2014 Li-Ning BWF WORLD Championships : Day-4 (28th August 2014) - Round of 16

JOJ still struggling to continue in front of home crowd.

Poor JOJ now surrenders to applauding fans.

What a shame for a disappointed JOJ at a time when he has a chance to fight for the title.
 
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I dont think there's anything wrong with WYH, its CM who is playing really well, as she been for past few months now.... I am not surprised at all...
 
On court 1, coming up next the XD match between our pair of Danny and Vanessa against Xu/Ma #2 (CHN). Lets see how many points our pair can score.
 
I feel bad for WYH but its give me immense satisfaction as she was beaten by a non-Chinese player that too, a European. Haven't seen that in a long while....
 
WYH self-destructs. I mean if you've been following her , you know how she plays, what she is capable of, this is just not her, so amateurish, so error-prone, so clueless, totally not into her game.
 
Justin L said:
In my personal opinion, Saina is as good as saying,"Hey, China , you are so good, it's your fault, so we've to punish you, limit your chances of winning or lower your standard, and let us win some. Why? Because ,we're just not good enough to beat you even though there are so many more of us in the rest of the world." How's that reflecting on herself? Does she presume to speak for the rest of the world? Has she forgotten how Intanon Ratchanok won the WC'13 and she herself the AUS Open SS (albeit CHN was absent LXR and WYH)? What about her junior compatriot P V Sindhu taking bronze at the WC'13 beating both WYH and WSX en route?

I daresay even limiting CHN's participation quota to max two in the Olympics and the World Championships is neither fair nor right. At most I'm willing to make a concession for the Olympics which has other important,meaningful goals such as the Olympic Creed:"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." - apart from the Olympic Motto:"Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger)."

To propose extending the limitation to every international tournament is downright preposterous. "...If not, it will be difficult for others and not many want to make this their career.”? - What about the many thousands if not millions of Chinese kids and youths who not only have to be better than the rest of the world's aspirants but also compete against their own national juniors and established seniors ?

Briefly, that's my stand. Let's bear in mind and take heart that badminton is in a 'healthier' state than table tennis where China is truly, totally dominant. As far as badminton is concerned, who has been winning most of the Superseries Men's Singles titles and sitting atop the world ranking for the longest time, who are the reigning Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles World Champions, not forgetting the Women's Singles Champion already mentioned?

Instead of asking China to lower her standards,make more concessions and come down to your level, why not rise to the challenge? Otherwise, what is excellence in sport?
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may be they should not limit the number of players a country can send to elite level competitions, may be what BWF should do is to make strict rules against cheating and things like throwing away matches when you are scheduled to play against one of your team mates, may be what BWF should do is to make use of umpires and referees from all over the world this is specially in reference to china open premier super series where umpires and line judges surpass the limits of biasness. i am not supporting saina nehwal's statement at all and i have serious doubts that whether she has said something like this or its another cheap little thing which media always does, i think that whole article is doctored but what i think is if players have to throw away matches when scheduled to play their team mates than it sounds logic to give chance to those who really wan't to fight for it and aren't playing to lose. .with due respect to all the world class and talented chinese players.
 
I wonder what happened. This is her last chance to prove herself to go to AG, and it was totally destroyed by herself.
 
I think the losses in Indonesia and Japan have majorly impacted Wang Yihan. She's pretty much in self-doubt if she can win again the way she used to. She's a brilliant player and one of my favorites (listed her as my favorite on my profile too) and hopefully, she'll make a great comeback soon.
 
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