Paris Olympic Games 2024

[backspacer]

Lol no apology for the edge from the Chinese pair.

 

[turbozed]

Chinese pair now just fully celebrating nets and edges lol

Guess there's no need for niceities in the gold medal matches.

 

[driversbeat]

Good timeout. Hopefully it pays off.

Finally a good shot from Hayata at 7-5.
9-5 now, their biggest chance to take the lead.

 

[backspacer]

It's happening.

EDIT: or not?

 

[Cordell]

Uh oh, scary stuff now

 

[backspacer]

Oh my god, that save.

 

[zeio]

JPN's Judo management is there again.

 

[zeio]

G5 Retire, Hay...
How hard was it to keep the ball on the table?

 

[Peter93]

This is embarrassing tbh

 

[driversbeat]

Japan threw that match away.

 

[TTLOVE]

I am sick of this. Every time a big decisive advatage is trown away. 9-5 up and still loosing the game. come on.

 

[Janard]

Afraid I'm with zeio on what went down in G5...

 

[NetProphet]

The difference is that WCQ could've had some easier matches to get used to his new primary racket before meeting the "big seeds".

OK. But he said the racket had nothing to do with the result and I think if you watch it again, he simply didn't play well, I can't see that the racket played too much a part in it.
Maybe I'm wrong and maybe WCQ just said what he said to be respectful but I have read that they practice with 3 different rackets.
I think ppl are making too much out of this racket issue myself so I really disagree on the luck thing. He was world No1 and he simply didn't play as well as he has done over the last yr.

 

[backspacer]

That was a choke. Two bad serves in a row at 9-7.

 

[turbozed]

Great match. Never ceases to amaze me how almost all CNT members can tap into another gear when it really counts to get the win.

 

[zeio]

Japan threw that match away.

Hay...: I refuse to win.

 

[fore.n.back]

G5 Retire, Hay...
How hard was it to keep the ball on the table?

for once I want to sympathize with her because of the injury, but then why tf she has to overhit every time like that, Miwa fought a 1v3 for real.
Hayata: "Miu, clench your cheeks"

 

[driversbeat]

Great match. Never ceases to amaze me how almost all CNT members can tap into another gear when it really counts to get the win.

Except this time they didn't. Other than saving matchpoint, every other point from 9-5 was played hesitantly/weird tactics. Long fast serve when WMY was already in forehand mode? And why was Hayata falling over for every other forehand?

 

[zeio]

Afraid I'm with zeio on what went down in G5...

Join the cause.

Retire, Hay...!
Retire, Hay...!
Retire, Hay...!
Retire, Hay...!
Retire, Hay...!

 

[turbozed]

Now Hirano celebrating points where she clipped the net too. From what I've seen, Hirano was never a big fan of apology culture anyway so not unexpected.

This scoreline is pretty unexpected though. Amazingly fast start.