10 Greatest Badminton COMEBACKS 

Lesson of the day : Never take match point when your opponent is at 14 !!

In 1980, played in a tournament in college. My opponent was highly technical and fast. He thrashed me 15-4 first game. Second game he had me 6-0, but then he began laughing and snickering with his people on his side, joking etc. I was becoming furious. I changed strategies to not hit through him but resolved to clear and drop absolutely every return I could get to. I made him move up and back the entire second game. I could tell he was becoming winded. I had trained with many windsprints, and also had played water polo for the last 5 years and had just ended the college water polo season. I was in very good cardio shape but was not technical like my opponent. I beat him 16-14 second game. I resorted to continue to play my strategy and not ever give up on a shot. I was driven by anger for his disrespect of me. I won the the match game 17-15. The quote by Tim Notke always comes to mind. "hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" I now thank my opponent who pushed me to overcome. My personal comeback..

The 2006 Malaysian Open final just has to be one of the most legendary match.

I think it's more impressive when you hear LCW saving 7 match points again Lin Dan to win, rather than coming back from 19-12. The pressure of match point is extremely high.

Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan, one of the greatest rivalry in sports. Their legendary battles will be forever remembered.

LCW, humble, legend, greatest comeback against another legend, LD.

I watched the Matsutomo/Takahashi Olympic win on a live stream and that was literally the moment I fell in love with badminton. So inspiring.

14:53 - Actually, instead of 19-12 down, it was 20-13 down. LCW chased back to 20-20, then lost a point 21-20 before winning 21-23. What was worth noticing though, was that at 20-15 down (15:07), LD made a tumbling net shot (mostly known as 'lucky net shot' but trust me it was skill not luck), but LCW managed to tumble it back and won the point. In most cases a tumbled net shot will mostly win the point, so was really a big win and greatest comeback for LCW. Also, back in 2006, LD was considered the strongest together with Taufik Hidayat and LCW was just rising, not considered as the same level as LD back then.

I just watched another match that had an amazing comeback: Hylo Open 2021 - Men's Singles QF - Wangcharoen vs Lee Zii Jia - LZJ was down 16-6, but was able to catch up 16-17 and eventually win the second set and the match 20-22.

And that's how the LD/ LCW rivalry started!!!🔥

Just to point out, LCW's 2006 win against LD was so significant, it was adapted into his self titled movie :3

14:38 chillin with the pen trick

Thanks for such a matchless collection.

Well, Yixin/Xiaohan's comeback from 0-11 and 2-15 against Matsutomo/Takahashi was among the greatest comebacks I've ever seen. Although they eventually lost the match, it was worth the appreciation.

Lin Dan was triggered at the end...

Time to add Viktor Axelsen's meltdown at Singapore Open 2019, leading 16-6 a and ending up losing 18-21 (only 2 points scored!) to his number one arch nemesis Kento Momota.

This was such a beautiful video! More like these! ❤️

SO MUCH RESPECT!!! To those Fighters who made such epic cmbacks 🔥

Very very good Video! Great work and nice idea with the explanations :)

And thats why any sport is amazing. If you fight to the end you win, simple.

