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Momota used to be so strong. I truly hope he will be able to come back stronger!
I watched the match on TV. It was such an exciting match and got me to the edge of my couch. Anyway, I am glad Tai Tzu Ying made it! Awesome.
You cannot see Viktor Axelsen rages anymore because he’s a grown man now . I remember he throws his racquet away when he lost to Lee Chong Wei in one of the match . Viktor Axelsen maybe can only take 1 gold only on Olympics .
Thank you for writing this! Takes me back to a month ago where we were one big IBF family haha wish I could rewind minus all the work and lack of sleep 😀
Hope to see you agaiiiiin!
Very well written. A heartwarming. Terima kasih.
Thank you for writing this article! As Indonesian badminton fan, ofc I’m really sad that I can’t watch the matches live, but seeing you people truly enjoy yourselves in Bali makes me feel warm and happy. I hope that Indonesia will be able to hold the event again in even higher standard, and hopefully, us fans can experience it too!
Sampai jumpa tahun depan!
What a lovely read. Glad you enjoyed your time there, Raphaël!
Thank you very much Raphael for such a beautiful writing.. Hope you & your team always be health & happy.. Sampai jumpa..
Speechless, wonderful article. Just block those useless stalker.
ah, btw.
it’s “Sampai” not “Sempai”.
Great article. Please use BWF instead of IBF. The name was changed 15 years ago, in 2006. Probably “new government’s restriction” should be “government’s new restriction”, and “danse” -> “dance”.
In addition, badzine.net is not mobile friendly.
You are correct about the BWF formerly having been the IBF but in this article IBF is an abbreviation of Indonesia Badminton Festival. Thank you for spotting the other issues. Those corrections have been made 🙂
maybe should use Indonesian system, where they held few competitions in each year called National Circuits. and then few most successful ones invited to the national center to battle it out again.
Reading this article makes me miss the IBF event so much. Thank you for writing this, Raphael. IBF was indeed a great event although it missed the voices of the fans. I also felt bad for some players that were injured during the events (hope they recover soon). As a badminton fan, I was so happy that I could see the players around the world gathered and having fun together, which is rare to see in previous tournaments. And not only the players, but also the coaches, staff, the photographers, the athlete’s family (Vega and Gideon Junior surely got lots of love from the fans). Oh, and I also want to appreciate the badmintonphoto for the beautiful photos! you guys have done a great job. It seems so interesting to work in this field haha. I am wondering if someday I could do this too :D. Anyways, well done Raphael, Erika, and all the staff. Stay healthy, stay safe, and see you next yearrrr
it’s a very heartwarming writing. I felt like I was there too, enjoying my few weeks in the bubble with you guys. thank you for making us proud that Indonesia especially Bali has made you feel comfortable in the midst of conditions that are still not safe due to the pandemic.
I can feel the story and the event from the heart. Well written and beautiful. So proud as an Indonesian and as badminton lover. Congratulation Raphael.
Well done to all parties who have made the event successful.
Thank you Raphael for taking time to write this. That was a new experience for us also badminton lovers in Indonesia. To PBSI and BWF thank you for making this possible. We are happy to learn that all participants were happy during these tournaments and have enjoyed their time in Bali.
Terimakasih ❤️
Hello Raphael, thank you for your appreciation and we are happy that you can enjoy the event.
I just want to note you a typo in the writing that that is not Cecak Danse, but it is Kecak Dance.
The dance is based on the story of the Ramayana and is traditionally performed in temples and villages across Bali.
Also known as the Ramayana monkey chant, the performance depicts a battle from chant, in which the monkey-like Vanaras, led by Hanuman, help Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance. (Wikipedia).
Fyi: it is Kecak dance not C ecak
Hi Raphaël! Wow…I love your story. I know this from link on Rudy’s Twitter. Badminton in Indonesia in this year I think it’s very different from the last before like in Istora Senayan. Corona change everything
I hope you enjoyed very much when you were in Bali yesterday.
The spirit of Indonesian about badminton so crazy, right?
Thank you Raphael for beautiful writing, to all organizer (PBSI, BWF, Bali and Indonesian Govenrment) , all participant (athletes, media, judges, coaches, therapist, etc) and also hotel staff, security, local authority and sponsor for make one of the memorable event (not only for the participant in Bali but also for us Badminton Lovers) “Indonesia Badminton Festival” happen in Bali with safe and successully in the middle of this crazy pandemics
Hi- can you tell me whatever happened to Xue Song please?
Enjoyed reading your artivle. Keep it up.
Look forward to your Sudirman Cup 2021 report.
Bakit di po kasali ang badminton na lumaban sa olympics ngayong taon?
The rule is “Not using one’s best efforts to win a match”. Throwing the 2nd game in this case is the best strategy i.e. best effort. Best effort may include playing with less intensity to save energy. I would probably change “match” to “tournament”. In a group match,if you are already qualified, it can make sense to use less “effort”, even if you loose.
Hi Don! Thank you so much for your work. Will you be keeping track of the tournament results this year? It is especially interesting to watch the results of the national championships. As far as I know, despite covid-19, some countries have already hosted national championships.
