Based on his current form, it sounds like a far off chance - however one factor is of course, the previous world No. one singles player still commands respect from his peers and it'll be no completely different once he begins his campaign at the Birmingham Arena on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old lin Dan, WHO last won a global title at the Malaysian Open in April that was his solely title last year, takes on Kunlavut Vitidsarn of PRINCESS SIRIVANNAVARI THAILAND MASTERS 2020 within the opening game in Birmingham.
If he wins, he faces associate Chen Long within the second round.
If the two-time Olympic champion goes on to drag off a surprise by beating Chen Long, he might play one in every of these players - Malaysia’s No. one Lee Zii Jia, Jonatan christie of Indonesia, Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand, China’s Lu Guangzu - within the quarter-finals.
Although world No. twenty one lin Dan’s kind has been volute down, Malaysia’s coaching director Wong Choong Hann aforesaid the five-time world champion continues to be a task model for others.
“Lin Dan has not been winning titles like before however he has not given up - he keeps fighting. Others ought to emulate his perspective, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.
In fact, this year, lin Dan has lost within the 1st round of all the Masters tournaments in PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2020, DAIHATSU INDONESIA MASTERS 2020 and PRINCESS SIRIVANNAVARI THAILAND MASTERS 2020 in January.
“Every player still appearance forward to playing against him... there's abundant respect for him, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.
“Something remains keeping him going - and that i guess, that’s an equivalent motivation that different coaches hope to examine in their players.
Lin Dan is that the solely player out of 4 legends still active in badminton because the others - Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Peter-Gade Christensen of Kingdom of Denmark and Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat - have left the scene at different seasons for various reasons.
Choong Hann has not seen another set of dominant four players like within the era of lin Dan, Chong Wei, Peter and Taufik - though he aforesaid some have been attempting to determine themselves because the leading pack within the men’s singles.
He singled out two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan, Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan, Anthony Ginting of Republic of Indonesia, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark; and China’s Chen Long and Shi Yuqi.
Defending champion Momota had to skip the All-England this year as he's presently on a long break to get over a road crash simply a day when winning the Malaysian Masters in January.
“We’ve not seen a dominant foursome as lin Dan, Chong Wei, Peter and Taufik however many players of this era are getting a lot of consistent and dominant, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.
“Tien-chen and Anthony have raised the bar higher. It’ll be a noteworthy battle at the All-England this returning week, ” further Choong Hann, WHO additionally hopes to examine Malaysia’s sole men’s singles representative Zii Jia stepping up too.
Can lin Dan of China win his seventh All-England title this year?
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