Lee Chong Wei will use relaxation techniques to help him defend his All-England Open title against the threat of the mighty Lin Dan after reaching the final for the second successive year.
Lee's excellently taken21-17, 21-13 win over Chen Long, the fifth-seeded Chinese, earned the Malaysian a dream final against the man described as the greatest of modern times.
Lin Dan had earlier come through with a 21-9, 16-21, 21-11 win over Marc Zwiebler, the unseeded German, and will become the first player of the open era to win five All-England men's singles titles if he wins the title back tomorrow.
But Lee will try to beat the legend by enjoying the match. "I try to do that more and it helps me to do better," said Lee, a more complete player than he has ever been, whose only flaws perhaps remain with his temperament.
He certainly looked composed and confident against Chen. Lee was rapidly 9-4 and 13-8 up, and when Chen cut the deficit to two points, Lee increased the pace of the rallies and surged away again.
In the second game Chen abandoned his maouevring attacks and tried to force the issue more – only for Lee to produce two or three demoralisingly brilliant patches of defence.
Once he turned and retrieved a flick serve, then plunged to make a mid-court block, hurtled forwards to control a net shot, and finally elicited an error from Chen.
"I tried my best," said the Chinese player. "But I was not comfortable with his pace. And he made no mistakes."
Earlier Lin was close to his very best in the first and third games but allowed Marc Zwiebler to fight back unexpectedly in the second game.
The performance of the unseeded German was also of high quality, especially as he had spent much of the tournament recovering from flu, but he was able to perform without pressure of expectations and he surprised everyone including himself.
"It's always fun playing against Lin Dan," he said. "I can just try to do my best. I have to accept he is the better badminton player and if he plays like he did in the first and the third games there is nothing I can do."
Lin established such a big early dominance that he started experimenting with outrageous disguises, especially with flocks from the net and wrong-footing blocks from the mid-court.
Asked if he were playing at the same level as when he last won the All-England two years ago, Lin implied that he was not.
"I was disappointed with my second game." he said of his encounter with Zwiebler. And I was in the quarter-finals before," he said, referring to his 2010 result. "I will just do my best.
Lee's excellently taken
Lin Dan had earlier come through with a But Lee will try to beat the legend by enjoying the match. "I try to do that more and it helps me to do better," said Lee, a more complete player than he has ever been, whose only flaws perhaps remain with his temperament.
He certainly looked composed and confident against Chen. Lee was rapidly 9-4 and 13-8 up, and when Chen cut the deficit to two points, Lee increased the pace of the rallies and surged away again.
In the second game Chen abandoned his maouevring attacks and tried to force the issue more – only for Lee to produce two or three demoralisingly brilliant patches of defence.
Once he turned and retrieved a flick serve, then plunged to make a mid-court block, hurtled forwards to control a net shot, and finally elicited an error from Chen.
"I tried my best," said the Chinese player. "But I was not comfortable with his pace. And he made no mistakes."
Earlier Lin was close to his very best in the first and third games but allowed Marc Zwiebler to fight back unexpectedly in the second game.The performance of the unseeded German was also of high quality, especially as he had spent much of the tournament recovering from flu, but he was able to perform without pressure of expectations and he surprised everyone including himself.
"It's always fun playing against Lin Dan," he said. "I can just try to do my best. I have to accept he is the better badminton player and if he plays like he did in the first and the third games there is nothing I can do."
Lin established such a big early dominance that he started experimenting with outrageous disguises, especially with flocks from the net and wrong-footing blocks from the mid-court.
Asked if he were playing at the same level as when he last won the All-England two years ago, Lin implied that he was not.
"I was disappointed with my second game." he said of his encounter with Zwiebler. And I was in the quarter-finals before," he said, referring to his 2010 result. "I will just do my best.
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