Badminton: Lee on hat-trick bid By RAJES PAUL PETALING JAYA: National number one Lee Chong Wei will get the chance to go on an equal footing with China's Lin Dan for the first time in the Super Series at the Danish Open. After solid preparation over the last two weeks, Chong Wei is fired up to give a good showing in the ninth leg of the Series, which begins tomorrow in Odense. "It has been up and down for me thus far" LEE CHONG WEI If Chong Wei wins the title, he will have the same number of Super Series titles as Lin Dan – three. Chong Wei was the winner in Indonesia (sixth leg) and Japan (eighth) while the Chinese triumphed in South Korea Open (second), All-England (third) and China Open (seventh). Chong Wei, who celebrated his 25th birthday two days ago, is the second seed behind Lin Dan in the Danish Open and will strive for greater consistency. “It has been up and down for me thus far. I did well in the Japan Open (last month) but lost meekly in the Taiwan Open (a week later). I want to be more consistent from the Danish Open onwards,” said Chong Wei, who is also down to compete in the 10th leg of the Series, the French Open next week. “I am happy with my preparation for both the Europe tournaments. I have given a lot of emphasis on my physical condition. It is good that I am free from injury. And I hope to keep it that way.” Chong Wei has a challenging draw in the Danish Open but he said that it had not douse his fire to win the title for the second time. Lin Dan did not play in the 2005 tournament when Chong Wei emerged as the champion. Lin Dan: Bagged three Super Series crowns so far “The draw for the Super Series is tough as usual. But I am ready. A good showing will help me to maintain my top two rankings in the world,” said the world number two. Chong Wei is in the same half of the draw with two Indonesians (World Championships runner-up Sony Dwi Kuncoro and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat) and two Chinese (Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin). In Lin Dan's half are Denmark's Peter Gade-Christensen, China's Chen Hong, Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann and the Hashim brothers, Roslin and Hafiz. :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
No, pls dun pressure him. Later he can't take it....... hehehehehe... Go, Chong Wei !!!!!! You can !!!!!
will things go wrong again for him? we'll see....... hope that he turbocharged his mental power this time around.......
What is the purpose of this Article. Did they need to emphasis the word "PRESSURE" each time LCW participating in a SS ?
i think he can do better this time.. juz becoz he is far away from malaysia.. he can forget all the pressure tat ppl put on him..
He is fine as long as he is not reading the local papers. He told me he will try to no answer phone calls from media. hehehe.. smart
He's going to stand a great chance of winning it. However, it's going to be difficult if Lin Dan is extremely fit and focused. May the best win, that's all I can say.
A true champion is able to accept the pressure and overcome it. Until LCW develops the mental capacity to deal with it, he will never be great. Look at all the real dominant champions in their respective sports, I don't know if they welcome pressure but they are able to channel it in a positive way. I'd love to see LCW figure it out one day and have his name mentioned with the badminton greats. Tiger Woods: pressure, what pressure?; always exudes confidence; walks the walk and talks the talk; huge intimidation factor Roger Federer: always quietly confident; just gets the job done; yet still a true gentleman of the sport
what lcw shouldn't do if he wants to win a tournament : 1. reading media 2. watching tv news 3. accepting a call from reporter 4. reading Xball's comments : )
And.. ..what we, fans and BCers, SHOULD DO if he wants to win a tournament : 1. Don't mention, or even imagine of putting, a tiny amount of pressure on LCW..
he`s fit enuf for d europe tournaments..and local medias pls stop putting pressure on him..local soccer is even worse,so stop giving bad remarks to our shuttlers..they are waaaayyyyyyyy better than d local soccer team.
