A badminton rally
May 26, 2023 11:42 AM   Subscribe

Malaysia's Thinaah Muralitharan and Pearly Tan played Rena Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto from Japan at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament earlier this week. One particular rally resulted in much applause from the spectators.
posted by Wordshore (36 comments total) 45 users marked this as a favorite
 
Amazing!
posted by Emmy Noether at 11:51 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


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Incredible rally!
posted by Thorzdad at 11:52 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]


Smashing!
posted by onetime dormouse at 11:58 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]


211 shots
posted by lalochezia at 12:00 PM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]


Absolutely incredible!
posted by ceejaytee at 12:01 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


I'm not kidding when I tell you that I was so caught up that I found myself leaning from side to side on many shots, as if that was going to somehow help the players. (As if the players needed any help.)
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 12:02 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


Halfway through I thought, ā€œIā€™m going to feel real bad for whoever misses.ā€ They were so gassed at the end.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:03 PM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]


Woah. I'm all emotional about this for some reason. They just poured everything into that point and it's only one of 63 (minimum, right?) that the eventual winners need to take the match!
posted by that's candlepin at 12:05 PM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]


well i walked twice around the block today
posted by lalochezia at 12:27 PM on May 26, 2023 [26 favorites]


Badminton is so weird. You can pretty much hit the birdie as hard as you want, and it isn't going to go out. Very different from most of the other racquet sports other than squash and racquetball. So many times watching this I thought the Malaysian back player was going to let it go, but nope, she just hammers it back. Amazing rally.
posted by Windopaene at 12:32 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


Those women battledored the fuck out of that shuttlecock.
posted by flabdablet at 1:10 PM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]


They kept showing a slo-mo replay of the final shot, but there was this one really quick exchange of 5 somewhere in there that seemed impossibly fast and I wanted to see THAT as a highlight.

The physics of the shuttlecock is amazing. I've seen hacky-sack circles not achieve 4 minutes and that's theoretically them cooperating!
posted by hippybear at 1:11 PM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]


My ACL hurts from watching this.
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:36 PM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]


whoa. lol
posted by Glinn at 1:37 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


I watched this while in the bath, eating a nice platter of cheese and biscuits.

It did - briefly - inspire me to consider doing something sporty, but I made this MetaFilter post instead. Typing is exercise.
posted by Wordshore at 1:44 PM on May 26, 2023 [22 favorites]


Typing is exercise.

The post immediately before this is yoga for your fingers.
posted by hippybear at 1:46 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]


Love this

A favorite bit of sports trivia: a badminton birdieā€™s velocity has been measured at 217mph/349kph, setting the record for the fastest (non-ballistic) projectile in sports.
posted by Caxton1476 at 2:42 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


a badminton birdieā€™s velocity has been measured at 217mph/349kph

Which can become 30mph in, like, a second. Because physics.
posted by hippybear at 2:44 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


So wishing for a group hug after that amazingness
posted by gottabefunky at 2:49 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


Badminton is so weird. You can pretty much hit the birdie as hard as you want, and it isn't going to go out.

As someone who took badminton pretty seriously in high school (I played competitively, but obviously not on this level), it's actually quite easy to hit the birdie out of play - these women are not just talented for hitting it hard, but hitting it with proper aim. (I mean yes, obviously it takes more oomph to hit it out then say, a racquetball).

Anyway, thanks for posting- this demonstrates that the hardest part of badminton is maintaining intense concentration while getting progressively ragged.
posted by coffeecat at 3:02 PM on May 26, 2023 [15 favorites]


The announcer says, ā€œI think we mightā€™ve just beaten the longest rally recordā€ at 1 minute and 8 seconds into the rally.

The rally went on for two more minutes after he said that.
posted by mbrubeck at 3:29 PM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]


I could do that. I just choose not to.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 3:51 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]


I just watched the fully highlights and its an amazing match. Relevant to the discussion here, Malaysia(in blue) wins match point when the Japan hits it just barely out of bounds.
posted by being_quiet at 5:21 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]


That was fantastic.
posted by coppertop at 7:35 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


i smiled and laughed aloud in joy. how remarkable! humans. man.
posted by j_curiouser at 8:02 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


It occurs to me that the makers of Elder Scrolls are going to grab this footage and design a boss battle around it somehow for their next game of endless cruelty.
posted by hippybear at 8:16 PM on May 26, 2023 [3 favorites]


Holy shit.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:37 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]


That was genuinely extraordinary. When we talk about athleticism and sportsmanship and all that kind of thing, this is absolutely what we're talking about. The joy and disbelief and exhilaration on their faces was fantastic to see.
posted by prismatic7 at 11:02 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]


The OP link is geo-restricted. The one below works for me.

PMM 2023 - Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan [MAS] vs Miyaura/Sakuramoto [JPN] Longest Rally Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hULr0ZuIJBs
posted by daksya at 12:23 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]


Fwiw if i understand the chatter in my local socmed+media correctly, not only did they smashed (heh) the fuck out of that rally, this was as they were trailing by 10 points in the 2nd set as well.

I watched this while in the bath, eating a nice platter of cheese and biscuits.

I think I'll have a 100Plus (kinda like our Pocari Sweat ie isotonic drink) in their honour.
posted by cendawanita at 5:30 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]


About halfway through that I found myself in tears. Humans are so, so amazing and beautiful sometimes.
Gorgeous.
posted by pt68 at 7:30 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]


Amazing athletes
posted by hypnogogue at 8:02 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]


I thought it was probable that someone would ultimately hit it into the net, significantly possible someone would hit it out, and unlikely that it would fall to the surface in bounds.
posted by jamjam at 11:39 AM on May 27, 2023 [2 favorites]


Their footwork was inspirational.

I had a childhood and adolescence playing badminton pennants and I am sending out a ā€˜oh so badminton is so easy *anyone* can play it at any level?ā€™ to my past life taunting peers.
posted by honey-barbara at 5:54 AM on May 28, 2023


Mary Carillo's badminton rant from the blue!

Older MeFi link.
posted by indianbadger1 at 11:10 AM on May 28, 2023


Mary Carillo's badminton rant from the blue!

IOC has blocked that copy.

Here's one that (currently) works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZDn0U0w78k
posted by mikelieman at 3:56 AM on May 29, 2023 [1 favorite]


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