Well, it is hard to be Malaysian sometimes. It was really painful when seeing both Malaysia teams being harassed by our neighbor country. At the absent of Dato' Lee Chong Wei (DLCW), I don't know either we can call Malaysia is a one of top badminton country or not. We can't put our all hope on DLCW as he is getting older and lose his energy anyway. Perhaps most of Malaysian is have the same feeling with me. Do you?
Ahh.. let the bygone be bygone. In our failure to be in finalist of Axiata Cup 2012, I still can see our future in the next 2-3 years. We really have talented young player. Do you agree with me?
Look at the skill of Misbun Ramdan, Daren Liew, Zulfadli and Zulkarnaen Iskandar. Yes they did defeated by the great Indonesian player Rumbaka. But at least they gave good competition to him. Ohh maybe I forgot to mention about Hafiz Hashim.:)
The thing is they have to be exposed. Let we congratulate BAM in their hard work to produce such great player. Misbun Ramdan, he is really fast player, great smashing skill, and fast backhand smash and good in net some more. He needs to work more on footwork and more international exposure. He is the one I can trust to be the next DLCW. Agree?
Daren Liew, he is already there. He got almost everything except experience. Look at his game with world #9 Simon Santoso, he has been bullied badly. What all he need is experience at international level. As his playing style, within next 2-3 years he can be next Chen Jin? Will he?
Zulfadli, the most identified weaknesses he has, is the movement. During his game with Rumbaka, we was really slow moving. Fitness level? He is just not there yet. Secondly, he has to work out on his backhand skill. Many times Rumbaka attacked him on the backhand side and it was working. If he has able to overcome these two weaknesses, yes he will be the next Rashid Sidek?
Lastly, Zulkarnaen Iskandar. He was really impressed me on his 1st and 3rd game against Rumbaka. Somehow I saw Nabil ( Juara Lawak Musim ke-2) in the court with Lin Dan character. He was really having great attitude and always listens to his couch. He was really fast at the net and stayed in good passion. If you noticed, Rumbaka always send the shuttle to the base-line. He really can't play as normal especially at the net. Zukarnaen was super fast when he was at the net. Bottom-line, Zulkarnaen have to work harder and to expose himself at international level.
Not forget to mention that Indonesia have done great job in producing young great player. They are Rumbaka, Ahsan-Setiawan, Tommy Sugiarto and others. Perhaps Rumbaka is the next great Taufik Hidayat. Can Indonesia be the next badminton dominator?
