Actually Simon is doing pretty well the whole year so far, beating now and then opponents regarded as above him (LD, BP, LCW), and seldom lost to players below him. He is gradually becoming "somebody" in the international badminton circuit.
He needs to be more stable in term of progressing to respectable resultslike semi final or final...at least INA has 3 and now PBSI should pay attention to Tommy or Yunus or Andreas being groomed more....INA cant depend on TH even TH said that he had more motivation afte having a child...still tough to compete and win titles as too competitive nowadays.....
Good friends tend to help one another Yeah.. perhaps, you are not wrong. Good friends tend to help one another.
Whoah, a lost by LCW and... ..ahem, taufik-ist, are you pulling X Ball's legs, too??.. ..whoah, badMania, you had this one already waiting, heh??.. Well, let LCW and the M'sian fans enjoy his victory @ JO. No need to "throw it" back to them....It was a very deserved victory for LCW, arguably the toughest one to date whilst going thru, arguably, the toughest set of MS players in the circuit. Same thing with Tine, she made a very big surprise last week but came down to earth this week. It happens to all the players....
no doubt simon played a good game but lee chong wei is tired after playing 3 tournaments in a row from Kedah Open, Japan, and taiwan. I just chatted wit him over the phone and he's tired, need some rest...
In the JO Thread, I did say that it was a FULLY DESERVED VICTORY for LCW...there's no arguing abt that
I agree...I think I had anticipated him and TH might bow out earlier....still good tournaments for LCW....
I personally think it's quite impossible for players to compete consecutively in 3 tourneys. Very physically challenging for them. Nevertheless to all those LCW fans, I have my outmost respect of him. I am very happy that he can beat Lin Dan (despite me predicting that Lin Dan would win) and also the fact that he is beaten by Simon Santoso today (despite predicting otherwise). That shows that the field is getting more and more competitive and hopefully not to be dominated by Lin Dan
Hmmm.. ..understood.. ..it's OK lah badMania, let X Ball enjoy LCW's victory...And don't be too overly "caught up" or get "stirred" with his posts (I'm sure our Loh can attest to that).. ...well, so far you're 50% correct, Hau-ge..
its anyone's game nowadays and you seldom see one single player dominating the whole series but isnt it better for the game? Look at F1 when Michael Schumarcher was around in the earlier years..he kept winning back-to-back titles until the results is so predictable.. lesson learnt: Move on with life after one good results and dont spend too much time thinking in circles of the past achievement..though sometimes its good to self reflect
i still don't understand if a player feels tired to compete in a tournament why they still compete.. they're predicted to lose already .. it's better to skip the tourney than 'being humiliated' by an unseeded player
Who is humiliated by an unseeded player? Sometime they join the tournament for points and also for the sake of the sponsor.
SS MS Finals 2007: For Malaysia, LCW has already qualified Regarding the SS Mens Singles Finals... for Malaysia, LCW has already qualified. But for Indonesia, Simon, Sony and Taufik are still fighting for their 2 available spots.
that's all for tired seeded players ........... they might disappoint their fans lcw had been predicted to lose by most mas fans before the TO begun
hmmm he need some rest...really Indonesian hurdles for Chong Wei and Choong Hann PETALING JAYA: Indonesians threatens to be the stumbling block for Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei and Wong Choong Hann in the men's singles quarter-finals of the Taiwan Open in Taipei. Yesterday, Japan Open champion Chong Wei defeated Hong Kong's Ng Wei 21-9, 21-16 in the third round to set up a meeting with Simon Santoso. Choong Hann, who is determined to make up the disappointment of a first-round exit in Tokyo last week, ousted compatriot Yeoh Kay Bin 21-16, 21-13. And he has a tougher job to get into the semi-finals in a match today against World Championships runner-up Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Two other Malaysians failed to advance. Mohd Hafiz Hashim crashed to a 12-21, 15-21 defeat by Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Sairul Amar Ayob was beaten 14-21, 22-20, 21-13 by Japanese Shoji Sato. Team manager Hau Kim Tho said that both Chong Wei and Choong Hann were in good form. “Chong Wei is looking sharp in his attack. He is certainly very fired up to win back-to-back titles. It will be tougher for Choong Hann but with him, you can't rule out a surprise,” said Kim Tho in a telephone interview from Taipei. In the men's doubles, Malaysia are left with Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif, who won their matches in the first two rounds yesterday in straight games. They will take on Japan Open runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto in the quarter-finals. Malaysia's top women's singles player Wong Mew Choo and the doubles pair of Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty also reached the quarter-finals. Mew Choo will take on Hong Kong's star Yip Pui Yin while Eei Hui-Pei Tty have a fight in their hands against German number one Nicole Grether-Juliane Schenk.
yeah he really need some rest Indonesian hurdles for Chong Wei and Choong Hann PETALING JAYA: Indonesians threatens to be the stumbling block for Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei and Wong Choong Hann in the men's singles quarter-finals of the Taiwan Open in Taipei. Yesterday, Japan Open champion Chong Wei defeated Hong Kong's Ng Wei 21-9, 21-16 in the third round to set up a meeting with Simon Santoso. Choong Hann, who is determined to make up the disappointment of a first-round exit in Tokyo last week, ousted compatriot Yeoh Kay Bin 21-16, 21-13. And he has a tougher job to get into the semi-finals in a match today against World Championships runner-up Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Two other Malaysians failed to advance. Mohd Hafiz Hashim crashed to a 12-21, 15-21 defeat by Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Sairul Amar Ayob was beaten 14-21, 22-20, 21-13 by Japanese Shoji Sato. Team manager Hau Kim Tho said that both Chong Wei and Choong Hann were in good form. “Chong Wei is looking sharp in his attack. He is certainly very fired up to win back-to-back titles. It will be tougher for Choong Hann but with him, you can't rule out a surprise,” said Kim Tho in a telephone interview from Taipei. In the men's doubles, Malaysia are left with Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif, who won their matches in the first two rounds yesterday in straight games. They will take on Japan Open runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto in the quarter-finals. Malaysia's top women's singles player Wong Mew Choo and the doubles pair of Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty also reached the quarter-finals. Mew Choo will take on Hong Kong's star Yip Pui Yin while Eei Hui-Pei Tty have a fight in their hands against German number one Nicole Grether-Juliane Schenk.