It doesn't matter who's WR1.. LD or LCW... they are all good players... if they can represent their own country, they are all great players.
LCW is the so-called WR#, but LD is the best Quality (LD) is better than Quantity (LCW), look at the current WR from another perspective, points earned per tournament (as of 14 May 09): RankFamily NamePlayer NameNACInd. PtsTeam PtsI.TT.TTotalPointsPoints per TournamtRank1LEEChong WeiMAS754208759.14911084179.148418 22GADEPeter HoegDEN592805403.17911064683.176468 43LINDanCHN530009039.561762039.58863 14CHENJinCHN533606493.9581959853.956650 3 And head-to-head record in major events: LD 11 : LCW 6 时间 赛事 胜者 2009年3月 2009瑞士羽毛球超级系列赛 李宗伟 2009年3月 2009全英羽毛球超级系列赛 林丹 2008年11月 中国羽毛球公开赛 林丹 2008年8月 北京奥运会决赛 林丹 2008年5月 汤姆斯杯半决赛 李宗伟 2008年3月16日 瑞士羽毛球超级系列赛 林丹 2007年12月2日 香港羽毛球超级赛 林丹 2007年9月16日 日本羽毛球公开赛 李宗伟 2007年7月15日 中国羽毛球超级系列赛 林丹 2007年6月 苏迪曼杯小组赛 李宗伟 2006年12月2日 香港羽毛球公开赛 林丹 2006年7月23日 澳门羽毛球公开赛 林丹 2006年6月25日 台北羽毛球公开赛 林丹 2006年6月18日 马来西亚羽毛球公开赛 李宗伟 2006年1月22日 全英羽毛球公开赛 林丹 2005年12月6日 香港羽毛球锦标赛 林丹 2005年7月10日 马来西亚羽毛球公开赛 李宗伟 Facts speak for itself...
I think it is more like LD 13 : LCW 4, the 2008 Thomas Cup winner China w LD and LCW was only semi-finalist with M'sia; and the 2007 Sudirman Cup winner is China w LD and not LCW's M'sia. Furthermore, at least one of the wins from LCW were won with LD's absent in the same competitions, eg 2007 Japan Open.
Portions of the original poster's question. The LD is the best,etc discussion have already been done in the preceding pages.
oh my god lindan absent in 2007 japan open?then who lcw beat in semis?ghost? anyone can help me find out?
with all due respect to everyone here, i just want to say that all this debate about who's better is never going to end...i think that both LCW and LD are good players...just happens that LD has shown more results
Good points in this post. After thinking about it some more, I do believe that DLCW is the #2 best player in the world. My post was not intended to bash anybody, but simply to raise the question of "has DLCW benefitted from China's absence on the world stage, not only LD but the other top CHN players". However these are all "ifs" and given the results I would say that DLCW belongs in the top 2 in the world along with LD (but still behind LD )
Sorry for wrong info, LCW did indeed beat LD in the 2007 Japan Open semi-final, 21-19, 21-15. The tally should read 12 : 5 in LD favour.
In my opinion, Lin Dan is better than Lee Chong Wei. But i am sure that Lee Chong Wei is the player Lin Dan worry the most. Anyway, we must also respect the World Ranking No 1 that achieved by Lee Chong Wei. All the points are earn by his effort.
As you said, everyone agrees that LD is much better than LCW and who's the real world no.1... and it is normal that world no.2 and 3 are the players that world no.1 worries the most... For the WR, everyone should respect a player's effort including LCW's, yet it's the ranking system itself that makes people hard to respect, and makes LCW's no.1 not convincing. This ranking system emphasizes on quantity instead of quality. Even you follows its point system, but look at the average points earned per tournament (or championship per tournament), you would know who's the leading player on top of the list. The feeling is just like, if you ask who's the King in the jungle, someone tells you it's the cow which is the most hardworking... instead of the lion...
The above has already been discussed in another thread abt whether LCW will maintain his ranking till 2012. And there're reasons for LCW to maintain his WR in the top 2, one of which is the incentives he will get.
