WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 - 6-11 Jan 2025

[joshmak10]

Are you giving up on Benedikt Duda after his awful 0-3 loss to Walther in Singapore Smash?

Who says I ever follow Duda?

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Who says I ever follow Duda?

Should followers of Duda give up on him after this loss?

 

[joshmak10]

Should followers of Duda give up on him after this loss?

It's up to them. I cannot control other people or tell them what to do or think

 

[ThePongCommenter]

It's up to them. I cannot control other people or tell them what to do or think

I will rephrase my question. Do you think its possible that Walther is in fact a good player and that it isn't a shame to lose to him?

 

[joshmak10]

I will rephrase my question. Do you think its possible that Walther is in fact a good player and that it isn't a shame to lose to him?

Sure. Unless you are Team China.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Sure. Unless you are Team China.

But Walther just 3-0'd Duda who has recently 3-0'd and beat main players of Team China. But ok.

 

[joshmak10]

But Walther just 3-0'd Duda who has recently 3-0'd and beat main players of Team China. But ok.

It’s common knowledge that against any foreigner Team China expects a win. And if they lose, just look at what happened to WMY

 

[ThePongCommenter]

It’s common knowledge that against any foreigner Team China expects a win. And if they lose, just look at what happened to WMY

It is common knowledge that young players, even CNT ones, who recently entered the professional scene will have a loss to a veteran non-Chinese player at some point early in their career. It doesn't become a problem for their career until it becomes a recurring issue over a longer period of time. It happens to everyone including Ma Long.

So just to clarify have you still given up on Huang Youzheng lol

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Sure. Unless you are Team China.

Trivia Question:

An 18-year-old CNT player loses to Daniel Gorak, a player who was never particularly excellent on the world stage, peaking at WR 52 in 2015, nearly a decade after he beats this 18-year-old CNT player. Seems like grounds for giving up on that player.

Who is this player?

 

[joshmak10]

It is common knowledge that young players, even CNT ones, who recently entered the professional scene will have a loss to a veteran non-Chinese player at some point early in their career. It doesn't become a problem for their career until it becomes a recurring issue over a longer period of time. It happens to everyone including Ma Long.

So just to clarify have you still given up on Huang Youzheng lol

I have not given up on baby WCQ. I did for a time after a long string of poor results thinking he will just be another Zhou Qihao. But it seems he is stepping up

 

[joshmak10]

Trivia Question:

An 18-year-old CNT player loses to Daniel Gorak, a player who was never particularly excellent on the world stage, peaking at WR 52 in 2015, nearly a decade after he beats this 18-year-old CNT player. Seems like grounds for giving up on that player.

Who is this player?

Ok sure Ma Long had a bad loss but he didn’t have a huge string of bad results

 

[Robin0910]

Ok sure Ma Long had a bad loss but he didn’t have a huge string of bad results

It’s not like Huang Youzheng had any opportunities to participate in WTTC or World cups. He only recently started to participate in larger WTT events too. No wonder he cannot show anything.
He did fantastically at the last Chinese national championships and world youth championships tho.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

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You posted these in the Star Contender Doha thread just so you know

 

[piligrim]

You posted these in the Star Contender Doha thread just so you know

He posted right just wrong title

 

[FIXPOINT]

You posted these in the Star Contender Doha thread just so you know

Oh! Thank you very match for pointing out the error. The posts were deleted.