TOYOTA Thailand Open | Day 4: Rankireddy/Ponnappa (IND) vs. Chan/Goh (MAS) [5] 

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Absolutely!

What are you saying? Credit of the winning goes to Ashwini. Her male partner is hopeless in any count.

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Goh had had a back injury before this particular match.

@@huaxzhang she is completely fine.. it was just a sprain in her back muscle.. she even came as a coach to help the other Malaysian doubles pair Ong/Teo.

@@rajatgadge Depending on what you meant by "fine"! Before the Yonex one, this pair had a record of 4 wins 1 loss agains the Thai pair that got 1st place. Clearly, they're struggling in this second tournament because of the injury. As a pro, I'm sure she's a very different view!

@@huaxzhang well they made it to the quarters here. They had a 2-2 record against this indian pair with Indian winning the last two. So this makes it 2-3. Indians winning this one shouldn't come as a surprise. Injury should never be an excuse. If it was a major one she could have chosen to retire instead. But she chose to play on. Also her presence at the coaching bench for other Malaysian pair gives an idea that she didn't have much issues to struggle in the match. It is just that the pair who performed better got the win.

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Yes. I think this is the best XD match performance from Ashwini. She is not a natural front court player, but she really played well today.

I'm not disagreeing, but the man can also be an imposing figure at the front. They did win a couple points where Rankireddy took the net, with his reach at the net it's hard to put the shuttle past him. Of course you want to play mostly in the desired formation. But it adds a dynamic if the female is also confident from the back, and the man can charge the net and kill everything in reach. Keeps the opponents guessing. Ashwini is very used to playing the back court from her long partnership with Jwala Gutta.

@@vixter33 You’re right, he’s imposing in the front, but he’s typically effective when they’re playing side-by-side and he attacks and goes forward, or during a rally which is flat and fast and he gets in the front. The problem is, when she gets stuck at the back court, their opponents don’t respect her and don’t even care to flatten the return, they just keep lifting it back to her and she keeps wasting a chance for a point by trying to control the rally from behind. She’s clearly no Arisa Higashino with a powerful jump smash. She did that a few times over the first two games. I know she used to playing with Jwala and that’s the problem. All four are women and there is some sort of parity. The difference between her smash and her partner’s smash is probably minimal. It’s not the same when you have a guy who is one of the hardest smashers in the world. This is mixed doubles and her primary task is to set up her partner and finish of weak returns when he smashes. She forgets she’s playing a mixed doubles game and continues rallying from behind squandering an opportunity to win the point. It’s pointless. I think after the second game during the interval, some of the advice given to her by the coach and Satwik himself was probably along those lines. That’s when you see her beginning to switch in the third game.

@@lxjkob Is ashwini too small , light in weight and weak too have a strong enough smash that her opponents respect ?

@@gtaquizmaster She doesn’t generate enough power from the backcourt to overwhelm the opposition, especially against a male opponent at that level. Even a top smasher like Arisa Higashino who has far superior power AND angle (jump smash) in her smashes doesn’t keep playing at the backcourt for long before switching to the front to get Yuta to the back. She wins many points from her smashes at the back, even against male players, but she gladly would move to the net as soon as she can. Look it up, if you haven’t already. Ashwini is not in the same league. If you don’t have a potent smash or offense from the backcourt, you’re never a real threat from that distance. She’s good at the front and that’s where she ought to rotate to when she can. Sometimes she doesn’t do that and she chooses to keep playing from the back during a rally. Satwik has one of the hardest smashes and she should get him to the backcourt and play to the team’s strengths. Their opponents would be very happy to let her keep playing in the back instead of dealing with Satwik’s power. Her mindset sometimes is that of a women’s doubles player instead of an XD player. Every single point is crucial in games at that level. If you can’t think tactically and you dwell on your ego instead, you’re just wasting points and not winning games.

@@lxjkob very well explained. Do you think she keeps sticking at the back of the court and keeps trying to win with her ineffective smashes because of her ego and her refusal to admit that her smashes are weak and she has much smaller power than Satwik ?

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So, no mistakes by Satwik at all ? Have you seen the match against sapsiree, dechapol, where they lost due to satwik's mistakes? we tend not to see the mistakes by our favourites, that's natural. This pair's success is partly because of Ashwini's capabilities from the back court. Let's not be ageist here, she loves her game, she is improving at 31. Suggest a better player, is there any ?

@@gnanasagar1178 they may win matches here and there.. Ranki has more potential than Ashwini. Nobody is terrified of Ashwini's smash from the backcourt but every player including men players can't defend his smash. if your female partner can't paly nets, you are handicapped. chapel covers the court and sapsiree can play both nets and backcourt there are at a different level

@@MrReghupm You can't a man's smashes to a woman's smashes, they are physiologically different. So satwik hits all the winners and ashwini is holding him down ?? And Ashwini should retire, is that the solution?

@@gnanasagar1178 Ashwini is not in her prime.. Ranki is a young player. He needs to be paired with someone who can play the net game and setup a lift from opponents so that he can attack. Ashwini can't play nets, her smashes from backcourt are good for WD but not effective for XD. You can watch MD matches of Ranki too.. When Ranki is in the backcourt they were able to get points. Coaches should rest senior players like Aswini, Saina, etc, and give opportunities for younger players so they get exposure.

@@MrReghupm Is ashwini too small in height and light in weight and size for her smashes to be effective in mixed doubles?

Ok

Height does matter in badminton. If Height really does matters means, ivanov and sonozov are the world's number one doubles players and ginting would not even in the top ten but it didn't.

@@uppathigopalreddy2010 Height of course gives players advantages, all else equal. There're players that could neutralize their opponents' physical advantages with superior skills.

@@huaxzhang height gives more angle and more court coverage in fewer steps. Shorter players have lower center of gravity and are usually quicker because they are lighter, and they can change directions back and forth much quicker due to the low center of gravity and overall less mass that needs to be stopped.

@@huaxzhang but yes he is quite tall, not the tallest back court player but he’s definitely very thick and built as well as his height

@@heyitsskie wish I could double like this comment cause it is spot on!

Ashwini is a weak player. Sathwik is a much better player and he even has the Guinness world record for the fastest smash ever with the speed of 562 km/hr . Sathwik is fire in Men's doubles along with Chirag Shetty and they are World no. 3 in ranking atm whereas Ashwini is close to retirement and has poor technique. That's why Sathwik has to balance her poor or lack of net play by scoring double the points. He isn't able to do what he's best at because Ashwini isn't doing her best either. He has to cover for her and hence he stands near the net and isn't able to smash properly and to smash, u need to stand near the backcourt. They are a weak team due to Ponappa. No offense if u're a fan of hers' tho.

Haha😂.. he's ranked 2nd in men's doubles world ranking....

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Now see his Game in men's doubles. Just like rocket 🚀.

You must be drinking mother's milk.. that male player have won asian games gold medal for India..and now he is world no.1

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Ashwini has been improving so much and your not seeing that.

What's your point?