SHANGHAI: Lin Dan’s defeat in the World Championship final has prompted fresh conjecture that the Chinese super star could soon call time on his brilliant career. The 33-year-old “Super Dan” said after losing Sunday’s showdown to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in Glasgow that he would immediately return for China’s National Games and then play at next month’s Japan Open. “It is unbelievable to beat Lin Dan, I have been watching him for years,” said the Dane. Even in defeat Lin Dan deserves to be honoured and respected. You will always be Super Dan,” said one.

Source: New Strait Times August 29, 2017 05:37 UTC