I think it's good for Simon Santoso to change direction as he was not appreciated.
In my view, SS has still a few good years of badminton left and if he does well he can still garner big bucks.
Good luck to you, SS.
I think it's good for Simon Santoso to change direction as he was not appreciated.
I'm not so sure whether SS is better than before.
His opponents in the current Malaysia Open are not of the highest quality that one usually finds in Super Series tournaments. With his background, experience and current form SS should advance to the finals and win the title.
Unfortunately for INA's MS, apart from TS, the others are not performing to expectation. Thus SS may have to be recalled for the TC.
I think Simon is still not at his best at the moment but he performed very bad in 2013 and in early 2014 while he was still in pelatnas. Now he is playing better than the past 1 year.
As for Thomas Cup, I don't think Simon should play if the junior can already achieve better result than him. However, the result so far shows that they are not and if PBSI did not nominate him, then there is something not right.
Anyway, INA Thomas cup squad is not finalized and Simon is 1 of probably 8 MS considered for the 4 MS spot.
Simon still looked sluggish at times, esp against the fit Sourabh Varma. If not for his vast experience, he would have lost the match in MAS GPG Final. Varma was easily ahead in terms of attacks and defense.....only in the very late stage did Simon's attacks bore pts for him. Earlier on, they were all repelled by Varma.
Nevertheless, a morale boosting victory for Simon (and he needs it badly especially after turning independent). In terms of titles, he's also among one of the few INA MS players who has won at least one title each year (except for 2011):
2008 - Chinese Taipei Open GPG
2009 - Denmark SS
2010 - Chinese Taipei Open GPG
2012 - Indonesia SSP (his biggest title so far)
2013 - Indonesia GPG
2014 - Malaysia GPG
Admittedly, he will still have a chance of winning titles at GP/GPG level tourneys. But at SS, I am a bit skeptical.
Simon still looked sluggish at times, esp against the fit Sourabh Varma. If not for his vast experience, he would have lost the match in MAS GPG Final. Varma was easily ahead in terms of attacks and defense.....only in the very late stage did Simon's attacks bore pts for him. Earlier on, they were all repelled by Varma.
Nevertheless, a morale boosting victory for Simon (and he needs it badly especially after turning independent). In terms of titles, he's also among one of the few INA MS players who has won at least one title each year (except for 2011):
2008 - Chinese Taipei Open GPG
2009 - Denmark SS
2010 - Chinese Taipei Open GPG
2012 - Indonesia SSP (his biggest title so far)
2013 - Indonesia GPG
2014 - Malaysia GPG
Admittedly, he will still have a chance of winning titles at GP/GPG level tourneys. But at SS, I am a bit skeptical.
Admittedly, he will still have a chance of winning titles at GP/GPG level tourneys. But at SS, I am a bit skeptical.
I just watch Simon santoso game vs chong wei ,, his rackets and wears doesn't seen from Yonex, he is sponsor by who /.?