Lee Chong Wei ( 李宗伟 )

If LCW retired, Malaysia badminton will descended into the Dark Ages.
I still remember the age before LCW come on Malaysia badminton scene and start winning SS one after another.
Even by just winning AE it will make the whole Malaysian jubilant and the winner will get a many gift & reward one after another.

Winning 2003 AE:
PM Mahathir asks states not to ‘spoil’ Hafiz
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2003/02/18/mahathir-asks-states-not-to-spoil-hafiz/

Wining 2017 AE:
I don't remember reading any news LCW was being ‘spoil’ with gift/rewards....because malaysian have kind of used to it...It was like "Oh another SS"
 
CIA-99 said:
Ah, of course not.
It was a badly baked joke.
Sorry for Abian fans.
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Not an Abian fan at all.

I just didn't read it as a joke :)

In general, the difference between male and female players are really really big in badminton.

I can't recall if I wrote this before:
Danish badminton broadcasters are using former doubles player Jim Laugesen as one of their experts. He said something not so nice about Line Kjærsfeld during a broadcast, which prompted Line to challenge Jim Laugesen to a single.
Now, Jim is 43 I think, and has not played high level singles for many years, he was a doubles player when he peaked. He got kicked from the national squad 13 years ago by Steen Pedersen (when he played with Mogensen, in order to pair Mogensen with Boe instead). He is not in good shape.
Nevertheless, Jim had one week to practice, got some tips from Peter Gade I think, probably from some of the current national MS players, and a bit of help and coaching from Danish Technical Coach Lian Ying Zhang.
Then he proceeded to beat Line Kjærsfeld.
:)
 
I think the most important thing is the fire to play. LCW has just been on a strange track this year. He tore his knee ligament before the All England and came back three weeks early, still won it. I think that was a bad decision as he played physically compromised, and in April, he lost to LD twice, in Malaysia and at Asia Championship. At those tournaments, he did not seem physically at his best. Ever since those defeats, he had very strange defeats to Prannoy, Leverdez and just now Nishimoto. If I were Chong Wei, I would just take a break from tournament play, possibly even for the rest of the year, Ala Roger Federer, focus on training and physical preparation, and just come back for the All England, physically and mentally revitalized, ready to dominate
 
Well he has publicly stated that he wants to go to Olympics 2020, I can see it happening considering that Malaysia have no one in sight to replace him, and he is still way better than pretty much every up and coming player, and can give anyone in the world a FIGHT. I see him as favroite for Asian Games and Worlds, I think he will learn A LOT from the defeat in 2017 WC. Remember All England 2016 where he suffered a similar sort of defeat (It was even worse, he lost in straight games to Sai Praneeth) in first round. He learned a lot from that and he convincingly won this year WITH A TORN KNEE. I think this Worlds was a wake up call, and if he takes it the right way, will finally be the wake up call to him, to stop worrying about the pressure Malaysia and the World puts on him, and instead focus on enjoying the game, that is when he plays best (I remember he made comments after he beat LD in Rio 2016, he talked about how Memories of London 2012 came to his mind when LD saved the three match points, but he just said "Enjoy the Game" and we all know what happened next, still lost in the final, but he finally broke that LD curse)
 
I hope that LCW goes until Tokyo, he is one of my all-time favourite players. I want him to disprove all his doubters. Lee Hyun Il proves that one can keep a very high level into one's late 30's, I wouldn't consider it too far fetched for him to pull a solid, and actually win Tokyo 2020 (Unlikely, but VERY possible, if you know what I mean)
 
Anand S said:
I hope that LCW goes until Tokyo, he is one of my all-time favourite players. I want him to disprove all his doubters. Lee Hyun Il proves that one can keep a very high level into one's late 30's, I wouldn't consider it too far fetched for him to pull a solid, and actually win Tokyo 2020 (Unlikely, but VERY possible, if you know what I mean)
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One can only hope;)
 
The way I see it, LCW is creating unnecessary mental battles within himself by thinking about his age. Misbun was saying the same thing as well. So what if he is 35, he is as physically and technically capable of winning as player in the world. He can play his best or better, if he puts his mind to it, and plays without any thoughts about age or crap like that. He is still an extremely high level player
 
Nothing to be sad with Taufik.

He is the youngest olympic and asian games champion? easy to get lost after winning the biggest event when you are that young. If LCW have won everything, will he still care about all the tournaments?
 
LCW looks killer judging by his first round match, destroyed Hsu Jen Hao, a quite dangerous player, 5 and 7, he really seems fired up and lethal, his opponents better be prepared for a storm
 
Anand S said:
LCW looks killer judging by his first round match, destroyed Hsu Jen Hao, a quite dangerous player, 5 and 7, he really seems fired up and lethal, his opponents better be prepared for a storm
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If this was 3 to 4 years back, with LD out, it is LCW's to lose but now, we are not too sure, looking at his last few tournaments.
 
CIA-99 said:
Hendrawan confirms Lee Chong Wei will rest after French Open, until next year, I believe. He said LCW was "unsure", "mistakes-prone", "not up to mark", "confused" and "easily lose focus".
His confidence also has taken a beating.
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What happened to this "rest"?
 
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