The Laws of Badminton Rule 18.5.2: "Except at the conclusion of a match, no player shall leave the court without the Umpire's consent." TroLL = oWNED!
hahhaa. his afraid obviously, because he know what he sad earlier on doesnt make some sense, that if all players can leave as and when during a match, then i think this is the worse outcome ever! player's motto, never say die till the match is over.
Taufik looks to be reasonably calm in the photos. At least he shows respect for his opponent by shaking hands - bad luck for the crowd I guess. I think he chose not to continue as his focus was drawn away from the game - a mental setback from which he thought he could not recover. Lets see if he can keep his head for the WC.
You know, actually the bad calls happened to Taufik at 2002 Thomas Cup Final when he played Lee Tsuen Tseng in Guangzhou-China. Two calls had been controversy and it affected so much on Taufik's play. Finally, since he was so emotional then he lost the game. It think at this time, he also felt the same emotion and based on the experience there is no use to continue the game since he doesnt have the mood any longer to play. Sure at the end if it is continued, he could have been defeated by LD easily. So the solution is, Taufik's coach (Mulyo) has to train his emotion instead of his technique and strategy.
Taufik plays badminton already for an age.... he should know such a situation. This thing not the first time & it could happen everywhere. Even in Indonesia Open some player also got bad calls. I just think .. he might be affraid lose to Lin Dan... it makes him not confidence for the World Championship in Madrid. If he is really a good sportman, he would keep continue the match & show to audience that he can play well & beat Lin Dan and.... proves he self is a good shuttler to the world. What a pity !!
If he thinks he is gonna lose only because of the bad line calls, he should look back at the Indo Open when he defeated Bao Chun Lai. Should Bao walked away as well in Indo Open after numerous bad calls ? TH is going down the drain lately, he is just being childish.
well, sometimes emotions run wild in certain situations where you fight hard for the ball but your luck doesnt seem to give in and sometimes your thoughts also run about and you start realizing all the training, the effort you put in, has gone down the drain, all these can affect the player especially taufik, who sometimes cannot control himself because he has a strong character and believe strongly in his actions.. but in my opinion, i feel that he shouldnt give up just because its just a bad call and should prove to the audience that the bad call wont affect his play plus, taufik has the skill, so why worry? why think so much about just a bad call? for the sake of pride? learn to let go and never give up, if he thinks in such a way, " anyway, im not the only one with the bad call, just my luck" i believe he can still win... its all in the mind. i still remeber lin dan vs lcw in macau open where lin dan did a fake shot and drop after the net but it landed out, he protest abit but still in the end gave in and continued playing,
numerous? Hahahaha.... It was only one as I remember and it was at the end of the match. Well.....Bao walked out of court anyway in the following 3 minutes.
sorry ... yeah I meant one ... when I say numerous I was thinking of the semi-final match as well when he was against chen yu, there was a clearly out but called 'in' in favour of taufik. It was even caught in the slow-motion replay on the video. Should the chinese players walked out as well ? Players are just have to deal with bad line calls, it's just like the soccer players have to deal with the referee's final decision. It's not like there are 3 - 5 bad calls , it was only one and it was at the beginning, not to mention that a lot of people that was in there thought it was actually a correct call by the lineswoman.
aiya.... calm down ok.. He has the right to quit, and its none of our buisness he do so I know you are just angry because it is an ultimate match without an outcome.. hehe
u will never know whats in taufik's mind... maybe that few points is enuff for him to find out lin dan's weakness to prepare for WC hahaa so he quit the game to prevent lin dan from knowing his weakness too haha... jus joking
it could be due to past few days while playing he felt the linecall were abit bias... and it continues to builds up till LD's match and then it became too overwhelming and he exploded.. thus quit lol... Anyway people get over it... he lost too bad.. Look on the bright side LD proceeded... isn't that good enough already? Leave Taufik alone please
yes, I watched both matches. Both Bao and Chen Yu got bad calls from line judge. Especially the one for Chen Yu, it was out so obviously. And Bao got a bad (or at least controversal) line call at the critical point of the second game. Did they walk off the court like a spoiled child? NO! Taufik is a great badminton player, I admit. But I think he is hurting this sport now. The audience paid to support this sport and to enjoy watching some good games. If everyone behaves like Taufik, there will soon be no audience for this sport. And then badminton will die consequently. As a professional player, you should try to promote the sport, insteading of hurting it. I would strongly suggest IBF to fine and even suspend Taufik for his behavior!
Conclusion Lin Dan gets the semi-final ticket easily from TH... good news for me atleast... plus...i still want to see TH's match.. he's good..
