While intensity is greater back then, pace today is definitely faster. If you disagree, you can calculate shots played per second now vs before. Today's badminton plays more shots per second but it's mainly due to there being so many dead balls/neutral shots whereas back then it was like every shot was played with the intent of making it difficult to return. Nowadays players would gladly give it flat and to the middle (easy to return) as long as it meant you didn't have a kill option (no angles to work with).
The way these two legends in badminton kept pushing the shuttle to the back, doing the variations, and deft net play and all at that intensity, it blows my mind. Badminton has never been more interesting to watch.
both of them were pretty young at the time, but the rally can go for many shots without mistake. and the shot angle and quality is also high too. amazing.
4:04 What a smash from LD. LCW's lift was good, but LD killed it anyway. Look at where LD's feet landed after hitting. He was completely outside of the court. Even Axelsen doesn't have many winning smashes from far back.
LD did jump backwards from the inner double service line and landed outside of the court. It was a very well placed sliced jump smash. Few will get their racket to this one. But the problem with the lift lies in the movement of LD's feet. Just look at them while LCW plays the lift. LD totally reads LCW like an open book. LCW serves that nice lift on a service platter to LD and LD takes his time and hammers it down on the line.
Maybe not the best, but unforced error wise it looks like a top contender. Very few errors have been made at the net and both players have kept the shuttle in the field pretty nicely. But those loose shots, long and wide, might have been edited out.
Their footwork, stamina and shuttle speed are beyond imagination. But you could also see that their shots were not as accurate as when they were older. At that time, it was all about power and speed for them because their bodies could handle it without any problem. Those two were truly beast when they were young. ❤
24-28 was considered as the high tension for racket (harder/tighter strings) it means, the tighter the string, the higher power can generate whilst smashing
because lindan had a very good defense too.. and lindan didn't give him many ball to attack too.. most of lindan shot are very unpredictable and hard to attack even if he lift.
2022 Axelsen and 2019 Momota can only dream of playing like this. rally at 12:26 is just out of this world. Classic example of Lee Chong Wei bottling a major final against LD, but then again this is LD and you could argue that there's no such thing as bottling it against him because when he wants to turn it on, he's unstoppable and mentally unflappable.
For axelsen I agree but momota and ginting in 2018 and 2019 were no less than this Of course ld and lcw are better and they transformed the game but momota had a really solid defense and a long rally style game only, axelsen's game is attack and win just like lzj, they can never match this level of gameplay but momota used to play like this only
It was because at that time, only the server can get a point. If you are a returner (in which was the case for LD there), you have to break the server's serve to get your serve(which gives you 0 point but in return, you gets to serve next), and only after you start your own serve and win it only then you get a point. In short, you only get a point during your own serve, not your opponent's.
@@everlasting4533 Its physically exhausting playing the old style, but it does make some really close games, since you'll never lose any points if you can keep re-breaking the opponent's serve
it doesnt matter because neither of those two players has or never had this kind of precision or stamina to play like this... this match is literally once in a lifetime match that we can get to witness... LD and LCW in this era are the top 2 without a single doubt! Nothing will ever compare to this tempo, skill and ART of that we call badminton!
LCW vs LD Asian Championship 2016 semifinal clearly a better match for me. Or the final LCW vs CL Asian Games Hiroshima 1994 final Joko Supriyanto vs Heryanto Arbie also one of the best MS match
Very bad intent from lee chong wei ...no smash only defence and rally never take u to the win anyway ..and lin continuously attack whenever opportunity comes .
This is prime LD, and no one has come close to this level of mastery. And if LD hadnt been there then LCW would have been the GOAT himself Makes 2020s badminton look amateurish.
@@KFP385 I personally think Gade is better but there's not much match-based evidence so it's an open question. It was also fairly weak era before LD. Taufik not exactly a strong champion.
![[Nice Quality] Incredible Win | Lin Dan vs Taufik Hidayat | 2006 Asian Games Final](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XBBLwTbVQN8/mqdefault.jpg)
Even in one blink, you lose all the excitement watching these two legends. What an era!!
This game’s intensity in 2006 is greater than games in 2023. That’s insane.
They were in their athletic primes.
