Exhibition match of a men's double match with double shuttles lol Only in Indonesia between minions vs Daddies
So they have dominated for 3 years, or you can say 4 years because 2016 , didnt they have the most SS(3 titles?) How many LeeYoo won that year? Funny because that was Olympic year, even if Lee/Yoo retire after 8th SS of the year, they already won 2 before that in very tough field. There was ChaiHong and bunch others , quite intimidating.
Minions are at the moment no.1 at the top of Road to Tokyo with 97,483 points. Would there be any possibility that they couldn't qualify with these points? They can't go any lower than this no matter how bad they do first half of next year. I mean, if they don't feel too fit, they could go easier with their schedule rather than trying to force themselves to play in all tournaments available?
An article from BWF News regarding the prize money. It's obvious that single players earn twice as much as each double players do. Of course it depends on which level of tournaments they are winning. Even with 8 titles this year only landed one minion ar the 6th rank. Zheng/Huang earned more than minions because they won all the Super 1000 and WTF. https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/12/18/momota-sets-prize-money-record/ Stating top 10 earner of 2019 : Highest Earners 1.Kento Momota US$506,900 2.Chen Yu Fei US$387,875 3.Tai Tzu Ying US$307,700 4.Zheng Si Wei US$263,200.63 4.Huang Ya Qiong US$263,200 5.Akane Yamaguchi US$249,272 6.Marcus Fernaldi Gideon US$245,316 6.Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo US$245,316 7.Chou Tien Chen US$234,610 8.Chen Qing Chen US$216,131 8.Jia Yi Fan US$216,131 9. Mohammad Ahsan US$200,230 9. Hendra Setiawan US$200,230
I suppose they see doubles as one category so one amount for each champion in all categories. The thing is double players in total pay more expenses than the single players, and earned the least. They have to pay for flight fare, accommodations etc (COST x2 ) two, but they just earn 1/2 PRIZE of what single players who pay only COST x1 but earn full PRIZE. In the past probably many players do double duties to minimize their cost, but lately many players had to concentrate in one discipline to remain competitive and get the most reward for the efforts. I don't know much about tennis or other sport, and how much prize money they give for each discipline.
It is very unfortunate for doubles players they doubles winner don't get even 1/4 of singles winner prize mney
Indonesian media and fans still talk about their loss even after the tournament ended like a week ago, so many article and criticism till this day...no wonder kevin say in one of his interview that when they loss it feels like the end of the world Well I just hope mentally they would be okay.
What can they do? Though it wouldn't be that bad if they had given more "fight". Didn't look that good. Wonder what have they discussed with the coach and what kind of solution they come up with
What’s the consensus (if there is such a thing when it comes to armchair coaches )? Are people mainly blaming Gideon?
Actually surprised ZhengHuang earns only a little more than Minions. They so dominate XD and its much easier to go into Final on sunday. But i dont know, i think outside it Minions earn more than Momota? It depends on the star power. Heck i think Sindhu is the richest. Okuhara quite consistent not in top 10? Still its crucial to win titles when you reach Final
Talk about armchair coaches, they're actually blaming it more on kevin's attitude towards gideon, and compare it to ahsan/hendra who seems so supportive toward each other.
Meh... it's always going to be Kevin's fault to them. It's Kevin's fault if Marcus sucks or getting targeted. It's kevin's fault if Marcus think that one or two mistakes is the end of the world. If Kevin is so useless and flawful, why not pair Marcus with another player? Tbh, I really don't think Marcus would do any better with different partner (more caring or supportive)
Kevin fault especially in G2. Obviously when AhsanHendra lost, they dont show this kind of blaming face.
