Blibli INDONESIA Open 2018 : Round of 32-FINAL (03-08 July)

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Desireless said:
I don't know where you learned to play badminton, but a net kill is supposed to take the shortest distance to the floor, which is exactly what Kevin did. The fact that Kolding decided to crouch down in front of the net doesn't somehow make him a victim...he could have moved back, held his racquet in front of his face, or turned around instead of making himself a sitting duck.

A "body smash" is a perfectly acceptable form of attacking shot. But if the receiving player can't defend it, then it often turns into a body hit. Does that make the smasher somehow at fault? Clearly not. Anything on the other side of the net within the lines is fair game. If someone hits a person, they will normally apologize... but defending players are responsible for ensuring their own safety from incoming shuttles, simple as that.

In addition, Kevin didn't actually hit Kolding... shuttle hit the floor and bounced through his legs. In the slow mo replay you can see Kevin immediately apologizing and Kolding nodding his head in acknowledgement. There was no need for Corad to step in other than to stir the pot, which the umpire called him out on.
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I think it was more like a personal vendetta between Conrad and Kevin. He wouldn't have reacted that way if it wasn't Kevin and Kevin wouldn't have reacted that way either if it wasn't Conrad. There had been bad blood between these two and unfortunately the umpire got dragged into this feud :D and he made it worse by making that "I didn't see it" decision in favor to the Danes. The last gesture of that thumb down (I suspect) from Kevin was telling Conrad something like, who are you to lecture me about honor/respect when you didn't honor it yourself. Kevin was once told off by Conrad after a match and got some lecturing about honor/respect. So in other words, it was just Kevin and Conrad overreacting like some immature brats over their personal feelings. All unnecessary and inappropriate but they didn't seem to care.

Though Kevin's attitude to the umpire was yellow or red card potential. But while Kevin was ready to play on, the umpire was still trying to call Kevin to explain himself.
 
Inoue/Kaneko sprint through the Final in straight games. The TPE pair were totally outclassed by them.
 
To all,

Time to take a temporary hiatus and move on from the smash to the head of an opponent at the net.

Further posts on that particular subtopic will be deleted for the time being

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My commies just compare Chen Yufei with Li Xuerui. No offense to Chen but LXR already kicking ass left and right when she's coming to the world stage.
 
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