Best matches of 2010

kming

Regular Member
Here’s a list of all the matches i enjoyed watching for the 2010 year. I only put super series matches and big vents (TC, WC, AG)

The reason of my choice is not always based on a rational point of view. For example, i put all the WC finals because i was present and it was a huge joy for me as it was the first time i saw professional badminton « live ». If i re-watch the WDF now, for example, i must admit that it wasn’t one of the best match of the year but at that moment i was very in it….

So, feel free to add matches or make comments with your point of view…..

Korean open
SF – MS – Peter Gade vs Chen Long (21-13, 10-21, 21-17)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Peter Gade (21-12, 21-11)
F – MD – Lee Yong-dae/Jung Jae-sung vs Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (21-11, 14-21, 21-18)
F – XD – He Hanbin/Yu Yang vs Tao Jiaming/Zhang Yawen (21-15, 21-16)

Malaysia open
SF – MD – Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong vs Chai Biao/Zhang Nan (21-19, 16-21, 21-15)
F – WD – Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli (21-16, 21-12)
F – XD – Tao Jiaming/Zhang Yawen vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (19-21,21-18, 21-15)

All england
QF – MS – Peter Gade vs Taufik Hidayat (20-22,22-20,22-20)
QF – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Shon Wan-ho (14-21,21-14,21-14)
QF – XD – Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (21-18, 21-19)
SF – MS – Kenichi Tago vs Bao Chunlai (18-21, 22-20, 21-18)
SF – WS – Tine Rasmussen vs Saina Nehwal (21-19, 21-17)
SF – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (14-21, 21-13, 23-21)
SF – XD – Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Lee Yong-dae/Lee Hyo-jung (21-16, 18-21, 21-8)
F – XD – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-18, 23-25, 21-18)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Kenichi Tago (21-19, 21-19)
F – WS – Tine Rasmussen vs Wang Yihan (21-14, 18-21, 21-19)
F – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Boe/Morgensen (21-23, 21-19, 26-24)
F – WD – Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei (20-22, 21-16, 21-13)

Swiss open
SO – F – MS – Chen Jin vs Chen Long (12-21, 21-15, 21-17)

NB : I didn’t saw a lot of matchs.

Thomas and Uber cup

TC SF : Indonesia vs Japan
DM2 - Noriyasu Hirata/Hiroyuki Endo vs Nova Widianto/Alvent Yulianto Chandra (14-21 20-22)

TC SF : China vs malaysia
SM1 Dan Lin vs Lee Chong Wei (21-17, 21-8)
DM1 Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (21-15, 21-10)

UC F : China vs South korea
SD1 Yihan Wang vs Seung Hee Bae (21-23 11-21)
DD1 Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang vs Hyo Jung Lee/Min Jung Kim (21-18 12-21 15-21)
SD2 Xin Wang vs Ji Hyun Sung (21-14 16-21 21-7)
DD2 Jing Du/Yang Yu vs Kyung Won Lee/Jung Eun Ha (21-19 14-21 19-21)

TC F : China vs Indonesia :
SM1 Dan Lin vs Taufik Hidayat (21-7 21-14)
DM1 Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (25-23 16-21 21-12)
SM2 Jin Chen vs Simon Santoso (19-21 21-17 21-7)

Singapore Open
I didn’t saw any match from this open

Indonesia open
SF – XD – Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-12, 21-16, 19-21)
F – XD – Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba vs Hendra Setiawan/Anastasia Russkikh (21-18, 22-20)
NB : I didn’t saw a lot of matchs.


World Championship
QF – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma vs Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (21-19 23-21)
QF – XD – Hanbin He/Yang (F) Yu vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (21-19 21-17)
QF – MD – Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan vs Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (23-25 21-13 21-14)
QF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Chong Wei Lee (21-15 11-21 21-12)
SF – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma VS Sung Hyun Ko/Jung Eun Ha (15-21 21-11 21-16)
SF – MS – Jin Chen vs Peter Hoeg Gade (19-21 21-8 21-11)
SF – WD – Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang vs Shu Cheng/Yunlei Zhao (10-21 21-10 21-13)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Sung Hwan Park (21-10 22-20)
SF – WS – Xin Wang vs Shixian Wang (21-19 11-21 21-16)
SF – MD – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (21-16 21-13)
F – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma vs Hanbin He/Yang (21-14, 21-10)
F – MS – Jin Chen vs Taufik Hidayat (21-13 21-15)
F – WS – Wang Lin [7] vs Xin Wang (21-11 19-21 21-13)
F – WD – Jing Du/Yang (F) Yu vs Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang (21-9 21-17)
F – MD – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (18-21 21-18 21-14)

