Monday, October 9, 2023

Asian Games 2024 Badminton individual event. (Hangzhou)

From my opinion, this Asian Games is not a major event because it is not a worldwide event and it is not inclusive. We are talking about Denmark and the rest of the Europe teams are not involved. For an event to be considered MAJOR, it needs to be INCLUSIVE worldwide.

Congratulations to the 1st time winners.

Summaries.
1st round big match was between Lee Zii Jia vs Ng Kar Long. LZJ got his revenge this time 2 1.

In 2nd round Chou Tien Chen sent defending champion Jojo packing with 2 0. Jojo seems to have the luck eventhough he is not on form. He managed to win HongKong Open and went into the Final of the Japan Open. Very lucky with the draw indeed.

Ng Tze Yong also beat Loh Kean Yew and it is a big loss from LKY considering NTY was recovering form sickness. Too many mistakes.

Round 16.
Lee Zii Jia seems to get his form back earlier than expected by beating the recent world champion Vitidsarn 2 1.
Tai Tzu Ying surprisingly lost to Ohori from Japan in ws.

Qtr finals.
Lee and Wang from Taiwan beat top seed Alfian and Ardian again.
Lzj vs Pranoy was very exciting because Lzj got 2 match points and he did not convert. Pranoy's back was troubling him a lot and Lzj did not manage to finish him off. However, given the intensity of the match, it seems that Lzj is back in form. At least the point was respectable.
Li Shi Feng seems to be in good form beating Ginting 2 0.
Naraoka beat NTY 2 0.
The epic match was between Aaron/Soh vs China twin towers. The match was very close and had many rallies. Malaysia won in this epic battle.

Semi finals.
India did well to dispose Malaysia 2 0. Probably Malaysia was too tired.
The Korean md pair Choi and Kim did well to beat Taiwan 2 0.
Li sf beat the tired Pranoy easily.

Finals.
China xd did well to retain the title vs Japan.
wd, China did well to retain their title vs Koreans.
md. India did well to beat the Koreans in the final.
ms. Lsf did well to beat SYQ in the final.
ws, It was an epic battle because ASY was having knee problem after winning g1. CYF managed to win g2. And in g3, cyf herself got into trouble with her fitness and she lost. ASY is truly remarkable player and she will be the clear title winner in OG if she is healthy. Unless Yamaguchi regains her form and fitness. 
The rest of the events are wide open.😎










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