Hungarian Open 2019

[SFF_lib]

Xu Xin looks tired. Lin knows Xu Xin's tactic too well. Not looking good for Xu Xin.

Two nets for Lin at critical time, luck is probably on Lin's side.

 

[Spinlord 2709]

XX lost 4-0

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[SFF_lib]

XX lost 4-0

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Yup he hardly did full-swing FH loop. He often did half of his normal swing. I wonder if he's tired.

 

[Atas Newton]

Xu Xin struggling against Lin Gaoyuan as usual. Looked resigned since going 0-2.

 

[NextLevel]

Xu Xin struggling against Lin Gaoyuan as usual. Looked resigned since going 0-2.

I am not sure he was playing to win he looked like he was playing to practice. But maybe you are right, he might have given up in spirit after the first two games. Haven't seen XX so reluctant to pivot in my life.

 

[Atas Newton]

Maybe the stomach bug's caught up with him, maybe he was tired indeed. Xu Xin's played a lot of matches in the past days, including 2 finals.

 

[drunix80]

Looks like FZD time at top was too short. Wang Chuqin seems to have what FZD never had - Consistency and Tactical play. As a matter of fact , none of the FZD's wins in this event were dominant. Not sure how he lost his mojo. May be Wang Hao's coaching is not working out !!

 

[jawien]

Looks like FZD time at top was too short. Wang Chuqin seems to have what FZD never had - Consistency and Tactical play. As a matter of fact , none of the FZD's wins in this event were dominant. Not sure how he lost his mojo. May be Wang Hao's coaching is not working out !!

I know it's a controversial topic, but it seems to me Fan did not transition well to the abs balls. 2-3 years ago he was on the rise and was easily rivaling Ma Long. His game (except maybe of Xu Xin's) is mostly spin oriented - special king of bh snapping/accelerating, perfectly suited for celluloid, in my opinion does not translate well yet, to the abs'es ... the Chinese new wave does it very well.

 

[Sali]

Looks like FZD time at top was too short. Wang Chuqin seems to have what FZD never had - Consistency and Tactical play. As a matter of fact , none of the FZD's wins in this event were dominant. Not sure how he lost his mojo. May be Wang Hao's coaching is not working out !!

FZD is not playing well for some time already. His consistency is very poor, after some great ball when you think nobody can beat him, he loose simple points.
His BH is very good and I do not know why he tends to play forehand from the middle of his body. Wang saw that and most points he won wos played to the body of FZD and when he was trying to play FH he was always little bit late so the ball did not have enough power and he started chasing.
IMO currently LGY is the best in china squad, then probably LJK, FZD, XX. What is good they are all beatable, so the rest of the world can fight them.

 

[jawien]

[...]
His BH is very good and I do not know why he tends to play forehand from the middle of his body.[..]

In the first part of the match few of his bh's were relatively easy countered by Wang, maybe that led him to transition to fh ...

 

[Spinlord 2709]

FZD is not playing well for some time already. His consistency is very poor, after some great ball when you think nobody can beat him, he loose simple points.
His BH is very good and I do not know why he tends to play forehand from the middle of his body. Wang saw that and most points he won wos played to the body of FZD and when he was trying to play FH he was always little bit late so the ball did not have enough power and he started chasing.
IMO currently LGY is the best in china squad, then probably LJK, FZD, XX. What is good they are all beatable, so the rest of the world can fight them.

As Gionis said in a recent greek interview, now with the 40+ balls , technique is not needed as much as before, and speed -reflexes come first and then technique (Gionis said that, I don't know if I agree or disagree), and that's why there are many athletes at young age who are dominating the world leagues.

In China though, there are too many athletes who can play at pro level in young ages. I believe that in some years, CNT will have a complete different "roster" with young athletes and unbelievable speed.

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[Sali]

In the first part of the match few of his bh's were relatively easy countered by Wang, maybe that led him to transition to fh ...

I think this is the matter of ball placement. BH flick usualy is very effective and all top player use it as often as possible. But FZD shots were too predictable so WCQ easily returned them.

 

[GusShnaps]

FZD doesn't seem as dominant as he was some time ago! He lost in the World Tour Grand Finals for Hugo, and now he lost for Wang Chuqin. Other than his defeats, his other games seemed to be fairly challenging for him.

 

[Simas]

Three month suspension for Zhou Yu https://www.ittf.com/2019/01/20/three-month-suspension-zhou-yu/



p.s. why the inserted picture became so small?

 

[GusShnaps]

Lin Gaoyuan is finally the champion of the World Tour!!
Incredible performance against Wang Chuqin to win 4-0!

 

[jawien]

Lin Gaoyuan is finally the champion of the World Tour!!
Incredible performance against Wang Chuqin to win 4-0!

Yep, congratulations to Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Meng.

 

[jawien]

Three month suspension for Zhou Yu https://www.ittf.com/2019/01/20/three-month-suspension-zhou-yu/

"The official outcome is that Zhou Yu is suspended from Thursday 17th January to Wednesday 17th April; Ma Jungfeng from Thursday 17th January until Sunday 17th February."

So it's going to end 4 days before WTTC : ) Next Time Zhou rips his rubber off, he'll think twice I believe ...

"[...]
Regulation 3.4.2.4 states: A racket shall not be replaced during an individual match unless it is accidentally damaged so badly that it cannot be used; if this happens the damaged racket shall be replaced immediately by another which the player has brought with him or her to the playing area or one which is handed to him or her in the playing area."

It does not say it the racket should be exactly the same, does it?

 

[FruitLoop]

Chen Meng clearly the best female in the world right now.

Vladi was closest to beating LGY! Good for his confidence to break his duck.

 

[NextLevel]

Three month suspension for Zhou Yu https://www.ittf.com/2019/01/20/three-month-suspension-zhou-yu/

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p.s. why the inserted picture became so small?

This is what we need. I don't know why people tried to say it was not a deliberate action to his advantage earlier in the thread.

 

[zeio]

Zhou Yu updated his Weibo w/ an apology:

“本人在2019年1月17日国际乒联匈牙利公开赛男子单打的比赛中，由于胶皮损坏欲申请更换新球拍，但由于对国际乒联竞赛规则的理解不够深刻，在未与裁判沟通的情况下擅自撕毁球拍导致被取消了本场比赛资格。本人的不当行为违反了竞赛规则并对中国运动员的国际形象造成了不良影响，本人对此事进行深刻反思，并对此事造成的不良影响表示道歉，保证在今后比赛中吸取教训，引以为戒，深入学习并严格遵守竞赛规则，避免此类事件发生。”

"I was in the men's singles match of the HTable Hungarian Open on January 17, 2019. I wanted to apply for a new racket due to rubber damage. However, due to the lack of understanding of the rules of the ITTF competition, I did not communicate with the referee. The tampering of the racket resulted in the cancellation of the qualification of the game. My misconduct violated the rules of the competition and adversely affected the international image of Chinese athletes. I deeply reflected on this matter and expressed the adverse effects on the matter. Apologize, to ensure that lessons are learned in future competitions, to take precautions, to study in depth and strictly abide by the rules of the competition to avoid such incidents."