this WC is the most surprising tournament i have seen. here is how i rank the upsets 1. WMC beating #2 seed XXF in 2 sets 2. Sunny DK beating #2 seed LCW in 2 sets 3. Arup S. beating ex-Olympic champ TH in 3 sets 4. 5. How would u rank your list of upsets? Biggest casualty was bananaboy became bananakid, hehe
Hey, at least I don't hide under a rock like some of the guys do... if you know whom I mean...LOL Biggest upset of the tournament: WACHA LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
same order... the thing that surprises me is that both sony and wmc defeated their higher-ranked rivals by a large margin...
God, Cooler, are you in the business of inventing new players?? Arup = Anup Sunny = Sony Anyway, Ronald beating CJ would constitute a pretty big upset too (despite the circumstances). What about the Poles beating He/Yu in XD?
I'm lucky I didn't post. I was going to say if XXF loses to WMC, I was going to change my name from "DinkALot" to "BananaPanda".
points well taken. here is my revised upset list 1. WM Choo Choo beating #2 seed XXF in 2 sets 2. Sony DK beating #2 seed LCW in 2 sets (I alway see Sony as Sunny D http://www.sunnyd.com/home.shtml) 3. Anup S. beating ex-Olympic champ TH in 3 sets 4. Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk beating china He/Yu in 3 sets, even the lowly poles can draw blood from china 5. Sakamoto/Ikeda beating INA Alvent/Luluk in 3 sets
I havn't been watching coz no channels here bradcast and my internet has beendown. But.. XXF OUT???!!!! WHAT??!!!
YEah... The Russian are emerging as one of those fast-improving nations in BADMINTON.. How I wish we could have some sweet DOLLS cames out from there to represent RUSSIA as in the TENNIS BABBIES
yes yes, so many upsets, hard to keep track but bf member inputs are well noted 1. WM Choo Choo beating #2 seed XXF in 2 sets 2. Sony DK beating #2 seed LCW in 2 sets 3. Anup S. beating ex-Olympic champ TH in 3 sets 4. Durkin/Nikolaenko beat ex WC champ Paaske/Rasmussen in 2 sets 5. Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk beating china He/Yu in 3 sets, even the lowly poles can draw blood from china 6. Sakamoto/Ikeda beating INA Alvent/Luluk in 3 sets
This WC is on the verege of becoming the worst ever editions with so many UPSETS all around. Among the TOP 3 MS players, ONLY left LD in the running for GOLD. It would be nice to see an LD vs GADE final.. At least will be more entertaining in terms of high quality. Any other Finals lineup other than this 2 players, it will condemn this year WC to the WORST status !
And we thought only Taufik knows how to create drama until Chong Wei, Xie Xing Fang, Chen Jin all joining ... And we are only in QF stage!!
I probably rank Sony's win and Taufik's loss lower. Sony used to be very good. He can beat anyone when he is in top form. Taufik probably lacked of preparation while spending time taking care of his pregnant wife. And maybe couldn't sleep well having a new-borned baby who waked him up every 2 hours. But WMC's win really shocked me.
no more excuses for TH. TH was happy and self admitted he is 80-90% in form from an interview. What's more can any athletes ask for right before a tournament? LCW was considered by many as the most favorite to win in this WC. Only after this unexpected early exit we hear about all these problems with BAM and head coach.
I bet XXF lost over WMC is the biggest upset. 2 sets only? WMC really well prepared with her gameplay against XXF. SDK actually has ability to be top player. TH lost his motivation after get major titles, Luluk/Alvent yeah, you know, they are like roller coaster, sometimes good sometimes bad. LP/JR have been over their peak.
Official excuse on XXF's loss to WMC (from The Star) Chinese chief coach Li Yongbo said: “My player came here to win but she failed to do so. The crowd played a big part in the Malaysian’s win today. Besides, Xingfang was not feeling well.” Now we know
