Austrian Open 2019 [12-17 November 2019]

[Vlad Celler]

Perhaps Harimoto just has no motivation ....

 

[yoass]

Hayata should take Harimoto to her hotel room and man him up

Methinks she should woman him up, more likely, if that's what it takes to get a little of that spirit in.

 

[NextLevel]

Now he faces Calderano again. I don’t believe he has a chance against Hugo.

Truls lost to Tsuboi. This boy plays beautiful smashing from everywhere but for me the hype on him its just because he looks like Justin Bieber. I can’t see him on the top 50.

Filus vs Harimoto will be nice to watch.

Don't underestimate the impact of age on Truls. He also changed equipment recently so he has to relearn his game.

 

[NextLevel]

So, why did the Serbian pair forfeit? That's like giving LGY/ZYL a free ticket to the semis.

They just didn't want to waste their time and didn't know about their good fortune.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

they already went back home LOL

 

[Sali]

My personal opinion (possibly erroneous) is that the game was made mainly by Hina Hayata .....
I especially note her perseverance, the will to win .....

True and also IMO harimoto is not good doubles player. In doubles you need more running and play better also from distance and Harimoto especially with his FH is not good from there.
I think that there two great doubles players and it is always good to learn from them Xu Xin and Morizono Masataka.

 

[Sali]

Pitchford behind the back shot!!!
2nd set 11:1 for Pitch and the glasses already out and the effect 11:2 in 3rd set.

Mizu somehow survived to reach 7th set but he plays really poor, low motivation. Pitch should take the 7th - we will see.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Mizutani lives to fight another game.

Side note: Congrats to the tournament organizers. Perfect lighting and ball/table contrast!

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Liam deserved that match. Aggressive throughout. Always had a great backhand, but now with good consistency and power on the FH. Congrats!

 

[Janard]

Mizutani is being such a good senpai by edging Niwa closer to the second Singles spot but also potentially screwing up the team and XD composition for Olympics.

 

[zeio]

 

[Sali]

point in 5th set by Groth in 6:4 absolutely amazing.

 

[NextLevel]

True and also IMO harimoto is not good doubles player. In doubles you need more running and play better also from distance and Harimoto especially with his FH is not good from there.
I think that there two great doubles players and it is always good to learn from them Xu Xin and Morizono Masataka.

You are giving players too much credit for being lefties. IMO, Ma Long is just something else in doubles. So is Liu Shiwen.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Playing Yang Xiaoxin is so uncomfortable. Mima Ito is winning for sure, but it feels like slogging through a field of mud.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Whoa! Is USA's Wu Yue coaching Yang Xiaoxin? I just saw Mima Ito slap hands with Wu Yue after the match!

 

[Janard]

Omg LSW lost after leading 3-1.

 

[zeio]

LSW: Go, Miu-chan. See you in singles in Tokyo.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Qian Tianyi... remember the name. This was not a case of LSW playing poorly. LSW was lightning quick as always, but QTY was able to hold her own and was pinpoint accurate with her placement. Great match.

 

[Sali]

You are giving players too much credit for being lefties. IMO, Ma Long is just something else in doubles. So is Liu Shiwen.

It doesn't matter they are lefties. Yungsik, Lee sangsu, yoshimura are also very good. But those I mentioned have something more.

 

[NextLevel]

It doesn't matter they are lefties. Yungsik, Lee sangsu, yoshimura are also very good. But those I mentioned have something more.

If they weren't lefties, they wouldn't have something more.