Winning world badminton championship titles is hard: Lin Dan after scare

Lin Dan stepped up a gear just in time to avoid an upset against Emil Holst of Denmark in the second round of the BWF World Badminton Championships on Wednesday. A day after his old rival Lee Chong Wei was beaten, Lin broke a 16-16 tie in the third game to prevail 19-21, 21-8, 21-16 in 81 minutes. “Getting a world title or an Olympic title is not as easy as media describe. I have been working really hard in the past four years. I just won a difficult match today and I am now in the last 16 of the tournament. So I hope I can only get better this week,” he said. (Video Courtesy: SNTV)