You never no, it could be team orders to go after some ranking loopholes. LCW probably has a strangle hold on the #2 spot and maybe Roslin could benefit a rankings boost. Also LCW may be saving his push for HK open to take on Lin Dan for the #1 spot and psychological boost to beat him. If so it makes sense to pull out of KO and stay fresh for the real battle in HK open. Interesting to see if this happens as the boost could go either way if LCW wins he will have the edge going to WC else Lin Dan strengthens current. Hmm, wonder if Team Malaysia has come up w/ some team tactics to counter Lin Dan counter move at Thai Open. They need bigger talent pool to get some lefty jump smashing sparring partners for LCW. Derek
hollywood. hope what you said is true. if LCW lose is 'cos team order, i think he should not participate in KO, why he want to spoil his name...there is no choice now, hopefully when he playing in HO, no more excuse to saying that saving energy to WC...
Looks like there have been some theories about why LCW lost on the match against Roslin. I think it was just because Roslin played better than him, that's it. If there is a team order to lose, he might as well opt out of the KO and concentrate on HO. It is just like tbleong said, it is better for LCW to just stay home and go to HO afterwards instead of going to KO and lost.
it can be chen yu vs kenneth n taufik vs bao cl in semifinal .... then taufik will beat chen yu in final .......
LATEST RESULT!!! Roslin vs CY in qf... SHON, Seung Mo vs posana Roslin bt PARK, Sung Hwan and CY bt Simon SHON, Seung Mo bt KJ Posana bt HWANG, Jung Woon Korea MS only left LHI
Well LHI defeated TH in a marathon rubber. So no Indonesians in SF . Only 3 Koreans, 2 Malaysians, 2 Chinese and 1 Thai will fight for a place in the Semi Final! So it seems homeground favours the Koreans. But watch out for 31 year old Roslin who wants to become World no.1 again before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But of course, he has to contend with TH!
It would be quite unlikely that Roslin to become world No 1 again. BAM will be glad if Roslin could become world #10, this will solve their trouble in selecting Malaysian third singles for Doha Asian Games.
hehehe ... lindan beat lee chong wei, lee chong wei beat lee hyun il, lee hyun il beat taufik, taufik beat lindan ... hehehehe
Ya..no matter what...as long as Roslin can enter to final and win the tournament...Remember to let our flag fly in Korea...This is the best Merdeka present