Lee–Lin rivalry

Yang Berbahagia Commander (Hon.) Datuk
Lee Chong Wei
李宗伟
DB PJN AMN DCSM DSPN
Lee in action at the 2012 Olympics
Personal details
Born (1982-10-21) 21 October 1982
Bagan Serai, Perak, Malaysia
Nationality  Malaysia
Spouse(s)
Datin Wong Mew Choo (m. 2012)
Children 2
Military service
Allegiance Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Service/branch  Royal Malaysian Navy
Years of service 2012–present
Rank Commander
Unit Volunteer Reserve
Lieutenant colonel (Ret.)
Lin Dan
林丹
Lin at the 2012 Olympics
Personal details
Born (1983-10-14) 14 October 1983
Longyan, Fujian, China
Nationality  China
Spouse(s)
Xie Xingfang (m. 2012)
Children 1
Alma mater Huaqiao University
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army
Years of service 1995–2015
Rank Lieutenant colonel
Unit Sports Branch

The Lee–Lin rivalry is between two badminton players, Commander (Honorary) Datuk Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Lieutenant colonel (Retired) Lin Dan of China. The rivalry is widely considered the greatest rivalry in badminton history.[1][2][3]

Background

They have played a total of 40 times, and Lin Dan leads their rivalry 28–12.[4] Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan are by far two of the most dominant players across three generations and many regard Lin Dan as the greatest of all time, leading to media and players alike to liken the period between 2006 and 2016 as the Lin-Lee era.[5][6][7]

As all great athletes, they are noted for their signature playing styles with Lee famed for his incredible speed, counter-attacking prowess, crouch defence, recovery, deceptive net play and steep, hard-hitting jump smashes. Some have considered the cross-court smash as Lee's favourite shot despite its difficulty to execute and requiring extreme accuracy. Lin, on the other hand, is famed for his patience, tactical awareness in adjusting to his opponents' style of play, sudden unleashing of huge and especially heavy attacks, sliding defence and all-round court play with the occasional deceptive shot. Over the years, with the decline of fellow legend Taufik Hidayat and Danish great Peter Gade, Lee and Lin continuously adjusted their game to better suit the playing styles of each other, having already reached a level far beyond everyone else and thus began cementing their duopoly which lasted around a decade where they swatted others aside before engaging one another in epic battles repeatedly in major tournament finals consecutively until the emergence of eventual 2-time world champion and 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long and most recently 2017 world champion Viktor Axelsen as Lin and Lee enter their late 30s and twilight of their careers.

In their homeland, each hold a military rank, with Lee a Commander (Honorary) of the Royal Malaysian Navy Volunteer Reserve unit and Lin a retired Lieutenant colonel in the People's Liberation Army Sports branch,[8] having been promoted from the ranks of Lieutenant commander and Major respectively, meaning they have the same seniority in terms of military rank.[9] In 2015, Lin Dan announced he was to leave the PLA's Bayi Badminton Club after a 20-year service due to strict military protocols prohibiting him from partaking in any commercial activities.[10]

They have contested in many major tournament finals and are currently the only two badminton men singles players who have contested in two Olympic finals consecutively, which saw Lin triumph both times to become the only man in history to defend his Olympic gold. Lin first won in Beijing 2008 in a one-sided final before the 2 men clashed once again 4 years later in an unprecedented but widely-anticipated repeat final at London 2012.[11][12][13] This time around, the match was much closer with Lee drawing first blood before Lin hit back to take the match to a decider. The game swung back and forth before Lee got his nose in front at the crucial end to take a 19–18 lead. However, as fate would have it, Lee lost his mental battle once again and produced continuous errors and gifting Lin his 2nd gold, becoming the only man in men singles' to defend his gold. As Lin celebrated wildly around the arena, Lee remained motionless and teared up before his coaches consoled him to leave the court. Lee's mental strength became a glaring talking point over the years as there were numerous times when he performed better than Lin only to lose at the very end. Detractors in Malaysia often disparage Lee's unfortunate lack of stamina towards the end with labels such as "pancut awal". Former men doubles' world champion Steen Fladberg, who is now a commentator, once remarked that he thought Lee was the best player in London 2012 but simply lost his focus at the end. Lee went on to contest a third consecutive final after defeating Lin in their colossal 2016 Summer Olympics semi-final.[1]

