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in this video we will cover the highly
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requested and Undisputed goat of men's
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Lind four times world champion we will
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focus on the world championship final in
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2011 partly because it was and still is
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the best game of all time at least in
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our opinion but it is also because these
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different versions of lindan need
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separate videos if we want to know how
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lindan beat Lee Chong way in this final
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we cannot completely focus on lindan we
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also need to take look at Lee Chong
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Way's strengths and his weaknesses from
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a surface level Lee Chong Way's strength
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would definitely be his speed on the
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court his footwork arguably the best of
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all time allowed him to seemingly glide
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court this coupled with his technical
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skills with the racket made him an
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opponent but because Lee Chong way was
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so fast it often masked his shot quality
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weakness it is very evident in 2008 but
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also evident in 2011 Lee Chong Way's
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shot quality especially his late back
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that's while this was fine for the
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Malaysian against High ranked opponents
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like defending Champion chenz Jin or
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beating the world number nine park Sun
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Juan it was was not enough for Lind Don
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this just goes to show the difference
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between the two legends and the rest of
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the international badminton circuit Lee
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Chong way and Lind Don were essentially
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on equal footing in badminton which is
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why even a small weakness in Lee Chong
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Way's game was enough for lindan to
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capitalize on and from this lindan built
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the foundation of his strategy his
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strategy needed to somehow prevent Lee
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Chong way from effectively using his
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speed capitalize on his weakness and
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allow lindan to use his strengths to
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score the first thing to do when making
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a strategy is to plan to disrupt your
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opponent's strengths lindan disrupted
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Lee Chong Way's speed with small holds
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in the front court that often caused
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Correctional split Steps From the
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Malaysian you can be however fast you
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want but if you are moving in the wrong
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direction first then it is all for
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nothing if Lind Dan doesn't have these
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little deceptions in the front Cor then
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Lee Chong way is free to move smoothly
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this is ideal for the Malaysian as then
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guns there are several reasons as to why
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lindan can catch Lee Chong way with
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these little holds the first reason we
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need to watch out for is where lindan is
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taking the shuttle notice how every shot
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lindan takes in this rally is above his
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that's intuitively the higher somebody
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takes the shuttle in a rally the more
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pressure there is on the other player
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the higher he takes the shuttle the more
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time he has to watch Lee Chong way see
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where he is moving and adjust
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accordingly this leads us to our second
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reason for how lindan was able to
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counter Lee Chong way speed in this game
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Lee Chong way often had to do
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correctional split steps in this game
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because he couldn't guess what shot lean
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it a key factor in deciding the outcome
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of this game was how lindan would have
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his racket facing one way and change it
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in this rally you can see the amount of
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times that LE Chong way made the
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correctional split step and look at how
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shuttle the lower you take the shuttle
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the more technical skill you must have
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to play a good quality shot over the
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net so the Chinese shuttler is able to
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get a bad quality shot from the
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Malaysian but what comes next how does
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lindan manage to place so many smash
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winners for that we have to mention Lind
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combos if you have already watched some
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of our videos it seems that we always
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talk about this we frequently mention
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this because it is important to have a
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series of shots planned out this is
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essentially the skill of anticipation
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and Lind Dan was one of the greatest at
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anticipating now it's big guns
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you can see that his anticipation or
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shot combos are unrivaled it's coming
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coming notice how he cross blocks and
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immediately starts moving toward that
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side and his follow-up
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speed this is one of the things that
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seem to be appearing less frequently in
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current Pro play nowadays we see lazier
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this is part of the reason lindan was so
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deadly and it's not just smash kill look
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combos so this is ultimately how Lind
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Dan wins the rally the time is coming
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coming at the start he builds up the
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pressure on Lee Chong Way by taking the
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net early and having small little holds
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at the net that make it difficult for
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Chong way to guess where the next shot
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is going to be then these high quality
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shots from lindan often get Lee Chong
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way into a predicament where he is
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taking the shuttle late giving lindan
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the opportunity to change the pace and
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combos cover scare incredible both
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players yeah it's a trademark for both
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players that they're so quick
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play we can also take a look at some
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more of Lind Dan's exceptional
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strengths we can see that because lindan
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has an except exeptional stick smash he
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is able to reach the bird early and play
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an attacking shot because he doesn't
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have to turn his body not only is the
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shot quality good but it is also a
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change of pace and Direction things
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turned a little sloppy for Leong way
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there in that the most likely shot would
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likely be straight but lindan changes
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the direction and plays the unexpected
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cross watch away swing is also very
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short which allows him to follow up
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yeah now we can't talk about lindan or
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Lee Chong way without mentioning their
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footwork there are two qualities that
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stood out to us that allow lindan to
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practically walk on the court the first
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is his exceptional shot
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quality shot quality is very important
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for smooth footwork as it helps you
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predict where your opponent will hit
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lindan is able to change the pace here
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because Lee Chong way cannot play many
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shots from here due to lyan's shot
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quality while the cross clear is the
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right shot it is a little too short and
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the second point we have to mention is
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how good lindan is at injecting speed
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into his footwork in current Pro play we
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see a lot of bouncing on the balls of
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the feet where players opt to stay
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constantly moving for better
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Rhythm oh he done well twice here
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Che however Lind Dan chooses to be more
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stable in in his footwork where you can
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often see him walking on the court when
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his opponent's hit he then pushes off
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with 100% effort to reach the shuttle
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with a high contact point the benefit of
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this is that it allows lindan to be very
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court neither player is committing in
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this rally they just play many many
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neutral shots however one drawback is
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that you must be very precise on the
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timing of your split step for example in
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this clip lindan went too early which
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caused him to move in the wrong
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first fin to prevent this he waits for
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the shuttle to be hit and then starts
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moving minimizing Correctional split
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steps this also allows him to change the
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pace easily and take commanding control
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our final point is probably the most
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important regarding lindan his mental
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strength Lind Dan's mental composure
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gave him the little Edge that he needed
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over Le Chong way this was especially
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apparent in the third set at 16 to13 you
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can visually see Lee Chong way becoming
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impatient and forcing shots which led to
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a lot of Errors from the Malaysian he's
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got to try again now
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one two of these mistakes were out the
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side let's compare this to where lindan
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is hitting his shots he plays more
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towards the middle which minimizes
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mistakes and helps reduce the angle on
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way at 21 to2 you can also see Lyn Dan
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playing a perfect net shot at match
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point just think about how much mental
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toughness it takes to go for a net roll
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at match point in one of the highest
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pressure matches a badminton player
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could play in summary restricting Lee
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Chong ways speed through little holds at
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the front Court capitalizing on his bad
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shots with his shot Combos and mental
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toughness are ultimately what led lindan
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to become the 2011 L does it
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battle if you guys thought that this
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