Slovenia
https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=27E1D5F9-3716-4F11-A6FA-52A0BCDA3A15
Hungary
https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=E5F10217-EC25-456F-B211-A60E8FA233A5
Many thanks.
Not to mention the winner of the longest ever men’s singles rally and the only player with a Jim Morrison tattoo!
Indeed he is best in business but kento will always remain the more result oriented player in these scenario when specially the Result really does matter, he is the one who can single-handedly destroy any of the top players. his composure, game reading skill and confidence are the key consideration which needs to met if anyone want to level him.
whereasif talk specially about double players from india then Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag shetty are 2 Key potential players who can really change the Indian Badminton history in doubles on Olympic platform provided they are groomed mentally strong with perfect mutual coordination. we wish them to see on podium soon with Indian flag.
What is the checkbox for on the comment form?
I believe that is a checkbox for subscribing to comments. Unfortunately, if you ask me why it isn’t labelled, I will not have an answer for you…yet.
Thanks for the post. The links to the video force the use of the flash plugin. This is because of the parameter
rel=”shadowbox[sbpost-73864];player=swf;width=640;height=385;” in the link. I suggest removing this parameter as flash is depreciated and most people will not have it installed and/or be unable to install it. See https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/25/adobe-flash-dead/
Thanks for the heads-up. I believe the problem has now been resolved.
The last information from today is that the Swiss Open is cancelled. The Swiss Federal Council has today forbidden events with more than 100 people involved.
“The Tokyo 2020 crowd will miss Lin Dan on court but lucky Brummies won’t.”
Sorry, but too early to say my friend. Don’t go about making assumptions.
Now a much bigger event, the German Open has been cancelled. Do you think the BWF should either try to fit in a few more tournaments within the qualifying period to make up for the lost chances to earn points or (if the IOC doesn’t object) extend the qualifying period so that some of the upcoming tournaments can be used to gain points?
I have to say I am very disappointed in this fiasco. Time and time again I see Korean sports tainted by problematic governing bodies. Table Tennis, badminton soccer…the list goes on and on. Sad thing is things will most likely not change because the top brass is always busy filling their pockets.
Wishing all the best for Seo – he was a delight to see play.
Is it not a conflict of interest that National coach Ahn is also coach of a pro team? Or is there a provision that precludes a conflict? Are there other national coaches that also doubles as a pro-league coach? Clearly it would not be logical to penalize Chae and Choi who have worked so hard to earn their qualifications. Perhaps there’s a backdoor deal to punish, then to acquiesce at the appeal.
Clearly there is no provision. I would say it has become increasingly common for national team coaches to not hold domestic team posts as well but there have still been some. I believe the coaches in 2017 were all employed only by the BKA with the exception of Jung Jae Sung and then his replacement Kim Sang Soo. At present, in addition to Ahn, Kim Sang Soo and Jang Young Soo are both also employed as coaches for pro teams. As for Head Coaches, Kim Joong Soo was the Hwasun County team Head Coach for several years while at the helm of the national team but by 2007, he was working only for the BKA. Sung Han Kook started off with two jobs but within a few months of becoming national team Head Coach, he was down to one. Lee Deuk Choon had spent several years as a BKA employee coaching the junior team before he was hired for the national team and he did not have another post at the time and the same was true for Kang Kyung Jin. So basically, from 2007 through 2018, there was almost always a Head Coach who was employed solely by the national team.
These are really unfortunate circumstances, especially with the Olympic qualification period coming to a close.
Do you think special exemptions should be made for athletes?
I think the Koreans and Japanese BAs have very high professional and moral benchmark. They are willing to forgo the Olympic medals rather than compromise a wrong doing. It’s part of their culture too.
I am curious to know, will he still be able to play the events that he has already entered, like the All England and German Opens?
It’s a good question. In a way, there is a precedent with Lee Dong Keun, who was still a member of the national team when his name was entered for the Malaysia Masters. By the time the draw was done, Lee had withdrawn from the 2020 national team tryouts and yet he still showed up to play in Kuala Lumpur as an independent. This is different in several ways, of course. Lee did not have to partner an existing national team player, for one thing. He also had not broken any BKA rules, that we know of. Also, travelling to KL without national team footing the bill is one thing but travelling to Birmingham and Mülheim is a different story. On the other hand, there is the question of who will be responsible for paying the fines.
I don’t think the national team would be willing to ruin things for Chae Yu Jung and Choi Sol Gyu. I suppose he might pay, after all Olympic Qualification is on the line. I think his XD spot is more or less cemented, it’s MD where he might have to get more points.
Let’s hope he gets to play.
Even in MD, it is a near certainty. Choi/Seo have nearly 60,000 points. To not be invited, they would have to be passed by at least 7 pairs, including Ivanov/Sozonov – who are currently 21,000 points behind even after 18 tournaments – and likely also by Maas/Tabeling, who are 26,000 points behind. I’m not sure we have ever had a ranking list where 13 pairs were up over 60,000 points.
I don’t think Seo Sung Jae would play at any tournament in 2020.
Let’s say the concluded Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020 this week he even didn’t be fielded at all while he’s still on the team list —> https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/clubplayers.aspx?id=AD641BA1-C5A5-4F18-8813-A8384C09D9AD&cid=3
Korea prefer to play the younger pair Kim Won Ho, Na Sung Seung and Wang Chan in that team championships.
