In another thread, my guess is LD conceded to Bao but not for the reason boopathy floated.CHN dared not let LD play LCW as it has to be a must-win for LD because LCW has the distinct disadvantage of injury. And CHN's not too sure LD can win, seeing how lightning quick all his other FO matches were.So they sent BCL for testing.Since BCL lost, fans will say it's expected. If BCL had won,then they can say, 'See,BCL is good enough,that's why LD can just be a spectator.' That's what they tried to do in IO07.It's a no-lose situation except for the MS title.If they had sent LD,it may turn out to be an end of the Super dan image.
What I don't understand is how come Boopathy didn't realise that when a tier 1 player is injured, he becomes vulnerable even to tier 2 or 3 players.
Lin Dan was sent to test LCW in Japan open... noticed how he was playing basically quite similar to Bao's style(try to see that, it's not difficult), and Bao was on court side watching and giving advice to Lin Dan.
Now they sent Bao to the final with LCW, partially due to the fact that Bao does need more ranking point considering Bao, CJ and CY do need more ranking points to secure the remaining 2 spots of the top 4... as #1 is Lin Dan's, and when they noticed LCW beat CJ... they have to let Bao get up there or there will be a larger gap between Bao and LCW which doesn't help China secure 3 out of the top 4 spot.
Just look at Gao/ZB's case, it is the same thing... you really think China worries about hurting Gao/ZB's image if they were to lose to Flandy/Vita???