TOTAL BWF WORLD Championships 2015: Postmortem and Afterthoughts

Arradon said:
Sure LCW can (look Taipei), but he needs fight his brain first...
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Well... Taipei open isn't a good representative.
Chen Long was clearly playing easier, and saved the preparation for the WCH. He only upped the pace when it was the end of the second set, since he was gonna lose if he didn't try.

This defeat wasn't due to mental strength problems, he was outplayed physically.
 
xiaoqiao said:
This defeat wasn't due to mental strength problems, he was outplayed physically.
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This is only your opinion. Mine and many people I know is different. It's good that everyone can have his own ;).
 
Arradon said:
This is only your opinion. Mine and many people I know is different. It's good that everyone can have his own ;).
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Anyone who plays decent singles could notice LCW was being movement pressured by Chen Long like crazy. If he was late, he got punished...

It's also public knowledge LCW has less stamina than Chen Long, so LCW in a sense is forced to play winners after a while in the rally.

TBH, I don't think LCW lacks any mental strength since about 3 years ago. People were whining how he lost to Lin dan so closely in 2012, but there was no stupid unforced error from LCW.
This wasn't one of those 'close calls', LCW got outplayed.

Then again, depends how you define mental strength. If you push the boundaries, everything is mental strength...
 
xiaoqiao said:
Anyone who plays decent singles could notice LCW was being movement pressured by Chen Long like crazy. If he was late, he got punished...

It's also public knowledge LCW has less stamina than Chen Long, so LCW in a sense is forced to play winners after a while in the rally.

TBH, I don't think LCW lacks any mental strength since about 3 years ago. People were whining how he lost to Lin dan so closely in 2012, but there was no stupid unforced error from LCW.
This wasn't one of those 'close calls', LCW got outplayed.

Then again, depends how you define mental strength. If you push the boundaries, everything is mental strength...
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Agree with most. After all LCW is like 7(!) yrs older than CL.

Re OG 2012 final, LCW's mental mistake showed late in G3, when LD stepped up a gear and LCW mistakenly let a shot go past him thinking it was long. It was in by a few inches. Then it was all downhill from there.
 
paroxysmal said:
I think Marin is here to stay for a long long time, unless a major injury happens.

Contrary to the popular belief, I feel Lin Dan will still be a major title contender in Rio along with the rest two.

Chen Long's era has begun. He was in shadow of LCW and LD for a long long time.

Great to see Saina back. Couple of years back I thought she was way past her prime, and would just hang around for endorsement and sponsorship's sake. She totally surprised me over last year.

After slaying the Chinese, Saina has a new Spanish wall to break. And also Tai, against whom I believe Saina struggle a bit.
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What about Rathanok and rest of THA ladies, then JPN ladies?
 
xiaoqiao said:
Anyone who plays decent singles could notice LCW was being movement pressured by Chen Long like crazy. If he was late, he got punished...

It's also public knowledge LCW has less stamina than Chen Long, so LCW in a sense is forced to play winners after a while in the rally.

TBH, I don't think LCW lacks any mental strength since about 3 years ago. People were whining how he lost to Lin dan so closely in 2012, but there was no stupid unforced error from LCW.
This wasn't one of those 'close calls', LCW got outplayed.

Then again, depends how you define mental strength. If you push the boundaries, everything is mental strength...
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From experience in competitive matches, I would say that even moving slower can be a symptom of nerves.
 
Racket matters. Blocking smashes is LCW's best, but he failed so many times in this tournament.
Also there's something wrong with his stamina. He sweats way too much than before(recent tournaments).
However, he accomplished his commercial mission of bringing Duora 10 to Finals.
 
foo.tw said:
Racket matters. Blocking smashes is LCW's best, but he failed so many times in this tournament.
Also there's something wrong with his stamina. He sweats way too much than before(recent tournaments).
However, he accomplished his commercial mission of bringing Duora 10 to Finals.
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His sweating was something I noticed too... After flicking sweat and waiting to receive serve, sweat continues dripping like water again.
 
Could have just been the climate =/ Indonesia isnnot exactly in the best location for not sweating.
 
indrg said:
What about Rathanok and rest of THA ladies, then JPN ladies?
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Of course they are there...
I think in his later half of the post he was only concerned with SN's performance and SN never struggles against RI to that extent...other THA girls yes BO is a surely talented and will get better and better
Even against the JPN SN didn't struggle much except if that ST did well to shock everyone in this WC
 
nilesh123 said:
Of course they are there...
I think in his later half of the post he was only concerned with SN's performance and SN never struggles against RI to that extent...other THA girls yes BO is a surely talented and will get better and better
Even against the JPN SN didn't struggle much except if that ST did well to shock everyone in this WC
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2 years back, every new Japanese WS could beat Saina, not anymore. Nazomi was promising but again seems to be going downhill, after a promising year.
 
decoy said:
From experience in competitive matches, I would say that even moving slower can be a symptom of nerves.
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This is exactly what I'm trying to say. I lost few matches to players I win usually because of my mentality. I had some problems with concetration and because of that I was to slow, had to many stupid mistakes. If you play against someone like LD or CL you have to do it at 110%. For me LCW played well, but this was not his best he could do.

We will never know the truth unless someone ask him honestly for that.
 
Arradon said:
This is exactly what I'm trying to say. I lost few matches to players I win usually because of my mentality. I had some problems with concetration and because of that I was to slow, had to many stupid mistakes. If you play against someone like LD or CL you have to do it at 110%. For me LCW played well, but this was not his best he could do.

We will never know the truth unless someone ask him honestly for that.
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He already answered; that's what he said: "Those who watched the match today must have been disappointed as well. They ought to. It was not my best performance.".

(Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2015/08/16/Chong-Wei-second-again-in-Worlds/)
 
Strategy wise it felt he was in a lockdown. He's moving slower I think is because he's worried if he plays any faster, he's gonna energy even more.

You may expect to have mental strength problems or whatever, and 'weak' mental strength at LCW's level is like much much more than us mortals. Come on, he's got psychologists and stuff to analyse and break down his problems, it's bound to be tough.
 
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