Hi Shuttle Flash, I think the greatest comeback was in the first Sudirman Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia by the legendary Susi Susanti. It was in 1989, INDONESIA VS KOREA in the final. Indonesia was by far the dominant force at those era. Indonesia won Thomas Cup (men's team) and Uber Cup (womens team) consecutively at those era. Indonesia also dominated lots of tournaments at that time. Out of 4 golds offered by badminton in 1992 olympic games, Indonesia won 2 golds and even created all Indonesian final at the men's singles final. The other 2 golds were won by China and Korea. With this era of dominance, Indonesia offered another cup named Sudirman cup with Borobudur temple on top of it. Contending mixed team of 2 singles of men and women and 3 doubles of men, women and mixed. Indonesia was confident that it will win the first sudirman cup knowing the statistics of its players. The better seeding and also host of the tournament, Indonesia, surprisingly lost the first 2 matches. In the third match, Susi played against the korean women single player, Young Suk. With pressure to turn back the situation, Susi eventually lost a very thin edge of 10~12 in the first set. In the second set, Susi was also left behind by a huge margin of 4~10. With only 1 point, the korean could have won the set, and close the 3rd match and even bring home the trophy by a convincing score 3 vs 0 against Indonesia, the host and the ultimate contender. As Susi recalled it, half of the audience who were dissapointed Indonesian supporters had left the stadium. What they expected as a glory, turned to be a humiliation at home ground. “You know, half of the audience in Istora went home. Maybe they considered it an end” Susi patiently waited for her moments to attack rather than forcing an attack just to close a point quickly. Surely, Susi was afraid of committing unforced error. The korean player was doing the opposite as she eagerly wanted to close the set, the match, and even the tournament. The Korean player was eager and rushingly attack and committed some mistakes. And Susi eventually turned it over and won the set by 12 vs 10. “After the break, I saw my opponent shed a tear as if she just cried. I heard the rumours that she just got slapped" Susi said. “I saw that as an opportunity. I kept on attacking her. That was the first time I did not give any point to my opponent. Usually, I would gave 1 or 2 points to the opponent. In the third set, I won by 11~0” Susi told. As Susi won her match, the ultimate winner should be decided to the 4th and even the 5th match, men's singles and mixed doubles. Indonesia won convincingly by straight 2 sets. And Indonesia won the first Sudirman Cup by 3 vs 2 against Korea. How a single point could have changed the history. “In my opinion, if a match is not finished, we cannot decide the winner. But it was a good victory for me!" Susi told. Badminton was contested for the first time at the olympic in 1992. Susi won the gold medal and it was the first olympic gold medal for Indonesia. In the men's singles, it was all Indonesian final and won by Alan Budikusuma. The 2 bronzes of men's singles were also Indonesian players. The 2 golds of double events were won 1 by China and 1 by South Korea. Susi later married Alan. She retired after she gave birth to her first child in late 90s. Susi was the queen of Badminton in the 90s. Oldest tournament of All england, some tournaments with “open” title, world championship, and olympic gold are just few of her achievement. She also won bronze in 1996 olympic, which made her the first badminton player to ever win 2 olympic medals.

Those two Dane girls are known to be really nervous with third set of any major championships. They lost to themselves.

I'm really glad to see that even the best players sometimes loses and gets frustrated

Playing against Indonesian at their home is most challenging one. Every shuttler knows about it.

Amazing video bro

Beauty of badminton - it is never to late to come back into the game!

Intanons come back against Marin in all England was amazing,out of words.😍😍😘😘😘😘😘

Super dan 🔥

I would have loved to see Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek vs Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in the French open 2022 SemiFinal. Robin & Selena were 1 game, and 13-7 in the 2nd game down, but then had 14 straight points, winning the 2nd game, and then winning the third game 21-12. And then, went on to almost beat Zheng SiWei and Huang YaQiong in the final🤯

fantastic badminton!

before i watch this vid i knew that lcw epic comeback against lindan at Malaysia is top no 1. Thats how the battle begin. since then lcd lindan match is like el clasico.

Its nice work

Ive always seen Intanon to have a very composed character,even in the worst scenarios

Legendary match by legend

With this video, you can prove that everything is possible! Awesome! Keep it up!

Nice legends

12:50 sad after seeing her reaction

Watching this again gave me a different impression... must have been the stuff of nightmares for the side so close to winning but losing in the end.

11:28 .... Crowd chants made Tai Nervous

Good video

Amazing Lcw

Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet final game 14-20 down,8 straight points,they saved 6 match points and their first match point got it,they beaten Zhang Nan/Liu Xuanxuan in 2017 China Open Quarter Final

Lesson of the day: nice video 👍

Rather, the lesson to learn is to never go easy or let loose. Always play your 100℅ because you never know what can happen.

Epic comback

Lin Dan vs Qiao Bin was at China Masters and Tian Houwei won the title...

for now, i understand why lin dan is extremrly excited when he confront lcw

This is like a reminder for me. Yesterday I led the opponents 16-9 but ended up losing 20-22😂

Comebacks always make the match exciting

The lesson is never give up!

Ahmad/Natsir at the final World Champion 2013 always be the greatest comeback ever

Lin dan angry😅😅

#1 that is so unsportsmanlike of lindan! But i guess athletes really do get angry when things don’t go their way. This is one heck of a legendary match!

16:20 what actually happened later was... Lin D became too furious that day and he didn’t see his coach for the next two days (which was slightly a bit unusual for his coach) and then he swore that he would never ever loose a match against LCW. And turns out he was true to his words... By the way, the sources are from an interview from his coach.

