Eriko has been around for a while now. We know what her level is. Porntip, along with Rat and Sapsiree are spearheading the golden era of Thai WS. There will be many titles for Porntip and her compatriots.
just read thru, what an interesting thread some names mentioned there just cause one's memory to roll back to the early 80s or even further backward
Hou Jiachang, another former great, a contemporary of Tang Xianhu. Beautiful, isn't it? Lin Dan coached by Tang XH , and Zhao Jianhua coached by Hou JC .
Poor Eriko. It wasn't too long ago when she was basking in the glory of beating WYH. How fast things can change.
not only that, the great Li Lingwei, Han Aiping, Han Jiang, Yang Yang and Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun are all students of them. just imagine if they are to stay in Indonesia!
Among the seeded WS players,Wang SX has it the toughest, from round 1 all the way to the final if everything goes according to form book. For this former world number 1,she is also struggling somewhat to regain her form despite winning the Li Ning Masters; previously,for a period of time,she was in 6 consecutive finals and winning 4 of them. After the All-England victory, she lost 5 consecutive tournaments (4 individuals, 1 team - the Sudirman Cup).