His expression has to be. Felix played as flawless a match as I can remember. The variation was just perfect and the speed and composure - clearly a problem and it is a nice to see his level translating directly to this matchup.
That one is very difficult to harness, especially for European players. In 2023, Felix has increasingly become able to quell the emotional outbursts when things don't go his way.
My favorite part was that he realized he had to use a new serve when things got tight. I hope this kind of innovation will continue because otherwise, you get too predictable in the tight moments. I am sure the analytics teams are already doing their work lol!
She's having her personal problems, I don't think Miyu can beat SYB or Adriana like this. And WYD is arguably better than them.
Yes - it appears that Felix has the strongest penhold RPB game now out of everyone else. He also plays a similar rallying game (except even closer to the table and speedier than Wang Hao).
LSD’s BH is arguably on par with, if not better than FZD’s.
No way... FZD BH is way, way better than LSD. LSD relies too much on pure speed while FZD BH has everything - speed, power, spin, placement, control, safety, rhythm variations.
Felix forehand is weaker than his backhand. I think with RPB where now the penhold blade has two rubbers, it just becomes heavy. And that negate some of the strong suit of the penhold forehand. Yet Felix backhand is just very strong. In addition, with RPB, you naturally put side spin on top of the top spin so it is even harder for the opponent to get used to that (since not too many people play with penhold nowadays).
