The finals was pretty exciting to me.. I honestly loved the women’s singles finals and the mens singles finals.. Both finals had some really great badminton which was played.
The womens finals showed some great mental strength and some great net play by Saina. Coming from a younger player with less experience, pulling off those sharp net plays would be quite difficult to do.
In the mens singles finals, one moment which caught my eye was when Taufik Hidayat did a backhand smash cross courts. The shuttle was just wide but the amount of strength the shot produced was amazing. I was in awe! Chong Wei knew it too and thats why if you look closely, he was smiling too and thankful that shot did not enter.
Would like to do a quicky on which games you loved the most?
Among all the other games, the Womens singles was very entertaining to watch. Former world junior champion Wang Ling vs Saina Nehwal who is the reigning world junior champion.
At the start of the game, I wrote Saina off by telling my cousin that Wang Ling would whoop Saina’s ass and mannnn I was wrong. The first set seemed to be an ass whooping but the second set onwards took a turn. Saina played very impressive with her sharp netshots which Wang Lin had difficulties returning. Saina was also very steady returning every shot of Wang Ling’s and there were no answers for the Chinese player to deny Saina being the first ever Indian womens player to win the Super Series. Kudos to Saina and I wish her all the best as its always lovely to have more young and upcoming players challenging the top.
Here’s the video for all you smashing fans! btw, check out Lin Dan acting in the Kia Ad lol
An interesting week with really interesting results in this years indonesian open. Taufik failed to win his 7th indonesian championship but he was beaten by a Lee Chong Wei who demonstrated that he’s world no. 1. There were some nice shots being played by both sides but in the end, Chong Wei’s speed, accuracy and strength was the key factor. Credit to Chong Wei for overcoming his nerves and the crowd. The crowd was amazing.. they were fun to watch and I wish i was there.. check the video out and you’ll know what i mean.. On the other hand it was good to see Taufik playing in the finals and I can only hope he will continue to be driven to play the game.
Here’s the Indonesian Open 2009 Men’s Singles Video:
It was a good day for Malaysian badminton yesterday when Lee Chong Wei and Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui both made it to the finals of the Indonesian Open 2009.
Chong Wei will meet Taufik Hidayat in the finals while Pei Tty and Eei Hui will meet China’s Zhao Yunlei and Cheng Shu.
It will be an interesting matchup in the mens singles as Chong Wei will be looking to quiet the indonesian fans in Taufiks home ground. Chong Wei is in way more better condition than Taufik from what I have seen thus far. Taufik however needs to change his style a little more in the finals where stronger tactics would give him an upper hand. For Taufik to win, I think he has to take the game in 2 sets and he has to win at the net. Chong Wei however has everything for him, with Taufik’s lack of speed, Chong Wei can wear him out easily. Lets see the how the crowd will impact this finals.
Last time they played in the ALL England, it was all the way Lee Chong Wei..
it has been a while since i have written a post as time has not been on my side. What excites me this time around is the Indonesian Open 2009 mens singles. we have 2 local favourites in the semis playing againts 2 other world class players.
i was shocked to see lin dan go down to chen jin in 3 sets in the quarters. i was looking forward to another lin dan vs chong wei finals but i guess by lin dan out, the tournament is more open. We have Taufik who is the crowd fav vs sony dwi. this is a difficult game to pick a winner, but somehow i feel taufik will take this game. In the other semis we have chong wei vs chen jin. My gut feel tells me that chong wei will take this game easily to create a fun and exciting finals vs a local favourite.
here is why i feel it would be a great finals with the fans supporting taufik or sony.. not too sure if chong wei can take the supporters chants.. its going to be a great finals!
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Mark D. Lee
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