2019 Asian Cup April 5-7
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Ma Long styling on Koki Niwa... That around the net receive...........
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Once again, CNT largely defeated the JNT. I am sad to see that the public showed little enthusiasm to support their players. Chinese fans were making more noise. I was about the only one to shout for the JNT players and I’m not even Japanese...
Only Harimoto had a little chance against FZD. He’s got the shots but he’s not consistent enough. He needs near perfection and/or luck to win. After he lost the 4th it was clearly game over.
Against FZD his serves were quite effective but his BH was not effective enough
Only Harimoto had a little chance against FZD. He’s got the shots but he’s not consistent enough. He needs near perfection and/or luck to win. After he lost the 4th it was clearly game over.
Against FZD his serves were quite effective but his BH was not effective enough
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Could not get through the torture captain dished out to Niwa. Stopped watching after set 3.
At least there is some audience in Japan, if I compare this to the empty World Tour Finale in Korea...
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The Japanese crowd is very reserved when it comes to that. I miss those bam bams at the WTTC 2014.
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I also enjoyed seeing people in the seats again after the Qatar Open. Every year I cringe seeing the "crowd" there. Ugh.
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yes I think it is about culture, we have in Poland one club where they are truly loud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylIrWeyw6NA
Maybe it is a good way to beat china, usualy they are the loudest.
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Table Tennis Kingdom picked it up today. They also speculate it is the work of Liu Yanjun.
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funny as usual for Ishikawa
I feel for her. She lost 1-11 in the 1st game. She wasn't even playing bad. Its just CM was stronger and winning all the rallies. Add a few cheap points due to mistakes and thats quick.
Thanks to some vocal support (including mine
she found some energy to put a decent showing, even it was clear she was playing like she already lost, despite some tchoooo from her side.
My friend who came with me said that the problem with Kasumi is that she is not creative at all. She is just repeating patterns from training, and she's too predictable. And because the Chinese are more consistent, then there can't be any surprise about the result as well.
in some sense, Hirano is doing the same now as Kasumi.
The only little innovation I've seen today, is the strawberry receive that she borrowed from ITO, and which had some success today. Else its more of the same. And she's not taking enough risks with her 3rd ball. Even when she wins rallies its too much effort. Often its after being passive for many shots and finally she finds an opening. OTOH, CM is often able to win rallies with 1 or 2 attacks only. in the game that she won, she changed things a little bit but CM quickly reacted.
funny as usual for Ishikawa
I feel for her. She lost 1-11 in the 1st game. She wasn't even playing bad. Its just CM was stronger and winning all the rallies. Add a few cheap points due to mistakes and thats quick.
Thanks to some vocal support (including mine
she found some energy to put a decent showing, even it was clear she was playing like she already lost, despite some tchoooo from her side. My friend who came with me said that the problem with Kasumi is that she is not creative at all. She is just repeating patterns from training, and she's too predictable. And because the Chinese are more consistent, then there can't be any surprise about the result as well.
in some sense, Hirano is doing the same now as Kasumi.
The only little innovation I've seen today, is the strawberry receive that she borrowed from ITO, and which had some success today. Else its more of the same. And she's not taking enough risks with her 3rd ball. Even when she wins rallies its too much effort. Often its after being passive for many shots and finally she finds an opening. OTOH, CM is often able to win rallies with 1 or 2 attacks only. in the game that she won, she changed things a little bit but CM quickly reacted.
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The irony of a Japanese player not being creative lol
It’s April 2019 already and the only victory Japan has had over the Chinese on the women’s side is Hayata’s victory over Liu Shiwen. Judging by current trends Japan doesn’t seem ready to take China come 2020. They’ll need at least 2 players capable of taking down the Chinese to win in the team event and Ito’s status as a Chinese slayer isn’t solidified as of yet.
It’s April 2019 already and the only victory Japan has had over the Chinese on the women’s side is Hayata’s victory over Liu Shiwen. Judging by current trends Japan doesn’t seem ready to take China come 2020. They’ll need at least 2 players capable of taking down the Chinese to win in the team event and Ito’s status as a Chinese slayer isn’t solidified as of yet.
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funny as usual for Ishikawa
I feel for her. She lost 1-11 in the 1st game. She wasn't even playing bad. Its just CM was stronger and winning all the rallies. Add a few cheap points due to mistakes and thats quick.
Thanks to some vocal support (including mine
My friend who came with me said that the problem with Kasumi is that she is not creative at all. She is just repeating patterns from training, and she's too predictable. And because the Chinese are more consistent, then there can't be any surprise about the result as well.
in some sense, Hirano is doing the same now as Kasumi.
The only little innovation I've seen today, is the strawberry receive that she borrowed from ITO, and which had some success today. Else its more of the same. And she's not taking enough risks with her 3rd ball. Even when she wins rallies its too much effort. Often its after being passive for many shots and finally she finds an opening. OTOH, CM is often able to win rallies with 1 or 2 attacks only. in the game that she won, she changed things a little bit but CM quickly reacted.
I do not see this problem as lack of creativity. She is just worse player and that is it. She has same problem like Mizutani, they cannot beat top chinese players because they are not agressive and they do not have power in their shots (few years ago I heard mizutani complaing about power in his FH).Top chinese players have both wings BH and FH and if not they have one wing perfect. Mizutani and Ishikawa do not have both wings and do not have one wing perfect. That is why they cannot win rallies. What they can do is work on serves to get easy 3rd ball.
New generation like Ito and Harimoto have enough power to fight chinese - they just need more time to get experience and variation.
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https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2019/04/06/kiji/20190406s00026000376000c.html
"He wasn't used to that at first, so I was able to play a good game, but now my serve and receive don't work."
"Nothing worked on him."
"Now I feel sad. I wanted to go home early in the game. This is the first time I've felt this. I couldn't help it."
"He wasn't used to that at first, so I was able to play a good game, but now my serve and receive don't work."
"Nothing worked on him."
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4d chess from JNT right there:
- tell Harimoto to make it look like he doesn't know what to do with short backspin serve to wide FH
- CNT rub their hands
- WTTC starts
- CNT serves to Tomo's wide FH
- flip kills them all
- ?????
- profit
- tell Harimoto to make it look like he doesn't know what to do with short backspin serve to wide FH
- CNT rub their hands
- WTTC starts
- CNT serves to Tomo's wide FH
- flip kills them all
- ?????
- profit
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