They have also contested two BWF World Championships finals, one Asian Games final and semi-final, similarly in the Badminton Asia Championships and four All England Open Badminton Championships finals where almost all matches were very close hard-fought three-setters.[14] Their 2011 World Badminton Championship match widely touted as one of the greatest badminton matches of all the time. In the semi-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics, most possibly the last Olympic Games of both athletes' careers, Lee Chong Wei won against Lin Dan, in his third attempt on the Olympic stage, making Lee the second shuttler in any discipline of the sport in history to reach 3 consecutive finals after Fu Haifeng who had achieved the feat a day earlier in men doubles. In the rubber game of the match, the 2 men played to near perfection going point-for-point until 16 all when Lee pulled ahead for a 19–16 and 20–17 lead, thus, holding 3 match points. In dramatic fashion reminiscence of their monumental battle in the London 2012 final, Lin saved all 3, before a mistake gave Lee a fourth match point which he converted and sinking to his knees, the match was widely touted to look and feel more of a final then the actual final match. Videos uploaded onto social media captured the overwhelming and emotional response from Malaysians watching throughout the country, further highlighting Lee's megastar and hero status in his home country.[15] The two players then exchanged a special moment in their rivalry and exchanged shirts as they exited the court. The 2016 Rio Games marks an end in the badminton era dominated by Lee and Lin.[16] After the epic marathon battle in the semi-final against Lin, 34-year old Lee lacked the energy for another high-level match and fell in the final against Chen Long, prompting China's then-head coach Li Yongbo to remark that Lee would have already become a world champion if he had trained under the Chinese national team. He reasoned this was due to the fact that Lee had managed to come so close countless times over the years only to be denied by Lin at the very end despite training in much-less favourable conditions compared to the well-funded Chinese national team.[17][18]

Early on in their career, whenever Lin and Lee were to play one another, fans were extremely hostile towards their opposite number, often trading barbs, insults and even expletives. Occasionally, Lee had to remind fans that Lin was a personal friend of his and hoped that his fans would change their attitude towards his arch-rival. Over time, hostility became admiration, hatred became respect as fans realised that what they were witnessing was a once in a generation great sporting rivalry of the highest level and began cheering for both players, most evidently when they played in Malaysia and China. Most evidently, when Lee returned from his 8-month doping suspension to represent Malaysia in the 2015 Sudirman Cup held in Dongguan, China, he was given a rousing ovation when announced onto court to take on Lee Dong-keun. This prompted commentator, Gillian Clark, to quip, "Listen to the crowd here, it isn't a Chinese player, it's Lee Chong Wei!". Lee's coach Tey Seu Bock even labelled their rivalry 'limited-edition'.[19] However, this does not stop some hardcore fans who take every opportunity that arises to disparage Lee's accomplishments and status by comparing the two and will point out the fact that Lee, the perennial World No. 1, has never won an Olympic or world title whilst Lin has won both multiple times. Unfortunately, this usually leads to heated exchanges from both sides of supporters, especially on social media. Level-headed fans will try to calm things down by reminding that this once-in-an-era rivalry has entered its final chapter and everyone should be appreciating what the two men has showcased throughout their storied careers rather than be at loggerheads till the very end. Over the years, both Lee and Lin mentioned numerous times in interviews that they would never have become what they are without the other as their motivation. Nevertheless, the pair are good friends off court, having invited one another to each other's weddings and sharing a mutual love for fast cars and watches. Among the cars that Lee owns include a crystal grey Bentley Continental GT, a white Audi R8, a white Ferrari F430, a grey Nissan Skyline GTR, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover, yellow Lamborghini Aventador and a BMW X6 besides the cars given to him by national automaker Proton. Lin, on the other hand, has a Porsche Panamera, a grey Aston Martin DBS and also a black Nissan Skyline GTR among his vast collection of supercars.[20][21]

Most fans and professionals regard Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan as among the finest shuttlers the sport has ever seen, becoming huge crowd attractions and their battles dubbed the 'Lin-Lee War'. Hence, it is widely believed that they will eventually take their place in the uppermost echelon of badminton folklore alongside legends from the yesteryears such as Wong Peng Soon, Sir George Thomas, Eddy Choong, Erland Kops, Han Jian, Rudy Hartono, Liem Swie King, Zhao Jianhua, Morten Frost, Taufik Hidayat and perhaps the greatest in the history of the sport, Yang Yang, who are among the handful who have reached the peak of badminton, and inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame as well when they hang up their racquets for good.

