If that wasn't quite sad enough, how about Nova/Lilyana partnership in AG? Nova wants to retire at 2009, but PBSI persuade him to compete in AG first before he retired. And it turns out that Nova being dumped after he got no power left in his sleeve and removed from AG squad. Finally, he decide to quit from national team and become pro player. I believe I read it somewhere, her wife wasn't happy at all with this decision, and she said "habis manis sepah dibuang"
Well, after rethinking about my previous picks, I agree with you in term of LSM/CYC vs TJM/TQ. Tao/Tian deserve to qualify for shooting star partnership and have fierce competition with ZN/ZYL, while I believe ZN/ZYL deserve a place for Partnership of The Year.
Wow, wasn't aware of all the behind-the-scenes stuff going on! Sounds like true LYB manipulation, eh?! Yeah, I used to wonder about that pair and what happened. Sad.
Cyborg: Part human, part futuristic machine. Like Robocop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5-fgR1mGg Goofball: Just a goofy sort of guy who makes silly mistakes!! Well, sort of...
Hmm, WMC actually fits in more to a sad story of injuries. However, there are so many players around, WMC isn't really special enough to be singled out for that event. Wang Lin got injured after winning the WC and needs surgery, that's sad too.
Resurgent in MD - Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan. They lost their shine at the start of the year but since the Asian Games they have came back strongly and are now considered a force to be reckoned with, just like back in 2008 and 2009. Any INA fans here to agree?
MS Shooting star: Chen Long WS Defective cyborg: WYH She does look like she needs to be repair. XD Resurgent: Joachim/Christinna Joachim has injury problem at the start of the year. It is impressive that they can end the year with a title.
Totally agree on WS and XD. I would still prefer Wang Zhengming for MS but Chen Long is a good option too.
My votes for WS: Women's Singles Player of the Year. - WX (just) Goofball of the Year. - Firda (such a yoyo) Resurgent Player of the Year. - JYJ (after being out of favour forever) Defective Cyborg of the Year. - WYH (still somewhat defective) Shooting Star of the Year. - Ratchanok (inevitable, undeniable) Saddest Story of the Year. - Tine (after marriage, fell off the map) Most Beautiful Player of the Year. - come on, who else... HHY Most Popular Player of the Year. - Saina Nehwal (the only credible threat to Chinese domination)
My votes for MS: Men's Singles Player of the Year. - LCW (consistent, supported the international game) Goofball of the Year. - **** Long Chan (gotta love a name like that) Resurgent Player of the Year. - TH (proves where there is s will, there is s way) Defective Cyborg of the Year. - CJ (who else?) Shooting Star of the Year. - Axelsson (showed heaps of potential) Saddest Story of the Year. - BCL (on his way out of the picture) Most Handsome Player of the Year. - Lin Dan (looked great in all his ads) Most Popular Player of the Year. - Lin Dan (by sheer size of CHN population)
Love the selection and the reasons! Couple of additional suggestions... How can you not consider Tago and HH for Goofball??:crying: Shooting Star: How about adding JOJ as a contender? He actually delivered on potential.
The only one I will totally disagree with you is probably the goofball, we don't know how he is like and honestly he isn't popular enough to make it here So another vote for Lin Dan on the handsome side, so Boonsak is out of the picture Bao Chunlai, sadder than SDK? Possibly. I change my vote to BCL.
Fellas, just having a laugh with **** Long Chan. That's a totally goofball name. Remember, it's as much for fun as it's for correctness.
Again, love the selection for the most part! Couple of additions for your consideration.. Saddest story: add Zhou Mi ? Most beautiful: Add Pi Hongyan? Eriko Hirose?
My votes for WD: Women's Doubles Partnership of the Year. - Lee Hyo Jung/Ha Jung Eun (delivered when it mattered most) Mismatch of the Year. - ?? Resurgent Partners of the Year. - WXL/YY (just when you thought the magic was gone...) Defective Partnership of the Year. - Cheng/Chien (can you say dysfunctional?) Shooting Stars of the Year. - ?? Saddest Story of the Year. - Ma Jin (what went wrong?) Coolest Partners of the Year. - ?? Sorry, don't really follow WD that much
