TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017 - Round of 64

his posture and footwork are awkward. i keep thinking he's going to hyper extend his knees when he lands after a jump smash or plants after a lunge.

 

True, most players nowadays can go all out in G1 and push their much higher ranked opponents hard , esp when they are not fully into the match from the get-go, the more so for the slow starters.

 

Here is the World Championship debut of China's new ugly white shirt!

 

yonex orders the player boxes from etsy.com. it's embarrassing.

 

Sounded like HKV co-commentating with GC and he just said Lin Dan is by far the best MS player.

 

and even Ld cannot make it less ugly

 

Well, it's not the quality of the shirt or its design that matters but who is wearing it.

 

11-1 to Lindan

 

11-1 to Lin Dan. I'd say this match is just a warmup.
Not worse than Lee Chong Wei vs Soren Opti at Rio 2016 though.

 

looks like a bag of jelly beans melted on his shirt.

 

Lin Dan means business from the get-go. He's even giving his own views to his coaches, Li Zhifeng and Xia Xuanze, at the interval before they do so.

 

it would look great on pv sindhu, heh heh...

 

he's been doing this for at least 3 years

Seems like LD pays more attention to the court rather than his opponent...

 

Kieran Merrilees committing mistakes after mistakes.

 

Frankly,I too find the CHN shirt design too flowery, ornate, or even somewhat gaudy. I always prefer something simple yet elegant.

 

A rare, unexpected error from Lin Dan at the net

 

Normal in "Fun" mode.

 

After threatening to run away from the match,Lin Dan is easing off and , as HKV says, is testing his shots.

 

Perhaps the designer got his inspiration from hippie bags...and the red short makes it worse...would be slightly better if LD wears white short

 

Lin Dan is one guy who never thought it necessary to beat the daylights out of his opponent under 5 or 10.