Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Lee Chong Wei


Technique : Smashing = 9 Netting = 9.5 Drop shot = 9 Service = 9 Drive = 8 footwork = 10 Physical : Stamina = 10 Speed = 9 agility = 9
Mental : Distraction by others = 9 Temper = 10 Desire to win = 10 Home ground pressure = 6

Lee Chong Wei (Simplified: 李宗伟) (born October 21,1982) is a professional Badminton player from Malaysia.

Above is just my rough estimation. I always think that Lee Chong Wei has a tough mental, he seldom get distracted by others compare to Taufik, and i never see him angry in court even is a bad line call. His desire to win is very high. We can see it from the match between him and Lin Dan in Malaysia Open, he can catch up from somewhere 13-20 to win the game. However, he cannot take too much pressure when he play in his home ground, we can see this in world championship 2007 , which is hosted in Malaysia.

I remembered that i heard from one of the commentator say that his cross court smash and slice is the best in the world. Which is quite through, i often saw him did a nice cross court slice. His incredible defensive ability often frustrated his opponent. I had see it a few times from his game against Lin Dan and Taufik. Another good attribute of his worth mention will be his wonderful smooth and fast footwork. Lee Chong Wei is not really tall, compare to other world class player, he is only 1.73m, but his fast and smooth footwork always pay a part in helping him to retrieve shuttle and playing a real fast game against his opponent.

Lastly, he obtained a few months of world ranking 1st in 2006, which make him seeded No 1 in world championship 2006.

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