Lin Dan is registered. Lin Dan is registered for German Open according to the newest entry list. I want to eat with him again like last year. In Muelheim, there is a Chinese restaurant in the downtown shopping mall, usually, the whole Chinese Squad is there at least one time a day. Last year, I ate there with Wu Un-Yong, my club's player, Chen Yu and Lin Dan at lunch.
We will see....but I think Li Mao should bear certain responsibility as well, for taunting Lin Dan and pushing Zhong Bo (the Chinese coach)
This is the kind of stuff thats really sad for badminton and frustrating for its fans not just the players. I sincerely hope in Beijing, the line calls are neutral and unbiased because that is how the game really should be... A battle of true skills between 2 players without someone gaining the assistance of external factors...
I saw his name in the entry list, which also include: Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo Gao Ling/Zhao Tingting He Hanbin/Yu Yang -- these three are the ones that need Olympic points....
Did anyone watch the presentation ceremony? Did LD accept his cheque/prize normally, or was there more controversy. Crowd boo?
all is mind game , Lin dan always use to this tactic..if u watch the game before.... this time fail to use this trick against lee mao. lee mao more experiance...haha....
Not everybody but most people mainly due to his arrogant. Every one has unique character and fan just doesn't like Lin Dan behavior and how he handles win and loss. No doubt, Lin Dan is a very talented player.
Is good to see Lin Dan went to the podium even with the unfair defeat, it shows he has grown more mature. Is unfortunate Lin had to lose in such manner but take this as a learning ground and be a better player.
If you know you're against all odd then it hard not to be agitated and live at the edge on every point, any questionable call will trigger the temper. The only thing Lin Dan need to understand is most players experienced the similar situation when playing in China too. What goes around, comes around.
To what I understand, line judges in Olympic will not be local volunteer, they are from foreign nations?
CHN dominance, LYB's game fixing, LD arrogance and on and on which may be a reason for others to not like CHN....but without LD, I would say one of the 4 big draw cards (TH, LCW and PG being the others), the game would play to more empty stadiums as if now the stadiums being empty enough are not bad already.
I see all these comments about LHI's sportsmanship...then why didn't he say its a bad call? And if he thought it was the right call, say its right but he didn't: When asked he replies "..it's the line judges call". I dunno bout you guys but if it was an obvious bad call and I'm on the court it doesn't matter what side I'm on I'll say its bad. That's just good ettiquette. I was actually rooting for LHI but this win feels tainted sorry.
LHI said the right thing, he was too far away to correct the line judge decision and do you think even gentleman like Jonassen will do otherwise? Is not the players' fault, lets be clear about this.
too far away? I'm not sure if you're refering to the same sport but it's a down the line shot. We've all played this sport so lets not kid ourselves. If it was hit to the back baseline, sure that's almost impossible to tell if it was close. If it was a crosscourt shot, sure because of the angles it's hard to judge. But when its down the line, come on now. In fact, LHI has an even better vantage point than the umpire. Not saying its his fault..of course it isn't but on the other hand I'm not gonna exactly call him 'sportsmanlike', same with LD. I've seen players in tournaments who come out and admit a bad call that's not in their favor..think LCW even did it once so it's not unheard of.
