Action is starting to heat up.. - WS matches are still on going now...Spotted our smashie54 sporting a nice blue/white sleeveless outfit...Still looking a bit jet-lagged, perhaps.. - Yes, quite a few W/Os/no shows/DQ. Even Holvy De Pauw is not here (perhaps still jet-lagged/tired after a long honeymoon??)..And i was hoping to see him play.. - The entire Nepalese squad is absent. - Lots of young faces on court. Chinese Taipei's Hung just won in straight sets over USA's Thum. Scoreboard is still stuck.. ..Dan, there are no bamboos here, but plenty of action...Come on over; i met our friendly Polar Panda earlier today... ..be back later..
I saw LHL play twice at SGVBC and was trying to get in a game with him this past Friday but didn't get the chance. I saw LHL play mixed style (with Priscilla) against two experienced players. One of them was one of SGVBC's fastest players and LHL made him look slow. LHL reminds me of smaller version of Lee Chong Wei. I hope LHL wins it.
I didn't get to see LHL play singles but from the doubles and mixed play, he's extremely fast, has a very tight drop and is quick to the net. Of course, not to mention he has all the standard shots a professional has and a respectable smash. It's not easy to play him mixed as his partner Priscilla understands to stay at the net and just let him run in the backcourt. Essentially, when LHL plays mixed, he's playing singles without having to worry about getting the drops. Makes it easy for a guy with that much speed to do a lot of damage.
hmm...i think he is a state player before...but i dont know his condition currently...maybe eagle can help...as i am just new in mas badminton compare to her...ants maybe can aswer too...
Thanks for the summary If you get a chance to see him tomorrow in Singles, let us know how he stacks up against the seeded players.
thanks for the information...so...he did looking good for a title right???...it was impressive when he just spend one hour for 3 matches...^^......good...hope he can get at least one title...
I am asking dinkalot to gauge his standard against other seeded players. Never mentioned David Yuan or implied him in my post
please read this posted by weeyet in 2005: Rashid Sidek: Lee Hock Lai, Chong Wei Feng, Tan Chun Siang, our future National team back up squad chief coach Rashid Sidek named this three young players as our future MS pillar: Lee Hock Lai , Chong Wei Feng, Tan Chun Siang (direct translation name from pinyin Li Fulai, Zhang Weifeng, Chen Junxiang) Rashid believes that these 3 players will be a thread to Yogendran, Lee Tsuen Seng, Yeoh Kay Bin, Kuan Beng Hong very soon in the future. Lee Hock Lai was former national youth MD champion. The coach is satisfied with his players' performance in the recent Kedah Open, Pahang Open and Vietnam Satellite. The 18-year-old Lee Hock Lai wins the Pahang Open division 2. While Chung Wei Feng and Tan Chun Siang compete in Division 1. Chung WF defeated Pei Wei Chung in the first round, while Tan CS brought his 2nd round match with Yeok Kay Bin into rubber games. Rashid had already reccomend Lee HOck Lai from Penang to go down to KL to undergo more systematic training, 6 days one week. Last edited by weeyet : 06-20-2005 at 11:46 PM.
...alan tai, another former back up player, is still active, but dunno what club he represents his backhand smashi is amazing, must be better than taufik...
