judging by some posts, they think I should be. I think the BC administrators have a lot of common sense and know the 'score'. As for BALL X, I wonder why he/she (and I still cannot tell whether he likes to be a she or a he, given that it was a she before he became a 'he' in her profile) -- hmmm....not worth figuring out anyway).
Unlike Sampras-Agassi rivalry in tennis since juniors which lasted for more than a decade, it's very difficult to find a great rivalry in badminton. Anyway, here are my picks: WS: Li Lingwei (CHN) vs Han Aiping (CHN) MS: Too many WD: Dominated by CHN MD: Park JB/Kim MS(KOR) vs Tian BY/Li YB(CHN) XD: Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (CHN) vs Kim DM/Ra KM (KOR)
Z. ning vs M. Audina lasted for more than 10 years. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/badminton-central/content/view/66/2/ http://www.badders.com/news/item/797/audina-retires-at-the-top.html
Yes, I'm well aware of it. The reason why I didn't include Zhang Ning-Mia as one of the greatest rivalry because there are more dominant players during these period (1994-2006). Okay, they deserve a place in the top 10 greatest rivalry list, anyway. Btw, did Mia play against Zhang again in 1996 UC finals?
i think it's more of a TH v LD v LCW rivalry triangle, especially recently. PG seems to have faded a bit, BCL/CY/CJ have had some dissapointing results as well. as for KKK/TBH v CY/FHF, i think the MAS pair still lack a bit of consistency to be considered true rivals. maybe Kido/Setiawan would be a better choice.
MK/HS was cai/fu rival .. if i'm not wrong MK/HS defeated cai/fu in world cup 206, china master 2006 in a row.. i hope they will be true rivals for both TBH/KKK and cai/fu
the great rivalry in 90s until now Sun Jun - Hariyanto Arbie Lin Dan - Taufik Hidayat - Lee Hyun-il - Lee Chong Wei Dong Jiong - Poul Erik Hoyer Laarsen Hendrawan - Xia Xuanze - Wong Choong Hann Susi Susanti - Ye Zhaoying - Bang Soo-hyun Tang Jiuhong - Susi Susanti - Huang Hua Susi Susanti - Gong Zhichao - Ye Zhaoying Camilla Martin - Gong Zhichao - Dai Yun Camilla Martin - Mia Audina - Zhou Mi - Gong Ruina Guan Weizhen/Nong Qunhua - Chung Soo-young/Hwang Hye-young - Yao Fen/Lin Yanfen - Gil Young-ah/Shim Eun-jung Ge Fei/Gu Jun - Gil Young-ah/Jang Hye-ock Huang Nanyan/Yang Wei - Ra Kyung-min/Chung Jae-hee - Qin Yiyuan/Gao Ling Gao Ling/Huang Sui - Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen
ya, those nasty referees got into his way lol otherwise we might got an all time great off the court match