Head-to-head encounters

Lee and Lin battling in the final of the 2012 Olympics
     – indicates that Lin Dan won
     – indicates that Lee Chong Wei won
Year Tournament Stage in tournament Score
2004 Thomas Cup Asia Preliminaries Final 3–15, 15–13, 15–6
2005 Malaysia Open Final 17–15, 9–15, 15–9
2005 Hong Kong Open Semi-final 15–4, 15–6
2006 All England Open Semi-final 15–9, 10–15, 17–14
2006 Malaysia Open Final 21–18, 18–21, 23–21
2006 Chinese Taipei Open Final 21–18, 12–21, 21–11
2006 Macau Open Final 21–18, 18–21, 21–18
2006 Hong Kong Open Final 21–19, 8–21, 21–16
2007 Sudirman Cup Group stage 21–17, 21–17
2007 China Masters Semi-final 15–21, 21–14, 21–15
2007 Japan Open Semi-final 21–19, 21–15
2007 Hong Kong Open Final 9–21, 21–15, 21–15
2008 Swiss Open Final 21–13, 21–18
2008 Thomas Cup Semi-final 21–12, 21–14
2008 Summer Olympics Final 21–12, 21–8
2008 China Open Final 21–18, 21–9
2009 All England Open Final 21–19, 21–12
2009 Swiss Open Final 21–16, 21–16
2009 Sudirman Cup Semi-final 21–16, 21–16
2009 China Masters Semi-final 22–20, 15–21, 21–7
2010 Thomas Cup Semi-final 21–17, 21–8
2010 Japan Open Final 22–20, 16–21, 21–17
2010 Asian Games Final 21–13, 15–21, 21–10
2011 Korea Open Final 21–19, 14–21, 21–16
2011 All England Open Final 21–17, 21–17
2011 BWF World Championships Final 20–22, 21–14, 23–21
2011 Hong Kong Open Semi-final 21–16, 21–14
2011 China Open Semi-final 19–21, 21–12, 21–11
2012 Korea Open Final 12–21, 21–18, 21–14
2012 All England Open Final 21–19, 6–2r
2012 Summer Olympics Final 15–21, 21–10, 21–19
2013 BWF World Championships Final 16–21, 21–13, 20–17r
2014 Asian Games Semi-final 22–20, 12–21, 21–9
2015 Japan Open Round of 16 21–17, 21–10
2015 China Open Semi-final 17–21, 21–19, 21–19
2016 Badminton Asia Championships Semi-final 22–20, 15–21, 21–4
2016 Summer Olympics Semi-final 15–21, 21–11, 22–20
2017 Malaysia Open Final 21–19, 21–14
2017 Badminton Asia Championships Semi-final 21–13, 21–15
2018 All England Open Quarter-final 21–16, 21–17

    Record against other top players

    During the so-called Lin-Lee era, no other player perceivably came close to matching their level of play and quality of strokes, often inflicting one-sided heavy defeats with ease on other top players who each could have had way more success had they been playing in a different time to Lee and Lin such as Denmark's 5-time European champion Peter Gade, 2010 world champion Chen Jin, Bao Chunlai, former European champions Jan Ø. Jørgensen and Kenneth Jonassen, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Park Sung Hwan, Nguyen Tien Minh, Boonsak Ponsana and even fellow legend Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia especially beginning in 2007 when Lin and Lee forged a class of their own. It has been spoken numerous times about the similarity of Lee with Roger Federer and Lin with Rafael Nadal in their head-to-head record with Chen Long coming in later years to play the part of Novak Djokovic. Lee himself has mentioned Federer as his inspiration for still playing at the highest level at an ‘old’ age.[22][23][24]

    Lee Chong Wei

    Lin Dan

    Accolades

    As of 2018, the achievements that Lin and Lee has amassed between them include:

    Summer Olympic Games

    World Championships

    Asian Games[lower-alpha 1]

    • 2 gold (2010, 2014)
    • 2 silver (2006, 2010)
    • 2 bronze (2006, 2014)

    Asian Championships

    World Junior Championships[lower-alpha 2]

    Asian Junior Championships[lower-alpha 3]

    BWF Super Series Finals

    BWF World Superseries Premier (2011–2017)

    All England Open

    China Open

    Denmark Open

    Indonesia Open

    Korea Open (2011–2013)

