Not true..this is not the mentality of a champion. Your assumption of "He probably thinks the service judge, umpire and linesmen are all setup to bring him down." is very serious.
I think at 18-4....his overhead smash found the line....Given Out.....LD stared at the line judge and approached umpire...
After LD broke his strings in the beginning of G2, he hit a lot of outs. Maybe the racquet change was a contributory factor.
It was way out. He talked to the service judge because JOJ did a flick serve, but was not called fault for it.
Lin Dan maybe is not comfortable with his VT Zforze 2 racquet. He should start using good old Armortec 700 again, maybe it will bring back some old memories and make him play better.
Nobody conspired against LD. He was bothered by the fault call. And in the 2nd game he looked like he had thrown match away. So many hits OUT and Smashes to the net. I cant figure this boy out. So many years in top tournaments, faced countless of challenging situations and yet seemed not able to control his emotions over a trivial fault call. Nope. I say he threw match away. Just want to gain enough points for the Olympics seedings.