What am i seeing... WTT is going to provide few streams from main table today with a mobile angle, back angle, 45 angle and world feed (whatever that is )
WTT Singapore Smash 2024 3/7-3/17
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It's not over the table though it is close - I viewed many slowmos. The main thing he does is that the ball passes behind his ear instead of in front of his eyes on the way down. This makes a lot of the path hidden (illegally), and then you get a tiny glimpse of the ball when it gets contacted and then no more.
I actually tried his method of serving, it is damn difficult to do and time the contact this way, it has to be trained deliberately.
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It is amazing how people can keep the ball short over and over again in doubles, it is just a different level of play and shows you the hard work put into controlling the ball to gain the first attack - if you can do it in doubles, it is second nature in singles.
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You could see in his face & body language how much he wanted the title.
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Wang Manyu absolutely hates playing Chen Meng. You can tell it makes her fundamentally uncomfortable even when she gives it a great effort.
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That said, she has figured out how to stop relying only on quality vs CM and to double down on consistency and pattern breaking. There is Olympic hope in WM's resolve so far.
Moment of truth for whether Liaoning Province has changed their support for WYD.
Oh wait silly me, didn't realise WYD has been officially declared out of the running for Olympics singles by the coaches. But sounds like team is still possible.
Oh wait silly me, didn't realise WYD has been officially declared out of the running for Olympics singles by the coaches. But sounds like team is still possible.
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It'll basically be Sun Yingsha + Wang Manyu in the Olympic singles imo. There's no one else better than them at the moment.
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Expected results from WCQ and F Lebrun. Lebrun made too many unforced errors and didn’t have a serve advantage unlike WCQ unsurprisingly.
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What are you predictions between WMY vs WYD and WCQ vs LJK? I’m going with WMY (fairly obvious I believe) and WCQ despite their recent H2H because I reckon WCQ’s serve receive game and footwork are better.
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Another disappointing performance from LYJ where he comes up short again. If not for the draw, would he have reached this far?
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I agree on result but i expect the WCQ to have to solve LJK in real time and i don't think footwork or serve receive will be the deciding factors, it will be whether WCQ is humble enough to play away from LJK's backhand. I think the main reason LJK terrorizes lefties is that they keep trying to loop through his backhand and they don't come to terms with the resistance they meet there early enough or their pride gets in the way (how dare he rally with my forehand with his backhand). I think WCQ will lose if he continues this pattern but I expect him to find some tricks based on his experiences with Fan.
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You can't blame him for losing to GS champion below the neck. The versatility and consistency of Liang was borderline supernatural on some points, some of the best counteroffensive TT I have seen in a while. I actually forgave LJK for going reverse‐Haribauer on almost every point.