    Malaysia Open (2014–2017)

    BWF World Super Series (2007–2017)

    All England Open (2007–2010)

    Australian Open (2014–2017)

    China Masters (2007–2013)

    China Open (2007–2010)

    Denmark Open (2007–2010)

    French Open

    Hong Kong Open

    India Open (2011–2017)

    Indonesia Open (2007–2010)

    Japan Open

    Korea Open (2007–2010, 2014–2017)

    Malaysia Open (2007–2013)

    Singapore Open

    Swiss Open (2007–2010)

    Other achievements

    Other notable achievements include Lee's 5 golds and 1 silver at the Commonwealth Games, making him the most successful Malaysian ever at the Games, surpassing his former teammate, ex-men doubles World No.1 Koo Kien Keat (5–0–0), achieving the feat at the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual men's singles final against the then newly-crowned world no.1 Srikanth Kidambi.[25][26] Furthermore, Lee won 1 bronze at the Southeast Asian Games, Lin with 2 golds at the now-defunct invitational Badminton World Cup and 1 silver at the East Asian Games. Lee and Lin are the two most successful men singles players in Superseries history, amassing 46 and 21 men singles' titles respectively, making Lee the most successful player across all 5 disciplines. With the Superseries tour replaced by the new HSBC World Tour from 2018, Lee’s record can no longer be surpassed. Lin Dan became the only player to ever win 6 Thomas Cups in 2018 after China defeated Japan for their 10th title overall.

    Lee Chong Wei is the oldest player in the Open era to win the All England Open at the age of 34 years and 142 days.[27] Lin Dan became the first player to contest 10 finals when he reached the 2018 final, losing out to Shi Yuqi.[28] They are also 2 of only 9 men in history to win 4 or more prestigious All England Open men singles' titles, the world's oldest badminton tournament and widely regarded as badminton's equivalent of tennis' Wimbledon and the unofficial world championships in the earlier years of the sport, between them winning the blue-riband event a total of 10 times, with every final played since 2004 featuring at least one of the two with the exception of the 2015 final. Others to have done so include record 8-time winner Rudy Hartono, Erland Kops (7), Frank Devlin (6), Ralph Nichols (5), Sir George Thomas, Wong Peng Soon, Eddy Choong and Morten Frost. For 13 years, between 2004 and 2017, only 3 men has managed to break the Lin-Lee duopoly, with former world No. 1 Chen Hong and 2010 world champion Chen Jin triumphing in 2005 and 2008 respectively and Rio 2016 gold medallist Chen Long in 2013 and 2015, making him the only other active player besides the legendary duo to take the title more than once.

    Lee Chong Wei is also record 12-time Malaysia Open winner, taking a third of all Malaysia Open titles since the start of the Open-era. Lee is also joint 6-time Indonesia Open record winner, record 6-time Japan Open winner and record 3-time India Open winner. Lee surpassed the late and great Wong Peng Soon's record of 8 Malaysian titles in 2013 and equalled Barcelona 1992 silver medallist Ardy Wiranata and Athens 2004 gold medallist Taufik Hidayat's Indonesian record in 2016. Lin Dan won a record 5 China Open and 6 China Masters titles. Lee and Lin are also joint 5-time Hong Kong Open record winners. It is also no surprise that with such domination on the world stage, Lee also once had a stranglehold on the Malaysian National Badminton Championships, winning it a whopping 10 times and doing so consecutively from 2002–2011. He stopped participating in the competition since 2012 due to lack of competition, giving a chance to younger and more inexperienced players to step up and also partly to reduce the toll on his ageing body.

    According to the Guinness World Records, Lee currently holds the record for the fastest smash at 417 km/h, achieving it at the 2017 Yonex Open Japan final against Viktor Axelsen.[29][30] After claiming a remarkable third consecutive silver medal at the Rio Games, Lee joined Zhang Nan and Fu Haifeng as the only badminton players to win 3 Olympic medals, trailing only Gao Ling on the all-time list, with 4 medals.

