I feel for the guy ...... I really do.
To have a career defined by continually finishing second best to arguably the best badminton player of all time is a cruel fate indeed. People won't even remember who the third best player was, but Lee Chong Wei will be remembered as a marker of Lin Dan's prowess. As a measure of the badminton heights that Lin Dan could reach only when playing against his arch nemesis.
To be fair, it is not for want of trying. Lee Chong Wei has changed his game in a bid to match Lin Dan. Compared to earlier in his career when getting thumped by Lin Dan in major tournaments was a regular occurrence, he has lost the last two major finals by just two points in the final set. That's as close as he can get without actually getting over the hump that is Lin Dan.
I do hope that he will succeed one day, but until then, the tears in his eyes are a reflection of the pain in his heart.
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