china mixed doubles....

[suetyan]

..i wasn't one of them who guaranteed a title for CHN in the XD.
I did foresee all 3 of them reaching the Semis, though.
The way i ranked the CHN XD pairs going into this yr's WC:
1. Yu Yang & He Hanbin
2. Ma Jin & Zheng Bo (i know, i know, people tend to use their winning trend)
3. Zhang Yawen & Xie Zhongbo
4. Chen Xu & Zhao Yunlei

Chris, it is Xu Chen, not Chen Xu.

 

[2cents]

it is shocking news, China has never missed any XD titles entering 2009. In another word, that's the miracle they made. While they lost many other titles, including Women's singles, women's doubles, men's singles and men's doubles. They have swept all XD titles in all tournaments they attended. But now, none of them even entering the final 4.

strange, very strange. China badminton team, except Zhang Jun/Gao Ling, just simply become impotent in BWF events. Maybe they just want to grab the prize money, nothing else. Especially Zheng Bo, this guy has won so many open tournament titles with Zhang Jiewen, with Zhao Tingting, with Gao Ling and now with Ma Jin. But no wc, no OG.

 

[spoileddelights]

but china have their WD to make up for it!

 

[weeyeh]

Whenever there are Lily-Nova and LYD-LHJ in the competition, only blinded CHN fans will think an XD title is a sure thing for China...

Until Nova and LHJ is replaced, CHN will have a chance to crack these top XD pairs. There simply isn't anyone with LN or LYD capability in the CHN camp.

YY is powerful and MJ has the speed but LN is legend. If she gets a more consistent thumper (someone like ZB will be sufficient), thats WR#1 in the making. Likewise, if LYD gets a good consistent frontcourt lady (again, MJ is good enough), they are again a WR#1 material. Looking at how both LYD and LN has to keep picking up the pieces left by their partners is quite painful.

 

[george@chongwei]

anyway, salute to both denmark xd pair...
hope they will all the way to the final

 

[ctjcad]

1 mighty XD pair for China squad??..

what about ZB+YY (in SC), FHF+MJ, CY+ZYL.....

ZB/YY should be a very strong pair, however that's kind of unfair to HHB...

ZB will fail again, no matter paired up with YY or MJ.
...

..as somewhat mentioned in this post #454; quite concur with supernova:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1230362#post1230362

Chris, it is Xu Chen, not Chen Xu.

...oh, thank you for putting the Chinese way of writing his name back again..

 

[george@chongwei]

so there will be NO chinese mixed double in the final of the wc this time

 

[rebsinfx]

who's gonna wear the pants on a ZB/YY partnership?? =)

 

[limsy]

Whenever there are Lily-Nova and LYD-LHJ in the competition, only blinded CHN fans will think an XD title is a sure thing for China... These 2 non-CHN pairs have been winning World Championships and Olympic Medals in the past 4 years... Unlike the WS category where China's dominance and depth is more apparent, the XD category is very much up for grab!
In general, I would rather have one crazy ass strong XD pair... Depth is surely a major issue in Thomas Cups and Uber Cups... but in individual competition, having one ace player/pair is a huugggeee advantage. INA had Taufik Hidayat in 2004 and 2005 that can win Olympic gold and World Championship... We were happier having one TH compared to DEN who had Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen in the top 10...

and i do agree with krisna with all the points in the post

 

[limsy]

Until Nova and LHJ is replaced, CHN will have a chance to crack these top XD pairs. There simply isn't anyone with LN or LYD capability in the CHN camp.

YY is powerful and MJ has the speed but LN is legend. If she gets a more consistent thumper (someone like ZB will be sufficient), thats WR#1 in the making. Likewise, if LYD gets a good consistent frontcourt lady (again, MJ is good enough), they are again a WR#1 material. Looking at how both LYD and LN has to keep picking up the pieces left by their partners is quite painful.

can we just pair up lyd/ln to fight china?

 

[ctjcad]

Will this trend continue??..

Will this major surprise continue in the near future?
Is this a brief major snag in the road for CHN XD squad?
With Nova retiring (soon), who will pick up the pieces for INA XD squad?

 

[weeyeh]

can we just pair up lyd/ln to fight china?

I was thinking also... but one talk Korean and another Bahasa Indonesia. Quite funny if they need a translator for communication .

Then again, LN was really sub-par last evening. Nova, OTOH, performed better than I thought.

XD and MD are still China's most vulnerable event although in the longer term, MD will likely show greater weakness.

 

[george@chongwei]

Will this major surprise continue in the near future?
Is this a brief major snag in the road for CHN XD squad?
With Nova retiring (soon), who will pick up the pieces for INA XD squad?

i heard mohd rijal will be pairing up with butet next..

can we just pair up lyd/ln to fight china?

what about pairing up the young and the vateran? lee yong dae/gao ling.. korean domination.. call gao ling to migrate to korea lol, i just realised i was just daydreaming..

 

[ctjcad]

Will it be Ma Jin or Yu Yang to carry the torch??..

...XD and MD are still China's most vulnerable event although in the longer term, MD will likely show greater weakness.

Although they've been consistent with the AE, having won the last 4 AE XD titles, incl. this yr, the XD event has been a touch & go event for the CHN squad. It's even more glaring after the departure/retirement of Gao Ling & Zhang Jun from the squad. The last time a CHN pair won a WC XD title was in 2001 (through GL & ZJ). The last time a CHN pair won an OG XD title was in 2004 (through GL & ZJ).

i heard mohd rijal will be pairing up with butet next..
...

Off topic: and how will they do as a pair??..