I just watched this match from Singapore SEA Games 2015 and I noticed something interesting. Gideon looked very comfortable staying in front of the net. His load with Kevin in this match was almost 50-50. His block and smash also looked much more natural; his form probably has already been altered so much to give more oomph to his smash from the rear court. I guess Gideon has changed his play style quite a lot to adjust to Kevin's.
Well, they need 7 more SS or so to their 13SS. I think with 20+SS will make the undisputed number 1 pair titles. That in itself with the record of 7SS in a year for MD, is worth one olympics and 1 world championship.
Its ok man. No one will said Roger Federer havent won Olympic. will he care? dont think so. Then people will said this is badminton, Imo, people who said so are just sport racists with this backwards thinking.
I am a sport racist well. Thank you This is badminton and olympic is much more important than SS. Minions won't stand on equal height as Ricky/Rexy before winning Olympics.
Then good luck waiting for minions crying at the corner of court after losing olympic matches. In an Olympic where loser can be champion, nah nah..
gideon's game definitely look more smooth back then, and kevin wasn't as craziest fast as he is now lol.
actually, it is Ricky/Rexy, FuCai, and Tony/Candra but I use Ricky/Rexy because it is the one that Yoji put as the 'greatest' standard besides JJS/LYD. But of course JJS/LYD also doesnt win any olympic/wc gold, thus it nullifies my point if I use JJS/LYD
The legendary duo R has won almost all major titles. Olympic (1996), Asian Games (1994, 1998), World Champ (1995), and All England (1995, 1996). As someone who doesn't really give a damn about whose better than who I just enjoy the minions playing, proud of what they've achieved so far and hope for the best for them in the future. Hopefully they can also achieved most of the major titles. But if not, doesn't matter to me, as a fellow Indonesian I am still proud of them for keeping the Indonesian MD legacy alive.
if solely looking at their achievement, they are still lacking in domination their domination longevity is quite short lived (2006-2010) and the number of SS (and open tournaments before SS inception) is also still below the others
The true master here is Hendra, if we accumulate his achievement with Kido and Ahsan he has won it all haha
I see. Well I don't know if Marcus/Kevin is one of the greatest yet, but so far they have proved they deserved their titles and achievements which according to the world's records would be regarded as one of the highest in badminton world so far. I think the level of MD is not really going down as some people claimed, most of the MDs competing right now have on many occasions defeated the former world champions or former world's no.1 in their prime time. Boe/Mog > FHF/ZN, Con/Kol > LYD/YYS etc. MD has always been very competitive, it has never been easy to win a title lest defending one. But why the minions has been able to dominate last year and early this year? The answer is because they have won most of their matches up until now, that's all. They might or might not be the greatest or strongest pair in terms of strength or power, but they are very good at winning matches one at a time which of course would lead them to be the champion eventually. Every pair has their own pattern in their playing style and they usually stick to it most of the time. You can watch their videos and learn or analyse their playing style, coming up with tactics or whatever. But can you really find a way to cope with the minions? Maybe you can, last year. They have changed and improved a lot to cover their weaknesses. No matter how many matches you watch Kevin play, he until now still remains as a more or less unknown element on court. You can't really predict where he would be or what he would do especially when you are in a middle of a rally on court with all the tension and pressure. And to make it even more tricky he could literally hit any shuttle from any impossible position to a very odd place you can ever imagine. His antics might have annoyed the opponents in the past, but I doubt there are still any players that would be bothered by it anymore now. And Marcus's absolute trust in his partner is most possibly the other important key factor in their success. He lets Kevin do whatever he wants, and Marcus just gives his all to fill in the gap. Amazing duo it is. I sincerely hope that they could keep their good work and be very careful with their physical fitness or injuries. It would be fantastic if they could win World and Olympics Gold too. But let's not think too far ahead. Meanwhile, I will just wait for China to clone ZN then find him a good partner so he can put up a fight against Kevin and Markus. I wonder if ZN/ZN would be good enough combination? lol
