Interesting quote, Chris. But Zhang Jun has actually slowed down considerably since 2005. The new XD play pattern in the PPR system require a lot more speed and agility on the men, big men like Zhang Jun is at a disadvantage. If I may venture an opinion, I would say Lee Yong Dae and Han Sang Hoon are best at this though their XD partnerships need a lot of fine tuning. Flandy Limpele is the only "old" player that can hold his own in the top echelon of XD. But that's because from his movements, you can see that he manages his energy efficiently (like Morten Frost), not everyone can do that.
YES....at least they are the same.....I could not eblieve you that you insult your own players.... Admit it or not...NW/LN is better than ZB/GL right now...period!!!
You missed the points..even tennis players prefer to win French open instead of winning of many clay titles same thing for US open....who if you win all warming up hard court tournamenst but you do not win US open...even Tiger wood perfer to win Masters instead of regular series...if WC is nothing then SS is even not important as it is many of them... I would like to see if one day if any MAS wins WC...I am looking forward to your comments if title of WC for MAS is not important!! Lets bet!!!
Why Gao Ling/Zheng Bo lost to the Indon MX pair I noticed that all of the shots by the Indon pair were designed to tire out Zheng bo who is not that fittest shuttler in the China team....I think Gao Ling only hit about 30% of the shots whereas Zheng Bo was flat out running left right...front back and doing most of the smashing....no wonder he made so many mistakes....coz he's totally exhausted. Maybe Gao Ling was also saving herself for the WD's final. Natsir and Widianto was spot on as their combined relentless attack on Zheng Bo....Gao Ling can only watched and smiled. Indonesia has a very good coaches and support team....They studied they opponents very well and exploited their weakness spectacularly....case in point..the MX doubles final, Men's Doubles Semifinal/final and Sony's triumph over LCW and PG.
Thats right..once a while...they took GL to the back and LN played netting with ZB which also gave him trouble as NV was there to toy GL or smashed it...Plus LN was able to take all ZB's attacks or smashes..... It was not CHN day.,..sometime you play today but not next day...
I think it was reported that Nova and Natsir targeted the big Zheng Bo right from the start, a strategy which proved to be most rewarding! Such a strategy of attacking the man instead of the woman in XD would prove disastrous under normal circumstances but maybe the Indonesians consider Gao to be more superior than her partner Zheng, certainly in the front court!
Krisna, I am disappointed in you...you forget about Febe so fast and your roaming eyes gone to Riekom Carolla and other chicks so fast...hahaha!!
Oh really? Care to explain why china was able to participate in Table Tennis World Championships since late 1950's? China first hosted Table Tennis World Championships in 1961. American table tennis players went to a tournament in the PRC in 1971. Your explanation doesn't make sense! The following is what I found in a Chinese book. Let me try to translate: In 1963 summer Thomas Cup winner Indonesia visited China and was defeated by China nation team and China Junior team. Province teams such as Guangdong and Fujian also beat them. In 1964 summer after team Indonesia defeated Denmark to defend their Thomas Cup title they traveled to China trying to take revenge. This time they were beaten by China national team 4:1. Guangdong and Guangdong/Hubei then beat them three times with the score 3:2.
Imperfect patriot... I am an INA patriot with a weakness... :crying::crying: And as we know, INA law allows us citizens (and patriots) to have 4 wives. I have zero wives now... Want to start with my first one. She has to be good at badminton. That's the prerequisite... Btw, I like Febe's court-grace and badminton skill, not interested in her as a wife. Too young. Only 18. Reiko is the most ideal... But I sense that I have a lot of competition even within our BC friends...
could ristar be reincarnation of banned member Torres, Ina_for_china ? ... he's just registered here with 1 post
ya reiko is thmost ideal for me too.. compared with you, i'm the most ideal one for her... i'm the closer one in term of age different... you're too old for her
Krisna, Krisna - the one with the roving eyes. Must say you do have pretty good taste. And please don't be greedy - 4 wives!!
Yah, I suppose you must be younger, but how many wives do you have now! Kisna is older, wiser and in better finacial health, I presume, since he is already talking about 4 wives even though he's a bachelor now.