Chinese shuttlers do not want other shuttlers to read their current form, says Tey Seu Bock
Malaysia’s national coach Tey Seu Bock said the uncharacteristic poor performance of Chinese shuttlers in the last couple of tournaments was expected as they do not want to other players to read their current form ahead of 2012 London Olympics.
China’s ruling Olympic Champion and World Number One Lin Dan lost to much lower ranked and un-seeded shuttler Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia at the last month’s Thailand Open GP Gold.
The former World Champion Chen Jin retired in the first round against Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen at the Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2012.
In the same tournament, the World Number Three Chen Long also played poor badminton and lost to his lower ranked opponent Parupalli Kashyap of India.
However, according to Seu Bock, it is all planning to deceive the opponents as they have seen it before Beijing Olympics when Lin lost to Chong Wei in Thomas Cup Finals but played on a completely different level and won the gold medal in Olympics.
The coach stated, “None of them showed their true ability in their last tournament before the Olympic Games. They lost unexpectedly but we expected it. They usually do that to deceive their rivals.”
He further added, “They don’t want others to read their form. They used the same strategy before the 2008 Beijing Games. That year, Lin Dan lost to Chong Wei in the Thomas Cup Finals. He was kept under wraps and, two months later, displayed superb form that
took everyone by surprise. And he went on to win the gold.”
Nevertheless, Seu Bock also expressed that all top Chinese Men’s Singles players will be under huge pressure as they want to clinch all three medals in the category which no country so far has achieved in this mega event.
According to the coach, there is no other shuttler in the current lot who could topple the power packed Chinese line-up in Men’s Singles category except Lee Chong Wei.
Chong Wei has been enjoying the number one position in the world for almost four years and it now positioned at number two after skipping two Super Series tournaments as he got injured during Thomas Cup Finals and is passing through the recovery process.
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