Japan Open 2018

[TTClassic]

Return Liu Guoliang to our possession.

 

[Garrison]

TomokazuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[NextLevel]

So many unforced errors by Ma Long.

He felt the pressure of Harimoto's speed. This puts Zhang Jike's loss and Lin Gaoyuan's wins in a whole new light.

 

[SFF_lib]

OMG why nobody can return Harimoto's serve. ML returned Harimoto's serve high 1/3 of the time.

Passionate about TT

 

[CroneOne]

Amazing. It looked like ML didnt move at all and camped out on the bh for the first 3 sets. Hardly played one FH. Sluggish movement. Next time ML will take the first sets quite seriously I think.

 

[sanavasaraja]

Is the "translator" just making stuff up?

 

[matzreenzi]

Agreed. From what i have seen ML had trouble reading TH serves

 

[Shifu]

I got the feeling that the ABS balls affect players with Chinese rubbers a lot more than the Tenergy users.

 

[PatriciaPinheiro]

Is the "translator" just making stuff up?

I just turned off transmission embarrassed

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[TableTennisDaily]

14 year old wonderkid Harimoto has done it defeatung Ma Long, this is unbelievable!!!

 

[mrk]

Amazing stuff, incredible. Harimoto had no troubles on Ma Long serve, he could attack quite often with his backhand. Big difference to the Lin Gaoyuan game where he couldn't properly return. Also Ma Long had big troubles on Harimoto serve.

 

[jedimasterplk]

He felt the pressure of Harimoto's speed. This puts Zhang Jike's loss and Lin Gaoyuan's wins in a whole new light.

Hmmm. Harimoto got smacked and made to cry by Pitch, who thrashed him 3-0 twice in the space of about a month. Malong is getting old, he is a dad, and TT is no longer his priority imho.

 

[TableTennisDaily]

The final point!

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[zeio]

All the big shots of JTTA in one picture.

This is a big blow to China. This couldn't have come at a worse time. People are going mad on Tieba already.

 

[SFF_lib]

I got the feeling that the ABS balls affect players with Chinese rubbers a lot more than the Tenergy users.

You can see the declining FH power of ML, XX and FZD quite clearly with the new ABS ball. Harimoto, Boll and other top Jap players don't seem to be affected much.

From a physics POV it makes sense based on the type of rubber they use.

Passionate about TT

 

[Suga D]

Incredible HarimoCHO!

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 4 (Sat 09 June 2018):

Men's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Timo Boll 4:0 Mattias Karlsson [12]
Benedikt Duda 1:4 Kenta Matsudaira [8]
Kazuhiro Yoshimura 3:4 Jin Ueda [13]
Zhang Jike 4:3 Liang Jingkun (8:11, 11:9, 2:11, 11:7, 11:3, 2:11, 15:13)

[4] Lee Sangsu 4:3 Liao Cheng-Ting (11:8, 11:8, 6:11, 11:6, 9:11, 7:11, 11:6)
[9] Chuang Chih-Yuan 4:2 Simon Gauzy [7]
[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:0 Zhou Yu (11:8, 11:7, 12:10, 11:7)
[14] Maharu Yoshimura 0:4 Ma Long [2] (10:12, 1:11, 4:11, 4:11)

Quarter-finals:

[1] Timo Boll 4:1 Kenta Matsudaira [8] (12:14, 13:11, 11:3, 11:7, 11:9)
[13] Jin Ueda 3:4 Zhang Jike (11:9, 7:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:13, 7:11, 7:11)

[4] Lee Sangsu 4:3 Chuang Chih-Yuan [9] (11:3, 8:11, 9:11, 3:11, 11:8, 11:5, 11:4)
[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:2 Ma Long [2] (11:8, 11:9, 11:7, 3:11, 2:11, 11:6)


Women's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Kasumi Ishikawa 4:1 Bernadette Szocs (11:6, 11:9, 4:11, 11:1, 11:7)
[15] Miyu Kato 1:4 Chen Xingtong [6]
[5] Cheng I-Ching 4:1 Hitomi Sato [10]
[11] Suh Hyowon 0:4 Mima Ito [3] (7:11, 7:11, 2:11, 4:11)

[4] Miu Hirano 4:1 Minami Ando
[16] Chen Szu-Yu 1:4 Liu Shiwen [8]
Mu Zi 4:2 Hina Hayata [12] (12:10, 6:11, 9:11, 11:5, 11:8, 11:7)
[14] Lee Ho Ching 1:4 Wang Manyu [2] (6:11, 7:11, 8:11, 11:7, 9:11)

Quarter-finals:

[1] Kasumi Ishikawa 2:4 Chen Xingtong [6] (3:11, 4:11, 12:10, 11:9, 7:11, 9:11)
[5] Cheng I-Ching 2:4 Mima Ito [3] (3:11, 7:11, 13:11, 11:8, 3:11, 6:11)

[4] Miu Hirano 0:4 Liu Shiwen [8] (4:11, 7:11, 3:11, 4:11)
Mu Zi 0:4 Wang Manyu [2] (5:11, 9:11, 8:11, 8:11)


Men's Doubles

Semi-finals:

[1] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 2:3 Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu [3] (8:11, 11:8, 10:12, 11:9, 9:11)
Liang Jingkun/Zhou Kai 3:0 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju (11:5, 11:6, 11:5)


Women's Doubles

Semi-finals:

[6] Liu Shiwen/Wang Manyu 3:1 Jeon Jihee/Yang Haeun [4] (11:6, 6:11, 11:7, 11:5)
Cheng Hsien-Tzu/Liu Hsing-Yin 1:3 Gu Yuting/Mu Zi (4:11, 4:11, 11:6, 4:11)


Mixed Doubles

Semi-finals:

[1] Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa 3:0 Lee Sangsu/Choi Hyojoo [7] (11:6, 11:6, 11:5)
[4] Ho Kwan Kit/Lee Ho Ching 1:3 Liang Jingkun/Chen Xingtong [8] (11:7, 9:11, 6:11, 7:11)

Final:

[1] Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa 0:3 Liang Jingkun/Chen Xingtong [8] (9:11, 9:11, 9:11)

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

I’ve been saying for a while that Harimoto would be no1 , I hope now people understand what I was saying

 

[PatriciaPinheiro]

All the big shots of JTTA in one picture.

I don't like to see LSW losing but would be a blast that victory from ITO here too, they'd be very proud of their kids hahaha

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[SFF_lib]

Hmmm. Harimoto got smacked and made to cry by Pitch, who thrashed him 3-0 twice in the space of about a month. Malong is getting old, he is a dad, and TT is no longer his priority imho.

Nonetheless, this win would have given Hari and the entire JNT a huge boost in confidence. They will train even harder to dethrone the Chinese in 2020 Tokyo Olympic.

Sadly only FZD has the ability and consistency to safeguard the Chinese dominance. None of the younger CNT males are good enough to make to the top. Wang Chuqin might have hope depending on how he develops. Liang Jingkun's game is so predictable in BH.

Passionate about TT