I think missing that event was obvious for the BKA. They never send players who are not on the national team to ‘team’ events like that. The only exception was Lee Hyun Il at the Asian Games in 2014. You’ll never see Kim/Lee or Ko/Shin at such an event and the same obviously goes for Seo after he’s been kicked out of the national training centre. More interestingly, Seo has not been withdrawn from the German Open or All England and he is on the list for the India Open. True, the names for the India Open might have been sent in before the decision on February 4th and the BKA might just have forgotten to withdraw. On the other hand, they might be playing it safe in case Seo wins an appeal. The most incredible would be if they are planning to allow Seo to travel at his own expense, compete as an independent, but still play with his national team partners, with whom he has not been able to train. That last option would indeed be a first.
What do you think will happen? Is the association willing to sabotage their own medal hopes by stopping two class pairs?
Hope we don’t see another Momota happen.
Hi
I want to know if a guide had to be present the whole time since u travelled with a Canadian passport
I’m travelling for the same tournament with british passport and i want to know how the visa application worked out and if a guide is compulsory
Interesting statistics. Just a small correction, Lin Dan won the Malaysia Open for the first time in his career in 2017, not 2019 as written in the article. He was 33 years old at that time.
Thank you for the correction. The text of the article should now be accurate. Glad you enjoyed the stats that were correct and all the best for 2020!
Thanks for the insights
Happy New year 2020 to you .
Where are you these days
Paul Tie Ottawa.
Single category in Badminton have more value.
Hi
Love the Writing skills, Keep up good work..
Hi DON HEARN
Nice Article and Writing Style
Momota will be next Olympic Champion and Richest player of present Era…
I hope they have signed up to the 1% for Solibad!
Right…
They’ll be in the UK for All England 2020 🙂
Thank you BY Raphael for this great piece, really inspiring!
Your site, analysis and write ups are awesome!
Thank you Don!
Thanks a lot. Glad you find them interesting.
Please, do respect the man and the legend. Have you no memory? Shame on you! Obviously. not only he deserves to get any exemption allowed but he should also be, in futuresm formerly invited as a wild card by BWF… as happens in many many sports. It is, primerly, a questions of respect all the GAOT´s out there that keep doing for their sport… Kelly Slater, 48 years old, 11 WC of surfing is ione of the examples.
As much as I am a fan of LD, I do not agree with that. That’s not how sports works; past glories cannot be used to give an unfair advantage to a player. However, in this case I do find the rules to be a bit ridiculous and while he hasn’t won enough points to qualify for the WTF, they should count towards his World Ranking and Olympic Qualification.
Please go and retire like Lee Xue Rui
Is he a ‘Top Committed Player’? He has been outside of the top 10 for a significant amount of time and out of the top 15 for a considerable period as well.
Yes. The rule is as follows: “2.1. Players occupying the top 15 places in Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles, and the top 10 places in Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles of the World Ranking as at the third week of November the year before the relevant BWF Sanctioned Tournaments (“Top Committed Players”) will be required to play in the following Tournaments occurring in the full Calendar year”. Lin Dan was ranked 13th in the world throughout November 2018.
Yes, I just checked. However, there is a gap between week 52 and week 1 of more than a week.
Neel Lin dan was ranked #189 before was chosen as a wild card to play in the 2013 WC which he won the title. He got ranking points result of that win as a very poorly ranked player
Thank you for attaching the additional regulation. But under the regulation why are the top 15 rankers play in Super 300 more than 4 times?
I’m not sure I understand the question. Do you mean why do they play more than 4? Or do you mean why are they not allowed to play more than 4?
To answer the first question, they do play more than 4 so that they can earn more ranking points toward either the Olympics or the World Tour Finals. Prior to 2018, this was irrelevant, since tournaments this small – Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold – didn’t help players qualify for the Superseries Finals. Only the 12 Superseries events counted. Unlike the world rankings, the qualification for the finals is not based only on a player’s top 10 tournament results, so playing 19 tournaments is much better than playing 14, while for the world rankings, the benefit is far less.
As for the second question, presumably, the BWF is trying to discourage top-ranked players from entering a lot of Super 300 events and skipping Super 500 events. Players might decide that winning a Super 300 (7000 points) is easier than reaching a Super 500 semi-final (6420 points). They are trying to force the players to play the highest-profile events by imposing a penalty on skipping them. They are still allowed to play an unlimited number of Super 300 tournaments, as long as they play all the Super 500, 750, and 1000 events. Lin Dan skipped the Malaysia Masters and the India Open, which Chan/Goh also missed, so that is why they were subjected to the penalty.
Great to see Badzine back! What do you think of the clearly incorrect call in the MS final on the last point. I was supporting LCY but this was extremely disappointing. What should the BWF do?
