At the badminton, Lin Dan ain’t that eloquent, but he wonders why they keep telling him he’s 34 years old even if he’s making the finals. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes. He’s expected to bother Lin Dan with slow courts as well as his strong-shouldered smash giving him the edge. The Netherlands were runners-up at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and finished third in Brazil four years later but have struggled since. Under him, India won a silver medal at the Champions Trophy last year for the first time in over thr. It’s the first final he’s lost since 2005 — to Taufik Hidayat, something that most have forgotten about. Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. Ironically, she gets asked every time she wins a doubles title, if it’s her last. Foreign coach in India… before you finish your contract, you will be fired, says Roelant Oltmans.