You sort of had it coming didn't you? I mean, the last 3 days you've taken the price for most stupid comments by a wide margin. Which is a bit strange, because you're usually much better at wrapping it in with diplomatic words and knowing when to hold back. I mean, by far the least annoying of the China department of www propaganda BTW: Do you think that Yonex feel sorry for having their young star (VA just turned 22 this year) doing so well and winning the medal? Who of these two players do you think Yonex will value most, going forward? It was Yonex vs Yonex in that match up. And with VA learning fluid Chinese, they are probably not too sorry having him on their roster. He surely did better than LD did in his comparable first olympic at the same age. Now he has quite the challenge ahead of him if he want to keep matching his idol's achievements - probably not going to happen, but let's reckocnize the steps he takes. Now he's shown improvements in areas you've criticised earlier, and shown a level of play that is right up there with the best of the best.
He needs to stay on court 3 times longer than Chen Long. Plus Chen Long is much younger than him. The match is taking a toll on him similar to Lin Dan in the bronze medal match