I know the pain of the players leading by a huge margin and suddenly the world seems crushing down! Last year I lost 11-21 in the 2nd set after leading 11-10 at half time (I already lost the 1st set) in a tournament.😊

13:52 IIIIYYYYEEEESSSSS

qiao b comeback was crazy, I've never seen Lin Dan have this kind of breakdown .

OLYMPIC has been the most prestigious tournament EVER. The highest achievement tht the athletes dream of

i knew chong wei come back was number one 🔥

Skill≠winner Attitude+skill+respetful=winner

Even chirag and satwik against kang seo in Malaysia open semi final was one of the best , from some 15- 20 to 22-20

14:33 Coolest man in the hall,the judge is playing with his pen😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

You can really see the fire of desire for victory and revenge in young Lin Dan's eyes. This is really some Michael Jordan kind of shit. #GOAT

people question lcw's mentality after he fails to win 7 world championship/olympic finals, but I often question lin dan's mentality as he throws away big leads from time to time. truly baffling

Wow....lin dan at the end.

What it is Backsound ?

Oh I expected Lin Dan is such a calm player, didn't even imagine he loses tempre

Where is Maria Kristin Yulianti comeback vs Saina Nehwal at Beijing Olympic QF? 3-11 in the decider

I hold my breath for three seconds

What is the background music used in this video ?

9:50 that screenshot you see everywhere

I was expecting Lin Dan vs Lee Ching Wei in the 1. After all who can forgot the legendary 2006 Malaysia open.

LD did walk towards LCW at the end of of Malaysian Open 2006, but LCW was too busy celebrating so he walked away.

Lee Chong Wei - Son Wan Ho Comeback from 3-11 to 21-12

Lwc memorable win is the best comeback ever

I played in a tournament 2 days ago. I played against a girl that I've played against before. I won the first set 21-19, but in the second set, I was behind 11-2. I won the second set 22-20. Everything is possible if you believe in yourself!

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The calm, cool and collected will always win.

A honorable mention would be Tien Minh Nguyen vs Parupalli Kashyap in BWF Championships 2011, pulled back 16-20 in 3rd set

Maria Kristin yulianti vs saina nehwal 3-11 to 21-15 QF Olympic 2008

4:56 Number 7 I felt like I was watching it on CCTV...

1999 Sudirman Cup final WS: Daiyun vs Martin

I think the most amazing comeback was of lin dan playing against lee cw in 2016 rio. 17-20 match point to 20-20 because it was a match point tension in Olympics . And also note the epic 20th point

Lindaweni vs Tai Tzu Ying will always be memorable to me.

Intanon on fire🔥

Lin Dan vs axelsen not only was it a come back it was an amazing few rallies as well

Please make update this "great comebacks" video, put other comebacks moment

hey, if this channel put all of comeback around the world like what all you guys says, this video could be 30 hour video, i think that's not good idea 😂😂

You should include XD Match in the final of 2013 WBC in China

The Lin Dan vs Qiao Bin game is.. in China Masters, right? Not China Open?

Some players tire themselves out, giving the edge to the opponent. Some players get frustrated and hold on to that frustration. Most important of all is the coaching(in some rare cases self-coaching) which can turn the scores around. Sometimes some players just aren't allowed to win when there is a lot of money involved. Corruption exists everywhere.

Woah, I didn't know that the Japanese girls doubles that played in the Rio Olympics has a Korean Coach.

I think 3rd games of 2008 Olympic QF WS between Maria Kristin Yulianti vs Saina Nehwal supposed to list-in here, how Yulianti manage to get 3-11 left from Nehwal but saving so many points and eventually win the match with stunning 21-15 💪🏻

Firman Abdul Kholik vs LEE DONG KEUN FROM 12-20 TO 22-20... WHAT A GREAT COMEBACK BY FIRMANNN

Hi Shuttle Flash. Tien Minh ( Viet Nam ) vs Kashyap ( India ) R32 world champion 2011 . when Tien Minh is lead 15-20. he went up and won. 22-20

Even Thomas cup final by satwik chirag come back was great too

I want to cry because they play with their country pride on their shoulder

As a Vietnamese person, i am really sad that there is not any Nguyen Tien Minh moments 😢

14:48 until ending.... best comeback ever

PV sindhu in wc 2019 against tai tzu ying and saina nehwal in commonwealth 2010 finals against mew choo wong