Lee CW marches on last eight, 21-17 / 22-20. A good effort by Chinese youngster Guo Kai to save four match points before the former world #1 ended with flick serve at last point.
Cheung had the chance to serve to the net after that. Is fair play so uncommon at that level?Shocking line judging and umpiring spotted at Michelle Li vs Cheung Ngan Yi match yesterday. Cheung 's smash landed right at the middle of tram lines. The point was awarded to Cheung despite Li's heavy protesting. Can be viewed at 4:41, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn3pVQdXA6g. Congratulations to Cheung winning the closely contested match anway but no thanks to the officials.
Cheung had the chance to serve to the net after that. Is fair play so uncommon at that level?
I have seen pro players serving under the net five times in turn before they reached some agreement.I have never seen a player giving back a point after a bad call. But I see them making a gesture meaning sorry for that. I think the logic is that bad calls happens for both sides, and sometimes the opponent is not in a position to judge if the shuttle was in or out so the best is let the linesman speak, no self-justice. It could lead to endless quarrels.
I've seen pro players serve into the net a lot at the Olympics '12![]()
That's insane, I cannot believe the BWF president didn´t always give his best effort trying to win when he was playingHoyer-Larsen served to the net at the German-Open 1997 vs. Peter Gade after a wrong decision made by the official. He is the one and only player I've ever seen being that fair and doing that.
Back in 1997, there was no black card rule. It hadn't been inventedThat's insane, I cannot believe the BWF president didn´t always give his best effort trying to win when he was playingwhy didn't he get a black card (like some players in London OG)
Will he be fired from BWF now when this has been revealed
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Shocking line judging and umpiring spotted at Michelle Li vs Cheung Ngan Yi match yesterday. Cheung 's smash landed right at the middle of tram lines. The point was awarded to Cheung despite Li's heavy protesting. Can be viewed at 4:41, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn3pVQdXA6g. Congratulations to Cheung winning the closely contested match anway but no thanks to the officials.
Just watched the replay. This is beyond ridiculous!
I agree it's completely the wrong call. However, it's really just one point at the end of the day. Lots of wrong calls are made all the time. I do agree that this call was rather obviously wrong though hehe.
I like to think of it as two points, you don't get one point you should have had (that's one point) and the opponent gets one point they shouldn't have had (that's another). You need to take two points to get to the same state you should have been in in the first place.
The umpire really should've paid enough attention to see how ludicrously out that was, but eh. In hindsight it feels particularly bad because Li lost the game 22-20 if I recall correctly, so if she had gotten that point (and all other things being equal, which of course they wouldn't be) she very well might've won the game.
But meh, it happens. Must be frustrating for her and her fans though.![]()