    Lee Chong Wei spent a record consecutive 298 weeks as ranked as the No. 1 men singles' shuttler in the world from 2009–2014. He also holds the record for ending the calendar year as World No. 1 for 6 consecutive years from 2008–2013.[31] In fact, there is no official record of exactly how long he has been World No. 1 as he had topped the pile since before official records began. Lin Dan and Viktor Axelsen are the only active players to hold winning head-to-head records against Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan respectively, with the others being of negligible significance as their victories came when Lee and Lin just started their careers, and even so the largest margin being only Ong Ewe Hock and Alvin Chew Ming Yao's 2–0 records against Lee. Such has been their longevity, both men are the senior-most players in their national teams and have even competed against and were teammates with many players who have long retired and become coaches, including Lin's coach himself and now China's singles' department head coach, Xia Xuanze, Indian head coach Pullela Gopichand, Danish head coach Kenneth Jonassen, ex-France head coach Peter Gade, Chen Jin, Malaysia's doubles' coaches Wong Pei Tty, Chin Eei Hui and Hong Kong doubles' coach Choong Tan Fook among others.

    Honours

    Honours of Malaysia

    Lee Chong Wei

    Cultural impact

    The Lee–Lin rivalry has improved the popularity of badminton and has brought the sport to a bigger audience. The friendly competition between them also affected badminton fans, especially the people of Malaysia and China by showing their support to each other's matches. Lee Chong Wei's coach Tey Seu Bock said that the rivalry is 'limited edition'.[2][19] Together with Taufik and Peter, they have been dubbed as the 'Four Heavenly Kings of Badminton'. In a bid to promote and elevate badminton to a wider global audience and increase awareness and popularity towards the sport, household badminton equipment manufacturer Yonex introduced The Legends' Vision initiative comprising the 4 aforementioned men and later, doubles great Lee Yong-dae. The programme travels the globe each year to catalyse growth in regions which previously have limited or zero badminton knowledge with the 5 men as ambassadors. Peter Gade once mentioned that the game needed 'celebrity players' like Lee and Lin to make it interesting and to attract more audience instead.[37][38]

    On 18 January 2012, Lee launched his autobiography “Dare To Become A Champion”. Lee commented that the book is about the hardship he went through as a player and hoped that it will generate more interest among the youngsters.[39]

    In December 2014, Lee was awarded the 'China-Malaysia Star of Friendship' award by the then Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Huang Huikang for his role in forging greater friendship between the people from both nations and thereby granting him and his spouse a five-year multiple entry visa upon request.[40][41] His popularity in China has grown so much over the years that in 2015, both he and Lin were invited to guest on the Dragon TV's reality-TV show called "Yes! Coach", with a star-studded cast which includes Taiwanese actress and singer-songwriter Michelle Chen, Hong Kong songstress Joey Yung and actor Aarif Lee produced by a Shanghai-based television station CCTV.[42][43]

    In late 2016, it was announced that CB Pictures has managed to obtain official rights from Datuk Lee Chong Hoon to produce a Lee Chong Wei biopic movie after 3 years of unsuccessful attempts to do so by producer Josiah Cheng. Originally given a working name 'Rise of the Legend', it was retitled 'Lee Chong Wei' with a budget of RM6 million. The film took 3 years to complete and 50 days to film which chronicles Lee’s journey as a boy with big dreams from Bagan Serai, Perak, to world-renowned shuttler. The titular role attracted in excess of 2,000 candidates for auditions. Final casts include renowned Singaporean actor Mark Lee, Yeo Yann Yann, Datuk Rosyam Nor among others.[44][45]

    In November 2017, Lin Dan was a special guest on Jiangsu TV's Mask Singer reality show, performing Jacky Cheung's 吻別.[46][47]

    Filming for the Lee Chong Wei biopic completed in late 2017 and premiered on 9 March 2018 with a special one-off 133-minute director's cut version at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium with plans for release in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan as well.[48] The world premiere drew a sell-out crowd of 20,000 and is set to enter the Malaysia Book of Records and Asia Book of Records as the largest movie screening.[49] Among those who attended the premiere included guest-of-honour then Malaysia's Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) President Mohamad Norza Zakaria, the then-former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, then-Menteri Besar of Selangor and current Minister of Economic Affairs of Malaysia Mohamed Azmin Ali and three members of the famous badminton-playing Sidek brothers; Lee's coach Misbun, Rahman and Jalani.[50] The film was released in cinemas on 15 March 2018.[51]

    On 7 September 2018, Lee's biopic film was released in over 8,000 cinemas in China after passing the country's tight and stringent checks after over a year[52].

    Notes

    1. ↑ Individual results only.
    2. ↑ Individual results only.
    3. ↑ Individual results only.

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