跟球员有关（林丹lee chong wei实在是太强大了）
还有就是那个时代用的是快速球，而现在是慢球
While intensity is greater back then, pace today is definitely faster. If you disagree, you can calculate shots played per second now vs before. Today's badminton plays more shots per second but it's mainly due to there being so many dead balls/neutral shots whereas back then it was like every shot was played with the intent of making it difficult to return. Nowadays players would gladly give it flat and to the middle (easy to return) as long as it meant you didn't have a kill option (no angles to work with).
cant disagree more. dude go watch actual games... + it was old point systems.
@@luf4rall their prime was 2010-2013
The way these two legends in badminton kept pushing the shuttle to the back, doing the variations, and deft net play and all at that intensity, it blows my mind. Badminton has never been more interesting to watch.
As a badminton player i cant even do half this sh*t, that kind of precision placing maintained for that long a time is insane
Lol. If you can do half. You will be in world ranking already. 😁😁😁
Bro same
LD and LCW back to their prime were beasts
8:40 holy shit that backhand
Prime Lin Dan was just insane. To have perfect control at ANY speed is just mind blowing
both of them were pretty young at the time, but the rally can go for many shots without mistake. and the shot angle and quality is also high too. amazing.
What the H... This match make today badminton match look so normal & slow. In this match Lin Dan smash like a bomber & Lee Chong Wei speed was unreal.
4:04 What a smash from LD. LCW's lift was good, but LD killed it anyway. Look at where LD's feet landed after hitting. He was completely outside of the court. Even Axelsen doesn't have many winning smashes from far back.
LD did jump backwards from the inner double service line and landed outside of the court. It was a very well placed sliced jump smash. Few will get their racket to this one. But the problem with the lift lies in the movement of LD's feet. Just look at them while LCW plays the lift. LD totally reads LCW like an open book. LCW serves that nice lift on a service platter to LD and LD takes his time and hammers it down on the line.
This is what I call "perfect badminton"
The commentator, she works through ages 😂
Both are insane 😵💫
The 2000's and the 2010's are the best
imagine this game with todays video quality 😳
At time where both were young, fierce and dangerous rivalry🐆🐅
This match never gets old❤
BWF should consider these camera angles.
Once upon a time when both are young and dangerous..
Maybe not the best, but unforced error wise it looks like a top contender. Very few errors have been made at the net and both players have kept the shuttle in the field pretty nicely. But those loose shots, long and wide, might have been edited out.
You nice video I like it
this is one of the badminton matches ever
the good old time where two serve for one point
Can u explain the rules here to me??
@@sportingdays4390 you get the point when you have the right to serve in the rally and win the rally
@@冬夜的圣诞牛-v1x kind of like a deuce then
Yeah..its a a long match
@@冬夜的圣诞牛-v1xglad they change it it was stupid rules
Just Classic Badminton, I can see!
Their footwork, stamina and shuttle speed are beyond imagination. But you could also see that their shots were not as accurate as when they were older. At that time, it was all about power and speed for them because their bodies could handle it without any problem. Those two were truly beast when they were young. ❤
I had problem breathing while watching this…. Damm that was tense
8:34 what a net
This sped up? The pace is nutso
12.26 give a credit to the camera man, 13-9 rally gets so intense, whole arena just got silent and couldn't breath, goodness me! they are legend
3:45 the recory
best match indeed
Lin Dan was a rock under pressure.
Best decades for Malaysian to support in this game
guys why did the last set end at 17
Lin Dan: The Beginning of a Legend
This is gold
It was still up to 15 time!
the best MS match in history?
Gosh, the pace they were going at it. Nowadays, we have Kodai Naraoka who keeps lobbing from both wings, putting the spectators to sleep.
clinical court usage , I felt tired just look at them play lol
Time when 24-28 was the max tension you could do on racquets
its meaning?
24-28 was considered as the high tension for racket (harder/tighter strings) it means, the tighter the string, the higher power can generate whilst smashing
@5:37 This shot shows LD’s physical strength and fitness level when he was young.
14:21 many of us would have just given up😂😂 at many times in this rally
Mentally tough fellow Lindan is 🔥.. Won game from 6-13
Backhand smash OP lindan❤
Wrong national flag 0:19
Yea haha
@@limwenhao1999 that's a shit mistake
amazing. LD is the goat. no player nowadays is such a skill-machine
Everytime i see this match shit it feels like no matter what shot you give them these two will still return it😂
LCW plays too much defense esp vs LD, very hard to beat LD on defense.
because lindan had a very good defense too.. and lindan didn't give him many ball to attack too.. most of lindan shot are very unpredictable and hard to attack even if he lift.