Thanks. It’s good to be back. The BWF cannot do anything in this particular case. There is nothing in the rule book that allows for video review of any umpire’s call with the exception of an umpire overruling a line judge’s call. Many people have expressed the wish for such a review system for calls at the net and for service faults. Players also sometimes implore the umpire to look at the big screen when they are insisting a fault should or should not have been called regarding a shuttle hitting an opponent on its way out the back. Obviously, for the BWF to implement all of these things fairly, more attention and investment would have to be made in video equipment for various angles. As it stands now, certain faults clearly show up on camera and many are not captured. Also, unlike the Hawkeye system, which exists on the main court(s) whether there is a live broadcast happening or not, the video replays we see on Youtube are caught only by the cameras of commercial broadcasters.
In this case, the umpire had to make a split-second decision, that we can analyse only with more time and with the very expensive camera setup that happened to be trained on the net on this court. I’ve seen a few incorrect calls by umpires in the past and also an amazing number of correct ones. I don’t remember seeing this type of fault on championship point, however.
Competition aside, this must have been one tough year for Kang, I’m glad he found a good position. Wish him the best with team China
I am Amartya Kunta from India. I am traveling to Japan along with my father Ravinder Kunta who is on his business trip.
I wish to practice and get trained in badminton during this period in Tokyo.
Could someone help me in this regard.
Thanks for you help in advance.
Amartya.
“A player doesn’t ever win silver; he/she loses out on gold.” A very questionable statement. When opponents are evenly matched or when one is leading, only to lose out, it could be said that they “lost” the gold. But consider: did LCW really “lose” the gold in Beijing? In all cases the runner up has “won” the silver, and only in some case they “lost” the gold.
I am totally speechless and at a loss of words. No words can describe how foolish BKA, Korea seemed to be now. BKA have decided to sack all their coaches in year 2018 blaming them for the players poor result. So Kang Kyung Jin brought Korean team to win that historic Sudirman Cup 2017 gold medal and he got sacked. So in Sudirman Cup 2019 for the very fist time in Korea black history, Korea team won no medals and lose in the quarter finals. In the past edition, Korea always reach the semifinals or finals of Sudirman Cup. So this year worse result ever lose in QF.
Then China quickly pick up Kang Kyung Jin to help their men doubles and women doubles players improve their skills.
It is also said that Yoo Yong Sung and Choi Min Ho will also be hired to coach China doubles players.
Well all the coaches are sacked in such a cruel manner in year 2018.
So Kang Kyung Jin, Choi Min Ho and Yoo Yong Sung will be coaching in China.
Then Park Tae Sang helped Sai Praneeth to win India first ever men singles bronze medal in Basel World Championship.
Kim Ji Hyun helped Sindhu to win India first ever women singles gold medal in Basel World Championship.
Agus Dwi Santoso helped Kantaphon Wangcharoen to win Thailand first ever men singles bronze medal in Basel World Championship.
Well BKA said it loud and clear. Those coaches are all failures so they must be sacked in year 2018.
But question here is how come those coaches who are labelled as failures can bring success to players from other countries?
So what logic is that? So what did Korea gain after sacking all their coaches and replace them with new coaches? Nothing they gain nothing. Korea went on to lose in the QF of Sudirman Cup 2019 creating the worse result ever.
So whose fault is it now? So till now BKA did not realize that it is the problem with the BKA association itself and the failure of the Korea system that is bringing those bad results? Why BKA choose to sack all their coaches in year 2018? Now all those coaches are doing a wonderful job overseas.
So the conclusion here is BKA, Korea is really one of those foolish association who just simply sack their coaches for nothing. Good luck to BKA, Korea. Judging by how BKA just loves to keep on blaming and sack all their coaches all at once, I don’t see Korea badminton returning back to its glorious moment. All I am seeing is dark road ahead and Korean badminton will be doomed forever.
Dear Foolish Decision, you must have been silent for awhile as the firing of the coaches en masse occurred a year ago. And I’m not sure hiring KKJ a year after his dismissal can be described as “quickly pick[ing him] up”. I am not defending BKA’s track record, and associations have a reputation of being top heavy with questionable proportion of the budget going to the brass. In Asia, there is an expectation that heads must roll when results are considered a failure. My question is “at what point will the brass be deemed responsible?”
But back to the main article of China’s hiring of Kang, my question is, “Do the benefits (of hiring an allophone coach) outweigh the disruption caused? And if so, and perhaps more importantly, is Kang the right person for the job? I guess only time (and the results) can tell, and arguably Kang deserves the chance to do the job before anyone passes judgement. After all, who would have guessed that Park Joo Bong would lead Japan to such a dominant era? (But then again, will Kang be given the reins as Park was in Japan?)
My one hesitation is that when he was coaching LYD/JJS he did not come across as being able to adapt and outmaneuver the opponent’s strategy, unlike the Indonesian coaches. That said, coaching during competition and coaching/teaching during training is not the same.
Why u don’t write about Indian players???
Reading about the Taipei Open queue made me wonder whether the video is available somewhere.. I’m really curious to see that!
While looking into the video availability, I found another photo of the crowd inside the venue.
If I’m not mistaken, I just made the video public.
Doris Piché won French Open several times in the 90’s, didn’t she ?
