Give me WSX over MaSha or AP over Sania anyday of the week (looks wise). (Although I will watch the latter's match if both were on together.) And in any case WTA ratings and ground receipts for non co-sanctioned tournaments are laughably poor. Tennis fans aren't stupid. They would have much rather watch a quality contest between say Serena and Clijsters; both under 10s looks wise tan waste an hour watching MaSha demolish Harkleroad 6-0 6-0... To satiate their baser needs they could anyways gloss over SI centrefold or ESPN's body issue
Dude INA = Indionesia not India.... So please stop bashing my country.... I for one see nothing wrong in giving W/O to increase chances to win more Golds so please Spare us. Thanks for your unsolicited eye-opening lectureon the state of Indian cricket. Glad that you care so much about us. P.S. :-- And the only GPG event where two Indians competed for Gold was as bland and spiceless as any other same country final. Our national level events are more competitive normally. @kwun
Lets not blame our poor brother there. Its a pity he took the time to research the state of Indian cricket and lecture us but never took the time to educate himself with country codes. May God bless him. (Oops. I forgot. They do not believe in God there.)
LOL, Indonesian team had been penalized for matching fixing too. So get off your high horse. Your posts are mostly antagonistic, dont have to turn rivalry into country bashing. Keep this forum clean.
Dude, if you put my post in the right context, I wasnt bashing your country. Secondly, it was meant as rebuttal, not bashing. As mentioned in my reply to Indrg, *rivalry doesnt have to turn into country bashing. keep this forum civil*
Begin by improving your reading skill. I clearly explained what I wrote was a reactive rebuttal. You obviously pretended you didnt read my earlier post, 467. Perhaps, youre trying to find fault.
I agree that we should keep this forum clean. read my post with an open mind. Here is how I see it: There is no justification for the WO. many people have pointed out all the things that are wrong with the WO, I give you another one: It is unfair. Unfair to the younger Chinese pair, who i am sure were forced to give up the chance to play for the title. Just look at their faces at the award ceremony, did they look happy? I think there were at least 2 people who were thinking about defecting to the USA this Sunday. The Indonesian players have done match fixing too, but they did it voluntarily, to make some extra money. I think it was poetic justice that ZN/HF lost the MD game. Now ZN only got a meaningless victory. It was given to him. If he thinks he can not make it far playing both event the he should have concentrated only in the XD event. In a way the WO backfired on the Chinese team management. by doing the WO, they were telling the young Indonesian team that they were not feeling confident in the final match.
Obviously today it has to be Lu K/Huang YQ to concede the Walk Over for ZN to play at MD event later. What was the fake reason for the WO? Did the Singapore Laksa cause stomach flu?
I am sure HK is perfect for them. I don't think Hu Yun will be punished for spoiling China's best chance of taking the MS title. And to anyone still thinking of defending the Wo: put yourself in those young Chinese players' shoes.
Why, aren't Indonesians cheating in Southeast Asian Games just to get more gold whenever they are the host. No one is a saint.