1ラリー1ラリーが今の時代だとスーパープレイになるレベルやな
Seems to be slower shuttles in 2006
Did you notice the flag exchange
Yes, insane
Roger and Nadal of Badminton
Modern MS players are a joke compared to this.
Indeed
i think the 2010 japan open between them is better
2022 Axelsen and 2019 Momota can only dream of playing like this. rally at 12:26 is just out of this world.
Classic example of Lee Chong Wei bottling a major final against LD, but then again this is LD and you could argue that there's no such thing as bottling it against him because when he wants to turn it on, he's unstoppable and mentally unflappable.
Btw it's not the final, the final is Lin Dan vs Lee Hyun Il
@@zul4226 sorry my mistake but you get what I mean about LCW losing from advantageous positions in big tournament crunch matches against LD
Ahhhhh the compare guy.
For axelsen I agree but momota and ginting in 2018 and 2019 were no less than this
Of course ld and lcw are better and they transformed the game but momota had a really solid defense and a long rally style game only, axelsen's game is attack and win just like lzj, they can never match this level of gameplay but momota used to play like this only
@@Nilesh-pj9ipyeah. momota and chen long is the only human being who can reach ld and lcw level.
1:00 why lin dan dont have a point???
It was because at that time, only the server can get a point. If you are a returner (in which was the case for LD there), you have to break the server's serve to get your serve(which gives you 0 point but in return, you gets to serve next), and only after you start your own serve and win it only then you get a point. In short, you only get a point during your own serve, not your opponent's.
@@everlasting4533 Its physically exhausting playing the old style, but it does make some really close games, since you'll never lose any points if you can keep re-breaking the opponent's serve
Malaysia and China flags are in wrong position!
lin dan lcw already finished even new talent come out no competition. focus doubles
They played really good like this but they still lost to Taufik Hydayat. I cant understand.
I still believe the Rasmussen v Sun Jun to be the best match ever. 2h 6mins I think it was, they both gave everything, everything!
it doesnt matter because neither of those two players has or never had this kind of precision or stamina to play like this... this match is literally once in a lifetime match that we can get to witness... LD and LCW in this era are the top 2 without a single doubt! Nothing will ever compare to this tempo, skill and ART of that we call badminton!
@@kriskiellandLTSfacts bro. when ld and lcw meet at theirs best, thats mean its the highest level of badminton human can reach.
MS final LD-LHi was more boring game compared to this semi final. The final game was totally one-sided domination
11:14
The flags of lcw n lindan during the match start has wrong 😂
There is no point to play mens singles anymore
I’m confused which one is Malaysia and which one is China… what a silly mistake
the casualness with which they play kinda infuriates me
0:20 wtf 中国和马来西亚的旗帜互换了😂🇨🇳🇲🇾
0:20 the flag is wrong
LCW vs LD Asian Championship 2016 semifinal clearly a better match for me.
Or the final LCW vs CL
Asian Games Hiroshima 1994 final Joko Supriyanto vs Heryanto Arbie also one of the best MS match
I love lcw but it's clear that prime lindan was just uncomparable
No doubt about that
Show ke the better single match then this one... they can shut thoso thousan of people. So insane
Very bad intent from lee chong wei ...no smash only defence and rally never take u to the win anyway ..and lin continuously attack whenever opportunity comes .
You’re just a hater just admit it
0:56 What a backhand from LCW, too impulsive
Jangan lanjiao la sekarang 2023. Dulu kena belasah dgn lin dan
Wtf is scoreboard
This is prime LD, and no one has come close to this level of mastery.
And if LD hadnt been there then LCW would have been the GOAT himself
Makes 2020s badminton look amateurish.
How'd you reckon will it be if prime viktor axelsen plays in their time instead of peter gade?
@@KFP385 I personally think Gade is better but there's not much match-based evidence so it's an open question.
It was also fairly weak era before LD. Taufik not exactly a strong champion.
Old point systen
In this video, I clearly see the disAdvantage of lin dan’s backhand, he lost a lot of point because of this.
Keok jg lcwe
Leading 13-6 and still lose. Stupid LCW
uh i dont think its high quality
I honestly dont think you want to see the real quality, you wouldn't even seen the shuttle haha
The match was high quality badminton..
This is filmed in 2006 and this is actually quite high
14:38