Baddyforall
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@antssantss , your take on Zhou Zeqi and Lu guangzu?
For me, Lu guangzu is more of an attacking player .
For me, Lu guangzu is more of an attacking player .
The Scottish Open 2018 MS Final, Liu Haichao vs Sun Feixiang, fighting badminton all the way. SFX has improved significantly but LHC even better, a proactive, swift attacking player with a strong smash, a healthy variety of shots, a tinge of creativity and deception. The way LHC celebrated after the match, pounding the floor, gives me the feeling he will go far one day; an exciting young player to watch. Hope to see the same for SFX too.
Liu Haichao, 20, born 22nd March 1998, currently WR515, has only played two small tournaments before coming here and progressed from qualifier to champion beating en route the likes of Pablo Abian, Lucas Claerbout, Rajiv Ouseph, and finally overcoming his fellow teammate , Sun Feixiang who beat the Dutch Mark Caljouw in the semis.![]()
To be honest,I actually like his game better than his illustrious seniors,Shi Yuqi and Chen Long.
By the way, the two commentators, one male and one female , are a refreshing change from Gillian Clark and Steen Pedersen. I hope Badminton Scotland who provides very good livestream coverage - much appreciated - can get a bigger sponsor and upgrade the Scottish Open to WTS500 or at least WTS300 the following years.
The Sun Feixiang vs Mark Caljouw and Liu Haichao vs Rajiv Ouseph matches are worth watching too, and they are available on youtube.
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That explains it....she always struck me as a bit of an airhead, at least her way of talkingThe commentators, Gail Emms & Paul Hand. As usual this tournament is well organized and looked grande despite only graded Super 100 event, like it!
It's suprising outcome, coming from nowhere, Liu Haichao, rank #515 won Scottish Open, stunned more favoured Sun Feixiang (gold medalist of 2016 AJC & WJC), wow!
After watching Ren Pengbo's match with Son Wan Ho at the KOR Masters 2018, I must say he acquitted himself well despite defeat in three games. I think of the current lot of CHN MS second stringers in your list, I'd say RPB is the most promising, no wonder Sony Kuncoro singled him out for praise after losing the only encounter to him last year at the China Open in two straight sets, 21-16,21-19.A new batch of China youngsters, Liu Haichao (20), Sun Feixiang (20), Zhou Zeqi (21), Ren Pengbo (21), Lu Guangzu (22), Zhao Junpeng (22), who's the best prospect to accompany Shi Yuqi? Lin Guipu (21) has yet to play in BWF circuit, we'll expect to see his comeback next year.
A new batch of China youngsters, Liu Haichao (20), Sun Feixiang (20), Zhou Zeqi (21), Ren Pengbo (21), Lu Guangzu (22), Zhao Junpeng (22), who's the best prospect to accompany Shi Yuqi? Lin Guipu (21) has yet to play in BWF circuit, we'll expect to see his comeback next year.
Don't worry, by end next year we should be able to know who would have the last laugh, you or CLELY. My bet is on her.Lol so many. Let them all play in Super500+
Wait, her? You mean CLELY? I don't know that.Don't worry, by end next year we should be able to know who would have the last laugh, you or CLELY. My bet is on her.
Wait, her? You mean CLELY? I don't know that.
After watching Ren Pengbo's match with Son Wan Ho at the KOR Masters 2018, I must say he acquitted himself well despite defeat in three games. I think of the current lot of CHN MS second stringers in your list, I'd say RPB is the most promising, no wonder Sony Kuncoro singled him out for praise after losing the only encounter to him last year at the China Open in two straight sets, 21-16,21-19.
I'm not sure when RPB will finish his university education so that he can devote himself full-time to professional badminton.
The other one I like is Liu Haichao, an exciting attacking player but against an excellent retriever like Son Wan Ho,he had better learn to be patient, construct the rallies well and time his attack at the right moment coupled with sudden injection of pace; at the same time, his defense must be up to it,esp when the opponent counterattacks.
Lu Guangzu is not bad, just that when he can't get his game going as when his attacks are repeatedly repulsed, he tends to lose his way and his heart instead of regrouping himself and regather his thoughts to tweak his game and start all over again. Somehow I feel that his attacking game is a bit one-dimensional, even so as he matures and gain experience, I believe he will learn to use the right tactics at the right time against the right opponent.
Zhou Zeqi reminds me of Du Pengyu but not as steady, consistent and experience yet compared with prime DPY. Similarly, he's also a thinking player like DPY ,even sharing the same shortcoming in lacking a killer weapon, the cracking smash. Still, he is capable of upsetting much higher ranked opponents, I recall how he got the best out of Tommy Sugiarto at the Aussie Open earlier this year in two convincing straight sets.
Because you're relatively newbie here![]()
Because you're relatively newbie here
Interesting explanation about the youngsters, we'll see then. I prefer Ren PB & Liu HC instead of Lu GZ & Zhou ZQ.
Yes, the CHN second tier players has a different set of coaches (offhand, I can't remember their names but I'd recognise their faces). In the past it used to be Chen Yu but he has since been promoted to 1st tier coach.Agree with you. LGZ, as Justin says has a limit to his game currently. He can't lift it to anther level. But hopefully he will up his tempo and get better like Xue Song. As for ZZ and the rest, they have reached the "boundaries" of their skills and can't progress any further.
I wonder whether LH and RP have a different set of coaches as they have veered away from the CL and SYQ style? Eagerly looking forward to see their next tournament, including the other juniors as well.
Even Gao Fangjie is disappointed with herself, saying she has not been able to raise her standard and improve her form this year. That's why she didn't play the last few tournaments.Disappointed about gao fanjie & chen xiaoxin. Specially about gao fanjiee. Many people thought she will be the one to watch from china after reaching the china open final in last year beating pv sindhu,marin
We can't forget cai yaiyan also. She also 2 titles thia year. She nearly miss the world tour final also. She was behind the beiweng zheng in the rankingsEven Gao Fangjie is disappointed with herself, saying she has not been able to raise her standard and improve her form this year. That's why she didn't play the last few tournaments.
I think Chen Xiaoxin is slightly better off, cold comfort for us CHN fans, I supposed.
The bright spot , apart from Chen Yufei's major breakout at the Fuzhou China Open, is Han Yue's steady progress this one month - three finals, one title at Macau Open, and enters another final tomorrow at the KOR Open in an all-CHN affair with Li Xuerui.