When Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen play the final match. Someone still thinks it's unfair and resentful because their Lee Zii Jia was the best in All England. It makes my day. LOL x 20 times
Ive not been commenting much about LS but just reading for the most part and it seems Lakshya has gotten a great fanbase now not only in India but across the badminton world and as someone who has known the family since childhood its very heart warming to see all the praise being showered upon him. Thank you to all Badminton Fans for your love and support
To hate is much easier to do than to love. Rooting against someone and hoping for his/her downfall is easy, as athlete’s chance of success is always low. But rooting FOR someone through ups and downs, that is what a true sports fan does. You will never walk alone. Peace : )
Welcome to All England winner club for Akane Yamaguchi, her outstanding performance outmaneuvered An SY who twist and turn chasing the shuttlecock rotation, the Japanese completes her fine skill with inventing more strokes variation to wow her familiar foe as she has realized An SY is very alert with usual basic game so she needed to present new style to confuse her opponent. Both players have fantastic net play and tenacity to retrieve shuttlecock that inviting thrilling sensation for badminton fans. Korean gem is more and more mature on her game, she's one of potential candidates for upcoming major events that will be culminated at Paris 2024. An anticlimax men's singles final presents Viktor Axelsen reclaims All England crown, on comfort zone to play his favorite shots and tactic, smash after smash that supported by good netshot and proper defense, only little interrupted by Indian rising star Lakshya Sen who had no room to implant another plan to move the Olympic Champion corner to corner. Still, excellent run for Sen who reached back to back finals, a stepping stone to pursue his bigger achievement next. Like or dislike Viktor Axelsen proves his wonderful consistency since early last year, a very tough task to do even in this less competitive MS era compare than Lin-Lee dominating period. INA never stop to produce new star in MD category, what a huge accomplishment for Fikri/Maulana , a fairy-tale ending for the unseeded combination to beat world number 3, 2 , 1 in a row and scored huge achievement. The fearless duo overpower illustrious seniors Ahsan/Setiawan with their signature fast and furious game at front area, Fikri is so talented to execute intricating net shots, an effective and quick way to earn point. The Daddies led briefly in early stage of second game before Ahsan got medical treatment for his calf injury then former champions had no answer to contend with eagerly younger compatriots. Third Japanese women's doubles pair standing on All England highest podium, this time Mastuyama/Shida who served really entertaining show than usually boring marathon rallies to watch. They redefine style of play, more pro-active and variation on attacking shot to strengthen their solid defense, overall have tremendous development in all departments. Being All England runner-up is a bonus for Chinese new combination Zhang/Zheng, the gap is wide open to catch up with world beaters, Zhang Shuxian needs a better partner than the error-proned and clumsy Zheng Yu. Mixed doubles close contest saw Watanabe/Higashino denied the Olympic Champions in their third attempts, Higashino was way better than the passive Huang DP, the Chinese pair experienced declining on their quality of play in terms of speed, persistence and desire to win. The Japanese won mental game, contrary with their opponent who looked uncomfortable in crucial stages. Japan players celebrate three titles in Bimingham while arch-rival China swallow another titleless after 2020 edition, SUI Open will be underway this week.
Lzj still in dreamland playing between legs shots. Lucky the balls intact. Am sure he wont do it again. Lol Haters love me scold him to proof am not lzj fan. Lol
why did wyl stop smashing a lot in the 2nd game? injury or lack of confidence due to great japanese defense?
Enough for the king. I will talk about something different. Watanabe may not have a WC or an Olympic gold medal yet, but his genius rallies appear on youtube more than anyone in XD. So inspiring and always able to learn from him. Yamaguchi collected all super tours 1000 (China Open 2017, Indonesia Open 2019 and All England 2022) Also 3 oldest titles in the world (All England 123 years, French Open 114 years and Denmark Open 86 years) Just a few players can do this. (Very rare)
He was holding his knee after a certain dive, could be a niggling injury. Or maybe his confidence was shaken since the Japanese pair did defended well. They might not have expected Higashino to defend so well in particular, but she surprised us all.
Not sure who is the lucky guy got the Watanabe new racquet when he throw out to supporters Sent from my SM-N770F using Tapatalk
Partly he ran out of gas, keep smashing from match 1 but Japanese too good in defending. Sent from my SM-N770F using Tapatalk
His smash is not penetrating the defense of Higashino or like morten said, he was not smashing across the body of higashino...anyway in the 2nd game WYL kinda lost focus
Really pleased with the results this year... apart from Prince Joffrey, obviously. Set/Ahsan didn't win, and China got nothing.
No argument from me... but they bore me. Like Manchester United back when they were good... I just love to see them lose.
Something maybe you missed: There is a warning for misconduct to Huang at the end of the match. Many people ask why ? She talked something to service judge (point hand to audience or Yuta-Arisa) and Wang tried to stop her. Then the umpire gave Huang a warning for misconduct. I guess that Huang said why don't call a fault to the Japan pair, sometimes they also serve a high service. (just my guess)