Indeed, there were 3 Canadian titles in 1991-2. However, it is very difficult to determine whether the French Open was part of the Grand Prix in either of those two years. According to Wikipedia, the French Open was a Grand Prix event in 1993, 1995, 1998, and 1999 but at no other time in the 90s. It may not be ideal to rely on Wikipedia but all other sources about badminton in this period are piecemeal and no other online source that we know of purports to have a comprehensive list of the Grand Prix events.
I love this guys style of sports journalism. He takes you into the action. The photography is always well done in this article. Well done!
Jim B
Honolulu Hawaii
Loved learning about this sport. Hopefully it will becoame more popular in the States.
Good to see this Indian pair continuing to improve.
Wily ol’ Flandy Limpele is, no doubt, part of the recipe of their success.
Hi Raphael. I love your text….. Peter was like you discribe him… Met him in 1989 and had the pleasure to work with him to 2014. Miss him like so many others, regards Maisch
Love your work
Nice write-up Naomi!
Though, there are few points to check on the article:
1. “Akane Yamaguchi finally reach her first ever Indonesia Open title in Indonesia.” – Do you really need to mention “in Indonesia”? I don’t think there’s Indonesia Open in other countries.
2. “The world #1 won in two straight games to claim their second title in Istora Senayan after they won Asian Games gold last summer.” – This is the 3rd title of Zheng/Huang in Istora as they also won the Indonesia Masters 2019 (Tour 500).
3. “This rather lucrative victory marked the first time they had won a title in Indonesia that was accompanied by a paycheque” – Again, Zheng/Huang already won the Indonesia Masters 2019 which involves price money, so it’s their 2nd time.
Thank you for spotting these problems. In fact, Zheng and Huang won the Indonesia Masters in both 2018 and 2019. The text has been amended.
Just a small point, Lee Jhe Huei won a bronze medal at the Asian Games, not the Worlds. Thanks for the interesting breakdown.
Thank you for spotting that. You are absolutely right, of course. It was Chen and Wang who won bronze at the Worlds last year, and Lee/Lee at the Asian Games a few weeks later. The article has been corrected. Thanks again!
LCW the greatest badminton ever.
This order of playMaybe Taiwan has an actual chance if they mark Chou Tien Chen to play XD? They could then force option 2, which gives them the best chances to win 3-0 (CTC, TTY, then Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin). Essentially sacrificing mixed doubles if it gets to that event.
Hmm, what will happen to Kim Gi jung since they are partner. And as far I know, Yoo Yeon Seong partner up with Kim Duk Young recently.
That is correct. The article mentions that Yoo played two International Challenges with Kim Duk Young. As for what will happen with Kim Gi Jung, we’ll have to wait and see. It might even depend on how the Lee/Yoo reunion goes.
An Se Young is #78, not #87 (Asuka TAKAHASHI)
Thank you for pointing that out. The article has been corrected.
Cau you contact me as we meet in Hong Kong my name ….. Alain BABAU (French)
A well deserved honor for Bang Soo Hyun who, along with Susi Susanti, and Ye Zhaoying was one of the three great female singles players of the 1990s. Looking at the full list of players in the Hall of Fame certain omissions stand out to me: Japanese stars of the 60s and 70s Noriko Nakayama and Etsuko Taganoo, and Sweden’s Thomas Kihlstrom for starters.
Now I know why Konto Momota is so good – he has six arms and three heads 😉
Brilliant article! Very well though out and written. Extra points as I am a Lin Dan fan.
Where do we see the entry lists?
The lists for the Singapore Open are available for download from the BWF website here. The Polish Open lists are on tournamentsoftware. This link was included in the text of the article above.
Agree that this article focuses on the Danes. However, I see no mention of Rudy Hartono, who deserves more description than Lin Dan as the Indonesian had won 8 times the All-England single ? Please clarify.
Raphael lisfe is really short. We should live life to the fullest.
Yes, just follow play book for antony ginting and anders antonsen
A mixed doubles hattrick crown in All-England, must be the only pair to have achieved this in a row. A change in partner and was still conquering the world. A rare badminton diamond that Indonesia cannot find or replace in many years to come. Well-said Badzine.net, farewell Legend !
Interestingly, another reader posed a similar question in response to this Badzine article back in 2014. In fact, Natsir/Ahmad are just one among 6 pairs who scored that All England hat trick, and Hume/Uber won 4 in a row in the 30s, which was part of Betty Uber’s string of 7 straight titles. The only pair to win 3 in a row since China and Korea entered the fray was Park Joo Bong and Chung Myung Hee, who won in 1989, 1990, and 1991. It’s still an amazing accomplishment, particularly coming when Zhang/Zhao, Xu/Chen, and Fischer Nielsen/Pedersen were all at their peak.
Such a poorly covered article! 2 High quality games took place in Women’s singles too and how many lines were written here, a mere 3-4 line paragraph and nothing about Saina’s match!
Biggest contrast perhaps could be found from the Indian men’s singles rankings….. While Sameer Verma qualified for the finals via current, however Kidambi Srikanth has better ranking in both (superseries 500 and above) as well as (world ranking)….
My is Farman ullah i am from pakistan and i can not speak japanes and i am join your club and i love badminton
My name is Taerattanachai, not “Taerattanachi”. Thanks! Sawatdikha…
Sincerest apologies, and thank you for alerting us to the error. The text has been corrected. Good luck in 2019!
wow is that real Sapsiree made the comment?
never see the athlete appear to make comment on publication ..good work!
