Former Indonesian badminton star Taufik, when asked about his historical status, he said: It is not an exaggeration to say that in the history of badminton, there is only one person who is really better than me, that is China's Lin Dan, Taufik believes that Lin Dan is the real GOAT of badminton, and he is the second player in history after Lin Dan, as for Li Zongwei, Taufik does not think he is great, because he has not won the Olympic championship!
In fact, for a long time, people have been discussing who is the second person in the history of men's badminton, and as a result, many fans think that it is Li Zongwei, after all, he is also known as the "second millennium", and has won the runner-up in three consecutive Olympic Games, so he should be the second person after Lin Dan.
But in terms of personal honors, Taufik is better than Lee Chong Wei, he has won an Olympic championship, a World Championships, two Asian Games champions, two Tang Cup champions, before Lin Dan did not rise, Tawfik was the best player in the world men's badminton at that time.
Although he has been ranked first in men's singles for a long time in his career, it is mainly because he has participated in many competitions, often won some sub-station championships, and obtained a large number of points, resulting in his ranking very high, which is the same as the former Danish star Gade.
But unlike Gade, Gade was not inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame, but Lee Chong Wei was successfully inducted, which is also very controversial, Tawfik said in an interview with Indonesian domestic media last year that a player who has won a major tournament cannot be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and a player who has never won a major tournament can be inducted into the Hall of Fame "magnificently", this standard is simply an insult to badminton!
Since not being inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame last year, Tawfik has been expressing his dissatisfaction, often criticizing this rule in the media for being too unreasonable, according to him, Lin Dan's selection is indisputable, after all, he is the best player in history, but why can Lee Chong Wei be selected and he can't? This makes him incomprehensible!
Of course, for Li Zongwei's selection into the Hall of Fame, his fans believe that the Hall of Fame not only looks at personal honors, but also considers influence, as well as the player's character reputation, from this aspect, there is no doubt that Li Zongwei is better, after all, his personal image is very inspirational, and he never gives up after repeated defeats, just like his autobiography "The Loser is King", a great player is not only measured by the championship, in addition, Li Zongwei's character is also very outstanding, and he often does public welfare activities and is liked by many people.
However, although Li Chongwei has a reason to enter the Hall of Fame, but Taufik also has a reason to question it, even though Li Chongwei is stronger than Taufik in terms of comprehensiveness, but the honor of "Indonesian First Brother" when he was a player is real, he is the second person after Lin Dan, he was also recognized as the most talented badminton player, if it were not for his own personality problems, Taufik's achievements may be higher, so Tawfik said that he is the second person in the history of badminton, to be fair, there is no problem!