Australian Open 2019 [Platinum]

[Atas Newton]

Literally had to sit down beside a DN fan girl and my left ear are half deaf right now

if you wanna balance your hearing, listen to this post with your right ear:
JIA YO! DING NING!
DING NING! JIA YO!

 

[Atas Newton]

I thought she could upset DN. That would make the second half much more interesting.

I think the fact that Ding Ning nearly lost to a tier-3 CNT player already makes the second half of the draw interesting. DN is not in that good a shape.

 

[Sali]

DN is not in that good a shape.

for a very long time

 

[zeio]

G4, Hirano 6-10, 8-10, TO for Qian Tianyi, 12-10.

Another 11:7 and 11:6. Hirano upset Qian Tianyi after being down 1:2, and almost losing game 4.

 

[zeio]

Harimoto 6:2, 10:12 WCQ. Poopy.

 

[mrk]

Harimoto after 6-0 and 10:8 lost the first set, not looking good for him.

 

[driversbeat]

Hirano beats a chinese player to meey Ito meet next round.

 

[mrk]

Harimoto is hopeless in the longer rallies, this is a repeat from last week. Wang Chuqin is too good for him. No progress for Harimoto lately, he will lose a lot of ranking points.

 

[Vlad Celler]

Harimoto will no doubt be the 1st singles, unless he dies in an accident or becomes gravely ill, the latter of which happened to Rikako Ikee.

Mizutani has said he has only a 50% chance making the singles. Niwa also knows the risk of dropping out if he doesn't make the singles. For the 3rd spot, it depends how "adventurous" the JNT feels, as in how much they want the gold medal. The circumstances are much more dire compared to Rio. As it stands, I'd say they don't even have a realistic shot at podium. Harimoto is too volatile, with a high standard deviation. Niwa is either free-flowing or free-falling. Mizutani is surprisingly consistent given his eye condition, but like he said after the All-Japan Championships, his stamina can't really keep up anymore.

Because of the XD, Yoshimura does have a realistic chance, especially if Ishikawa makes the team.

Very accurate analysis ....

 

[Danny21312]

That's a shame.. I always thought Harimoto would be the next Waldner and be the one to finally end the chinese dominance but it seems that i was wrong... Oh well, guess i'll have to wait a 100 more years for there to actually be someone like that..

 

[mrk]

That's a shame.. I always thought Harimoto would be the next Waldner and be the one to finally end the chinese dominance but it seems that i was wrong... Oh well, guess i'll have to wait a 100 more years for there to actually be someone like that..

It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Harimoto is hopeless in the longer rallies, this is a repeat from last week. Wang Chuqin is too good for him. No progress for Harimoto lately, he will lose a lot of ranking points.

His SF result from last year's Aus. Open drop off, but he still has decent results in reserve from earlier this year so his drop won't be so dramatic. ML will leapfrog him as he should. Maybe LJK.

 

[Shine]

It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

High toss serves only try to unnerve opponents psychologically in my opinion, there's nothing special in the serve

 

[drunix80]

WCQ is Harimoto's kryptonite. Such a terrible loss after last week drubbing.

 

[mrk]

High toss serves only try to unnerve opponents psychologically in my opinion, there's nothing special in the serve

It definitely helped against Ma Long last year. He needs something different, he is young enough to evolve a backup in his game. He can't rely any longer for his backhand flip return because he can no longer surprise his opponents with this, they are aware of his strenght.

 

[zeio]

It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

Close to 5.

 

[Sali]

It is really hard to watch mizutani, he is far from his best form and very slow.
Oikawa is chasing ma long

 

[Shine]

Close to 5.

What are you insinuating?

 

[mrk]

Close to 5.

Wang Chuqin 11th May 2000
Harimoto 27th June 2003


Horrible day for the Japanese men, no player in round 2.

 

[zeio]

Wang Chuqin 11th May 2000
Harimoto 27th June 2003


Horrible day for the Japanese men, no player in round 2.