Sawatdikhrap Sapsiree..
Where can we see the full entry lists?
Links have been added.
Thank you!
MD, The Minions again hands down.
Congratulation to all the badminton players who will be tying the knot. May God bless and keep you in all your endeavours.
So it was a BWF world tour 750 level tournament…..Hat’s off to the Japanese….. One thing that makes me happy is that Japanese have seldom thrown away matches (both Japan-Japan and those there competition in later rounds become inconsequential)…. However, Matsumoto/Takahashi did that recently in Syed Modi international Tour 300 level tournament…..
This bka business is baffling and frustrating. What purpose does the rule serve that prevents Eom from competing? I had thought it was settled in the court case, but clearly not. Is there anyone at bwf that can help? Mr. Hoyer?
Thanks for this Raph!
@Pierre
well, just because you don’t read long articles doesn’t mean others won’t.
I like to read articles from this site and find myself always coming back for more.
The articles are well-written and not biased towards any player/country.
i am reading the whole article.
and i always wait for new articles from badzine. Keep up the goodworks.
Thanks Rob and arwan. While we might be persuaded to cut down on article length, one thing we will never do on Badzine is ignore doubles. 😉
Nobody is really reading these long articles, NOBODY! We only care for singles events!! That’s reality. Make it shorter please.
Pierre you don’t know abt Badmintin so stp!
I am really puzzled and baffled over what has actually happened in Korea. Nothing is revealed by BKA. BKA loves to keep everyone in darkness it seems. This is strange. How long can things be kept as a secret? Why not just be truthful to everyone and reveal the truth? Why must hide everything? What are all the dark secrets, evil things happening inside BKA? Why such turmoil and chaos all of a sudden? Gosh this turns out to be a mysteries series that need private investigators to solve it as soon as possible before everything gets worsen.
When can I start?
So good of BKA, Korea to keep all of us in total darkness not revealing anything, not telling us anything. Great no need to tell the whole world anything, keep everything as a secret. Somehow everyone knows BKA will close shop by end of this year 2018. Good luck BKA do keep all of us in darkness and no need to reveal anything. No need to tell us anything then quietly close shop by end of this year. So sad to really have to see this eventually happen in Korea. The first and ever badminton association to close shop.
It seems to me that this mass resignation, combined with the court ruling (Ko vs BKA) provides the basis for a much needed re-vamping of the national team system. Given the pro-leagues that have developed both domestically and internationally (e.g. in India and Malaysia), how can BKA structure the senior national team so as to maximize both development and international success? Surely there are some intelligent people that can make this happen. But in any case, here are my suggestions regarding the coaching situation:
1) Appoint Park Joo Bong as National Team Coach. (Yes, I know he’s under contract with Japan…)
2) Appoint Morten Frost as Men’s Singles Head Coach, or just a consultant/advisor until they see how best to fit him in.
3) Appoint Ra Kyung Min as head of women’s team.
4) Appoint Kim Dong Moon as coach of Men’s Doubles program.
5) 3 & 4 can both work on the Mix, 🙂
Perhaps you can tell us and brief us more about what has happened? I read the news here and it is kind of so difficult to believe that Korea badminton has come to such a bad stage. What has actually happened? What about Ko Sung Hyun / Shin Baek Cheol case of suing their own badminton association?
You can mostly follow the timeline if you follow our tag for stories related to the BKA here. As for the outcome of the current situation, there has still been no public announcement by the BKA.
Oktila/Sukohandoko lost in the semis of WD SL3-SU5 to Cheng/Ma in Ulsan 2017.
Thank you very much for pointing out the error. It has now been corrected.
Keep up the good work Raphael together with the editorial team.
Hope one day France badminton might have a world and Olympic champion like Spain.
FFF just recently achieved ⋆ ⋆ Encore just like the song I will survive.
Hello Don Hearn, Raphael, and the entire badzine community. My name is Toan, and I am interested in writing and contributing badminton materials to the world. I think badzine is a great place/platform to do it since it is very badminton-driven. About me, I am based in North America, U.S.A, and I am a badminton fanatic; I follow players on social media, I watch many matches online, and read many articles about badminton. My purpose is to help our badminton community be more visible in the spotlight. If you are interested and willing to reach out to me, you can contact me via my email.
Lee Zii Jia’s win at Taipei Open provides a bright sparks for Malaysian badminton!
Grats Lee Zii Jia. He has all quality of LCW.
I sincerely hope that the problem can be solved as soon as possible.
Allow me to say something here. Progress cannot be made within a few months. It has to be accumulated. The way I see it, Korean players lose out a lot because only those players from the national team can go out to play in international tournaments. Independent players not allowed to play in international tournaments which caused the players are left with no choice but to sue their own associations in order for them to play in international tournaments.
I knew the players are selected to join the national team based on yearly basis. But come to think of it. If the player is just newly selected to join the national team with no experience playing in any international tournament, that player already lose out a lot compared to their peers who have been participating in nonstop tournaments.