China Masters
SF – XD – Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing vs He Hanbin/Ma Jin (7-21, 21-12, 21-14)
SF – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (20-22, 21-13, 21-17)
F – MS – Lin Dan vs Chen Long (21-15, 21-13, 21-14)
F – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Ko Sung-hyun/Yoo Yeon-seong (21-14, 21-19)

Japan open
SF – XD – Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing vs Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (21-14, 22-20)
SF – MS – Lin Dan vs Peter Gade (21-11, 21-19)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan (22-20, 16-21, 21-17)
F – WS – Jiang Yanjiao vs Wang Xin (23-21, 21-18)
F – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (18-21, 21-14, 21-12)
F – XD – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing (21-19, 22-20)

Denmark open
QF – XD – Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (21-14, 17-21, 22-20)

French open

SF – MS – Joachim Persson vs Peter Hoeg Gade (21-14, 16-21, 21-17)
SF – XD – Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schöttler vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (13-21, 21-17, 22-20)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Boonsak Ponsana (21-13, 21-14)
F – XD – Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam vs Michael Fuchs/Birgit Overzier (21-15, 21-15)

Asian games

Team event
Men's Team Semifinal - Lin Dan vs Hidayat Taufik (21-13, 23-21)
Men's Team Semifinal - Cai/Fu vs Kido/Setiawan (23-21 14-21 21-10)
Men's Team Final 1 Lin Dan vs Park Sunghwan
Men's Team Final Cai/Fu vs Jung/Lee

Single event
SF - MD – Kido/Setiawan vs Jung/Lee (21-15, 13-21, 21-18)
SF - MS - Lee Chong Wei vs Chen Jin (14-21, 21-15, 21-7)
F - MD - Kido/Setiawan vs Koo/Tan (16-21, 26-24, 21-19)
F - XD - Shin/Lee vs Zhang/Zhao (21-19, 21-14)
F - MS - Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei (21-13, 15-21, 21-10)

China open
QF – MD – Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee vs Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (21-19, 19-21, 21-8)
SF – WS – Shixian Wang vs Xin Wang (21-18, 21-16)
SF – MS – Long Chen vs Jin Chen (22-20, 18-21, 21-18)
SF – XD – Jiaming Tao/Qing Tian vs Hanbin He/Jin Ma (21-17, 8-21, 21-13)
SF – WD – Jin Ma/Qianxin Zhong vs Jung Eun Ha/Kyung Eun Jung (11-21, 21-8, 21-18)
SF – MD – Biao Chai/Nan Zhang vs Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee (21-12, 15-21, 26-24)
F – MS – Long Chen vs Chunlai Bao (9-21, 21-14, 21-16)
F – XD – Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing vsZhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (21-18, 21-17)

Hong Kong open

SF – XD – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Chen Xu/Yang (F) Yu (16-21, 21-18, 21-19)
SF – MD – Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (21-19, 23-21)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Long Chen (15-21 21-11 21-19)
F – WS – Saina Nehwal vs Shixian Wang (15-21, 21-16, 21-17)
F – XD – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (22-20, 14-21, 22-20)
F – MD – Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (21-19, 14-21, 23-21)




And now here’s my top matches in each discipline


MS : AE - QF – Peter Gade vs Taufik Hidayat (20-22,22-20,22-20) (i hesitate with some matches between LCW and LD but this one was very thrilling…)
WS : AE - F – Tine Rasmussen vs Wang Yihan (21-14, 18-21, 21-19)
WD : UCF - WD2 - Jing Du/Yang Yu vs Kyung Won Lee/Jung Eun Ha (21-19 14-21 19-21)
MD : WC - F – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (18-21 21-18 21-14) (Of course i’m not partial as i was present, but what an exciting final !... AE - F – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Boe/Morgensen (21-23, 21-19, 26-24)
Was very thrilling too)
XD : AE - F – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-18, 23-25, 21-18)
 
i think the asian games 2010 men team final 1st md match is the best of 2010 instead of the wc final
hahaha
 
My favourites :

Saina Nehwal beat Wang Shixian in final HK Open

and

Kido/Hendra beat KKK/TBH in AG final
 
Overall the best final matches in one tourney definitely is All England 100th anniversary (all gone to 3r set)...........Very special ending for very special moment for tourney history.................
 
DD2 Jing Du/Yang Yu vs Kyung Won Lee/Jung Eun Ha (21-19 14-21 19-21)
NO DOUBT
The best match of 2010!!!!

It was certainly one of the most exciting. Fraught with expectation and tension. And the gravity of the occasion as well. A definite edge of your seat, heart in your mouth match.
 
More prestigious are LD vs LCW and MK/ HS vs KKK/TBH match at Final Asian Games last year. IMO
So I choose those matches for The Best Matches of 2010 :)
 
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