It's speed and accuracy. You go for speed and loses the accuracy, it's deemed as a mistake. He needs to practice more.
Daren making a lot of wild shots. He has upped the intensity in the 2nd game though, but still making a lot of errors.
Aiyaaa... forgot to curse before his match started... I guess LD-Type R had a Vtec malfunction today.... haiz
Liew Daren is brought down to earth with the defeat to Gao Huan... at least he understand now, he got much to catch-up....
Check out his profile at www.bwfbadminton.org ... he has put a lot of players ranked above him to shame this year... definitely a rising star, with raw talent, and determination. A definite top 10 candidate in a couple of years.
It has been reported somewhere that LD practices 'cutting down' or 'eliminating' unforced errors by giving a huge handicapped to himself of letting the opponent (sparring partner) with a huge point lead of at least 10 points. While majority of players know it's absolutely necessary not to let an opponent to lead too far ahead, it is the very fact that this practice will seriously teach you not to 'play play' in a sparring session, much less a tournament. So the mentality is programmed to play by winning points at a 'stretch' continually because you have to, it's a do or die situation. So in play, in crucial to have a huge lead cushioning for your own mistakes, but in practice, it's a must to practice gaining as much points as you can, which is what is lacking in malaysian players. I have never seen them obtained more than 5 or 6 points in a row, with LCW being the exception. Try this type of training yourself. It will train your mentality because you are force to minimize your errors. It is said that LD starts a sparring session with at least a 10-15 margin. Sometimes the games starts straightaway with a 10-18 status. Of course, no one can confirm this.
This tournament used slow shuttlecock, therefore hardly you seen DL smashing. FHF used to have hard smash but last night also affected. Hardly his smashes can penetrate our double pair CPS/LKW....
It could be the issue with the cold weather as well.. AFAIK, every year China OPEn in Shanghai produce a lot of rallies in a match especially in doubles and you can also see a lot of player's string broken as well.
Gao Huan -4 tournaments played in a WHOLE YEAR! He has definitely not been given exposure, probably one of the China Team B who doesn't get to play anywhere. He did pretty well in the 4 tournaments he has participated with the exception of China Masters. His losses were to Du Pengyu, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, P. Kashyap and Chen Yuekun. -I would say he is an okay player and he has a chance against Chen Jin. However, I do not believe that Liew Daren should lose to Gao Huan and it is nothing short of a poor result based on Gao Huan's past performance. Those who say the past is the past, we shall see if Gao Huan can beat Chen Jin, because I actually believe that Liew Daren can beat Chen Jin.
i didnt watch the match between ld vs cl... the score was 8-21, 13-21 if im not mistaken rite? did he lost tamely?