CM just bulldozed through PVS. The scoreline is a good reflection of difference in the skill sets between the two atm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Delrue is as well almost the same cheering after all mistakes of opponents, and that voice is like seagull is being dragged on a tarmac...
Steen is right. The seeds for the 2020 Olympic Games Badminton competition shall be determined using the Race to Tokyo ranking of 15 June 2021 https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/d...tion - Tokyo 2020 - CT - 28 February 2021.pdf
...unexpected, yes, but not unpredictable. Stoevas are strong but can be rather two dimensional in their play, and I'm not surprised by this result having watched the MAS pair in earlier rounds. Especially impressed with play maker Pearly Tan, but they'll both need fitness a-plenty to deal with future Japanese/Chinese/Korean/Indonesian opposition. smautf
European players rule Swiss Open top prize, rookies score big upset... Gicquel/Delrue snatch maiden S300 title in their third attempt to disappoint Christiansen/Boje in two close games. It's Danish combination blunder and inconsistency, leading most times 19-16, they lost focus as the gritty French duo take over the lead. Repeated plot occurs in second game with more unbelievable fashion, leading 11-4 the Danes loosen grip once again and let their opponent catching up and seal the victory at the end. Welcome to top-10 club for new young sensations! Pearly Tan/Thinaah emerge as surprising winner in final day, the underdogs stun more favoured Stoeva sisters, thanks to relentless attacking shots that breaking Bulgarians solid defense. This Malaysian pair spring glimmer of hope to make WD rivaly more colorful in future years. Viktor Axelsen continues his incredible form despite was troubled by up-and-coming player Kunlavut Vitidsarn in opening game that consisted of long rally and endurance test. Careless, lack of competing experience contributing lop-sided clash in the second as Axelsen starting to read well about his opponent style of play. Axelsen reclaims his 2014 crown, a moral boost in his campaign to defend title in the imminent All England 2021. Astrup/Rasmussen deliver second victory for Denmark camp, they're too strong for Lamsfuss/Seidel this time. The German looked stuck when their smashes unable to disrupt world #15 defense and often mishit shuttlecock into net. The Danes took revenge over their defeat in Finland couple of weeks ago, European Mixed Team Championships. Far from expectation for the supposed to be highly anticipated, Marin-Sindhu duel. The Olympic Champion is two class above reigning world champion, the Indian looks frustrated as she played really badly, being dictated in entire match and seemed giving up at second game when Marin ruined her confidence to bounce back. Don't see any top-10 player quality in Sindhu performance last night, very anticlimactic and mediocre final, 21-12 / 21-5.
The malaysia vs denmark mix double match is so lousy. How on earth they can hire such umpire? Blatant discriminations against asians.
Could you then also provide examples from the match, with scores or timestamp, where you feel it is blatant discrimination against asians? It would be very interesting to have a look.
the umpires are volunteers. so, when it comes to badminton 99.999% of the time it's due to colossal incompetence rather than anything else. direct your anger towards bwf for not having a system of paid professional officials.
bwf requires the tournament host to pay for their hotel, airport transfer and give them a per diem of $30-$50 a day for food (depending on the country). most of the umpires also help with other tasks if needed like setting up the venue and line judging. so yes, not a single cent for their time and labor. ask yourself this: who should be responsible for umpire expenses and compensation? bwf or the tournament host?
Thanks for replying. This is news to me. I know Line Judges are not paid anything. But ... this one is strange.
So the line judge call it out, and the malasians waited until next point to complain? Didnt challenge? And some people are talking about racism? Ridiculous, mistakes happened.
the line judge called it in... watch his hand signal. there was no reason for the malaysians to complain due to the 'in' hand signal. i have no idea why nobody asked the line judge what he originally called. i know the players are not supposed to address the line judges directly, but the umpire could have asked. if i was playing i would have insisted for the umpire to double check with the line judge.
when you look at every major professional sport in the world their officials (referee's/umpires/field judges/line judges) are paid by the governing body/league: footbal, futbol, basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, hockey, cricket(?). they are also paid at the lower levels of those sports by whoever is in charge, even all the way down to high school level. why does badminton use volunteers at its highest level? because there are major infrastructure issues with how bwf runs the sport. people who think bwf is simply a facilitator of tournaments, and praise them for it, do not understand the nature of professional sports. ask yourself this: who makes the rules of the sport & who is responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport? the answer to those ?'s is the entity responsible for the success and failure of the sport: bee-double-you-eff. 'a lot of people play badminton in hong kong, but they don't care about badminton news and follow the sport closely.' --ng ka long angus (hong kong, world rank #8, on @AYearOnTour podcast) i'd say his view applies everywhere. but, why is that? if you never get the professional level of your sport in order and to the level it is considered a worthwhile career pursuit you will never be recognized by the masses as a serious professional sport worth caring about. also, who wants to care about a sport officiated by volunteers?
