Lin, Hidayat want bragging rights

His tiffs with Hidayat are legendary and boiled over at the Asian Games in 2006 when the Indonesian superstar launched an astonishing attack on Lin, calling him arrogant and unfriendly. Hidayat then beat him in the final, with Lin declining to attend the post-match news conference where he would have had to sit next to his nemesis.
The Chinese star began his Thomas Cup campaign with an early morning 21-6, 21-11 win over Nigeria's Greg Orobosa Okuonghea Sunday and escaped any needling from the crowd, but knows he needs to keep a lid on his emotions."It is always different and difficult playing in Indonesia," he said.
"The Indonesians are very passionate people when it comes to badminton, especially when playing at home. You have to control your emotions when playing in front of the Indonesian crowd."
While Lin continues to create waves with his behaviour as well as with his badminton, Hidayat claims he is a reformed character since having a baby last year.
Indonesia's biggest sports star insisted at a tournament in Hong Kong in December that his fiesty days were behind him.
"I'm more relaxed and I just think about my family now, not like before," said Hidayat, who plays here later Sunday.
"I was a bit terrible but now I'm more quiet. I just think about my family and about the baby."
Hidayat has provided some of the genteel sport's more shocking moments. During the national championships in 2001, he charged into the stands and attacked a spectator. He was also accused of a carpark brawl during the 2004 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, and once threatened to play for Singapore in a row over coaching.In 2002, he held up the Busan Asian Games final for two hours in protest at a line call, a performance he repeated in South Korea in August 2006, before his outburst at Lin at the Doha Asian Games.