Furthermore the whole badminton association has been in a very disorganized form. But of course no one will know about it because when problem arise, it can always be swept under the carpet. Hence is nothing is reported and then everyone will think that everything looks fine but the actual fact it is not. The root of the problem is the discontentment with how the association is being run. The officers in the association are blamed for the poor results. Then the officers in the association started to blame the coaches for the poor results. After that coaches blame the players for the poor results saying they are not hardworking enough to train. Actual fact is the blame game has been going on and everyday the same blame game comes in a cycle. This caused the working environment to be not conducive. In the end under such chaotic association, players produce no results and then the blame game goes on forever.
The only way to move forward now is for the whole association to go through a very thorough revamp. Aside from that, Korea should also change their rules and allow independent players from badminton clubs to play in international tournaments. This will then spur a healthy competition among national team and independent players. By doing so Korea badminton will be able to be revived back to their glorious moments.
Yes, in the past Korea can always boast about their strong domination in men doubles. But since 2016 till now Korea have lose its status as men doubles powerhouse and this is very sad indeed. Seriously something must be done quickly before it is too late.
Mass resignation of coaches and officers will only worsen the problem and won’t solve anything. I sincerely hope that the badminton association of Korea will solve all the problems quickly. If not then the badminton association of Korea may have to close shop and that will be the end of the story. So sad indeed and no one can imagine that the Korea badminton has indeed come to such a bad stage indeed.
It is not the fault of the coaching team, one cannot polish stones into diamonds You just do not get great talent during this period. Same as China, their men have waned and their women are in the doldrums. There will be ups and downs in the emergence of stars. Re-organisation and revamp of the BA’s rules and development plans will help though.
And in fact, the Chosun writer seems to agree with you, as you might have guessed from the title translation.
Can you explain in detail what is actually happening inside BKA?
We cannot, unfortunately. Not until the BKA says something publicly. At Badzine, we don’t want to publish rumour or speculation. Even in the Korean corporate media, only that one writer has felt his sources reliable enough to mention this much in a story.
Well said,Raph – a great philosophy for life.
As positive as ever!
Any more details about Huang/Zheng’s withdrawal? Was it an injury, or just a planned withdrawal after showing up? I have heard of the obligation for seeded pairs to show up, but in reality, it would have been better for others on reserve (or qualifiers) to have been given a chance to give it their all.
I think you wrote it wrong. Ginting will not face Kenta Nishimoto for today’s SF match. He will meet Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, while Kenta will face Ginting’s teammate, Jonatan Christie. 🙂
Of course, you are correct. The text has been corrected. Thank you for spotting the error.
The game of Antony is superb. I wonder how he had recovered so fast from his injury which happened during the team event while playing against Momota.
Anyway good luck to Antony and Christie too.
George
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Glory and Honor for Japan
An apt and informative write up on badi.
Happy to see more on similar lines in coming days.
In “Ko, who was ranked #6 in men’s doubles with Shin, still played in the mixed doubles at the Olympics but he too left the national team in early 2007, after achieving the world #1 spot with a second partner.”
I think the correct is “In the early 2017” not “2007”.
Right you are. Early 2007 was, of course, when Ko first joined the national team, shortly after reaching the semi-finals of the Korean Nationals. Thank you for pointing out the error. The text has been corrected.
what happened? there is just the preview but nothing more to find about the world championships here. Everybody on vacations?
Indeed. Sorry to disappoint but we had the editor on a long-overdue vacation and no one on site in Nanjing. This left us with no way to produce the quality of content that Badzine readers deserve. We expect the coverage to be more complete for the Asian Games.
Why did the BKA reject invitations for their own players?
Lots of member associations reject invitations for their players. This year, the Korean team had a lot of injuries, such as Jeon Hyeok Jin and Lee Yu Rim but the Asian Games may also have played a role. Invitations for all doubles pairs that are no longer playing together were rejected. Presumably, the coaches did not want to take time away from Asian Games training for pairs that will not be playing together after the Worlds. In the case of Lee Hyun Il, we don’t know. He is now a professional and without prize money from the event and without funding from the BKA, it is easy to imagine the Worlds being a low priority for a player in his position.
You say that Kanta Tsuneyama has never been in a final bigger than that of a GPG event but you forget he was the Indonesia SS Premier finalist last year.
Are you thinking of Kazumasa Sakai? He lost to Srikanth Kidambi in the 2017 Indonesia Open final. As far as I can tell, Kanta’s first Indonesia Open was earlier this month, when he reached the quarter-finals.
Pardon me, you are right. The two of them had me confused. Japan’s top MS players include Kento, Kanta, Kenta and Kazumasa!
may i know for badminton training camp for national player ?
In Korea? In 2015, the national team trained in the national training centre in Taeneung. Since then, it has moved to Jincheon. Like the former facility, the Jincheon complex is not open to the public. The national team selection process is normally held off site.
Congratulations !
Men’s singles final will be classic. 50/50 game.
LCW played a very smart game against Momota in the Malaysian Open. His vast experience also come into play.
LCW triumphed as he played smart and with experienced against Momota.
I really cannot believe to hear the news that Kim Haha to retire from the international play. Undeniably, Kim is a wonderful player and very very successful player. Wish her ever success in the future!
Hi Raphael.
Thank You very much for those kind and warm words about my Big Brother
It’s so nice to know that You and many, many others got to know him
Good luck to all of You in the Badminton World
Why has Takeshita Riichi been labelled as the defending Champion? In 2017, the MS category in the Ranking Circuit was sensationally won by Momota Kento. It was an unforgettable victory, … which makes this mistake rather surprising.
The intention was to point out that Takeshita won the last national championship, the All Japan late last year, when he beat Momota in the quarter-final stage. You are right about the ranking circuit event last May, though, and the text has been corrected.
Thanks for your positive comment, Joshua.
Thanks Yves for the clarification. As a Canadian fan that started following the sport in 2010 or so (just in time to watch BWF coverage on Youtube!) such accurate information and coverage give us encouragement and proper perspective: that Canadians today can compete on the world stage, and that it was done in the past as well.
I saw the news on instagram from badminton_times and thought, gotta check Badzine, and sure enough, Don you got it covered! How interesting (and vindictive?) that the minimum age to compete internationally apart from BKA was raised when those players retired in 2016/17. I wonder if it was a ruse to get the players to stay (or come back), or if it was a form of punishment.
On the other hand, it would not be unreasonable if a player was required to pay a portion of their winnings to the BKA if they were trained by the federation/national team system but left early to compete independently. Otherwise the national team may lose out on all the years of investments.
japan got a lot of help like Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia coaching.
Who won the title? There is such a sharp contrast between the reports on Thomas and Uber Cup finals. This reminds me of the type of reporting between 2010 and 2015. It’s all subconscious, isn’t it.
Interesting that you left out any detail about Morten Frost and Peter Gade. I think their past positions and recent changes would have been relevant and informative.
You are correct that there are so many examples. Our writer elected to focus on changes since the Rio Olympics. Frost and Gade made changes since then but in both cases, out of national team coaching, not into it. You are right that articles on other coaches and their accomplishments would make for interesting articles and we will see what we can do to get some of those written in the future.
I just hope that 11-point system will never make it. I saw it once live, pfff. Look at other sports BWF, they have boring matches too: tennis, soccer, … Sometimes the entire sport is boring 🙂 The many matches I have seen in all those years (only know the 21-point system), I really, really, really don’t see why the scoring system should needs a change (excluding the WD London Olympics!). Honestly.
At the All England this week, there should have some interesting results from Japan, India (Men singles), and may be Indonesia and Denmark.
Good results at the German Open. Let’s wait for the All England this week, should have some interesting results.
To further emphasise the glittering rilvary with Fu HaiFeng/Cai Yun of China, according to the Chinese badminton sports website, the Korean pair had won 12 of the 22 meetings though the Chinese had won mainly the important match-ups. Among the Super Series contests, the Koreans also won 6 times out of 8. Farewell Jung !
It was an amazing rivalry. Actually, both that site and tournamentsoftware seem to have incomplete head-to-head records. It was actually 13-11 (13 wins in 24 matches) for the Koreans. Tournamentsoftware says 12-9 but they missed Cai/Fu’s wins in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2009 Sudirman Cup, and Jung/Lee’s win in the team event at the Guangzhou Asian Games. Jung Jae Sung spoke once of how much he enjoyed playing Cai/Fu. A week before the 2011 Superseries Finals, he said: “It is a very important event for us. We’ve been runners-up twice and won it once. We really hope we can play against Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in the final. We have been about 50/50 this year and they are such great opponents. Boe and Mogensen are always a challenge, too. We have so much trouble playing against players who are so tall, but we like to play a fast game so finishing the season against Cai/Fu would be best.” They did play Cai/Fu again soon, not in Liuzhou, but in the finals of the 2012 Korea Open and of the All England and were inches away from playing them for gold in London, too, but Boe/Mogensen were the better pair in that Olympic semi-final. So many amazing matches!
shocked and saddened but his shocking death at the age of only 35! Though never met him or seen him live, but I feel due to many Youtube videos I watched of him & LYD, he was a familiar face.
He & LYD were the sternest contestants to China’s Fu Hai Feng/Cai Yun in the last decade. Their games in the then world championships, Super Series, Sudirman or Thomas Cups were classics, get these videos & watch if you are to believe.
Heartbreaking 🙁 Such an amazing talent, wonderful funny guy, a legend who will be truly missed. RIP and condolences to his family and friends
It’s strange that you did not take into account the different scoring system. Back then, when the 15 point system (no rally point!), it required an incredible physical endurance. Players like LCW and LD at their old age won’t stand a chance against younger players, and we could observe that in fact there were very few players still active at the age of more than 35 years. IMHO, in the 21 rally point system, skill and experience play a more important role in the game.
That’s a good point and you are by no means the only one who has suggested this as a factor. I think it is logical to assume this would affect singles more than doubles but do you have a theory as to why this would affect men’s singles in particular, and not women’s singles? Do you think it could be that the women’s singles went to rally point but simultaneously got longer matches, with games going from 11 to 21 rather than from 15 to 21?
My deeper condolences to his family’s and stay strong.
My favortite shortie
i recall a game he return 4 shots sitting on the floor…n win the points.
so sad…..j sit…