34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 2025, Shenzhen, 2/19-23

[dingyibvs]

Amazing match between WCQ and LYJ. Can’t wait for the WCQ-LJK final!

Both were on their game, some great rallies! Let's see if LJK can maintain his recent form and take down WCQ again.

Women's side is gonna be great as well. WMY dispatched KM fairly easily. I did expect her to do better this time around as she had just switched to the FZD ALC last time and was playing her first international tournament with it. I think the FZD suits her game better than either the 968 or the Stiga blade, so I'm looking forward to a firecracker of a match between her and SYS this time around!

 

[fore.n.back]

As Miyazaki pointed out in an article back in 5/2019, the world has adapted to the BH-oriented game of JNT players with countermeasures and that they should take a page from South Korea.

They need more Uda.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/whats-wrong-with-harimotos-fh.21649/post-286082

True, Japan needs a player who are willing to pivot like Uda and Togami. I watched Harimoto against LJK, sure his great BH helps him stay in the rally but for the most part he was just under bombardment. By around 5-6th set Liang has adapt to Hari's BH thus his play was neutralized. That frustrated scream when he was down 0-3 at 6th set told the story

 

[NextLevel]

LJK these past few months has shown quite an improvement that I wasn’t expecting from him.

I can’t remember if it was WTT Montpellier or WTT Frankfurt last year where he got scolded quite badly from Coach Liu Zhiqiang in one of the matches and to beat Dima, WCQ and now LSD these past couple of tournaments is something I wasn’t expecting.

I guess the scolding from Coach Liu Zhiqiang has worked.

I still think it was FZD and ML retiring. When is it going to be his time if not now and when the people he used to lose to are gone?

 

[zeio]

WS 3rd-4th
CXT 0-4 KM (-9, -7, -10, -1)

Like for Sato and Hashimoto, CTTA should feed CXT for the rest of her live. So tactful.

 

[SFF_lib]

FZD SALC?

 

[blahness]

As Miyazaki pointed out in an article back in 5/2019, the world has adapted to the BH-oriented game of JNT players with countermeasures and that they should take a page from South Korea.

They need more Uda.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/whats-wrong-with-harimotos-fh.21649/post-286082

Uda has way worse results than Harimoto on the international stage... not sure why he would be an example here. And a lot of it has to do with Uda's inconsistent BH.

 

[dingyibvs]

Geez LYJ got destroyed, just utterly annihilated. I guess that's to be expected given what a terrible matchup he is against LSD, and how incredibly he performed the last time they met yet still lost 4-1.

 

[Janard]

Wow WMY finally won SYS on the international stage after what seems like forever.

Maybe it's just me but I find that SYS tends to only remove her non-playing arm until the very end for many services these days. Did she pick up some poor habits from her XD partner?

No surprises again that SYS fans are still screaming away during WMY's interview.

 

[dingyibvs]

Damn, when was the last time SYS got destroyed that hard? I can't recall ever? I've seen her lose badly sets-wise before, but most sets in this match weren't even remotely close! I mean, I expected WMY to do well, I feel her current setup suits her a lot better, but I didn't expect her to blast SYS like that!

 

[FIXPOINT]

Asian Cup 2025 WS Stage 2 Final

Japanese version​

 

[Sali]

I don't know if there is any other country in the world where the fans would show such disrespect for the winner. WMY must have felt terrible when she got the medal and people chanted her friend's name.

 

[zeio]

提前恭喜王楚钦破八蛋 (Congratulations in advance to WCQ for breaking the 8 eggs [having won only 1 out of 9 international, continental and national titles])
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9518734687

 

[zeio]

I don't know if there is any other country in the world where the fans would show such disrespect for the winner. WMY must have felt terrible when she got the medal and people chanted her friend's name.

USA: Trump and his supporters after losing to Biden, huh?

 

[dingyibvs]

Damn, rather anticlimatic finals.

 

[Robin0910]

Other than the third game it was very one-sided.
Despite the commentator mentioning injury I believe he was just too tired. His semi with LSD was a 7-game-long match and Liang’s fitness is not the greatest among the CNT members so it’s understandable

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I don't know if there is any other country in the world where the fans would show such disrespect for the winner. WMY must have felt terrible when she got the medal and people chanted her friend's name.

I used to think Ding Ning fandom was huge. But SYS fandom is even bigger. And at least to my recollection, Ding Ning fans were respectful of the opponents. SYS fans are downright toxic. I mean show WMY, the actual winner, some respect.

 

[zeio]

WS 3rd-4th
CXT 0-4 KM (-9, -7, -10, -1)

Like for Sato and Hashimoto, CTTA should feed CXT for the rest of her live. So tactful.

MS F
LJK 0-4 WCQ (-7, -2, -14, -5)

Same treatment for LJK.

 

[Brs]

I don't know if there is any other country in the world where the fans would show such disrespect for the winner. WMY must have felt terrible when she got the medal and people chanted her friend's name.

Manyu probably still feels happy. Pretty sure she'd rather be Asian Cup champion with a few fans, than first loser but all the fans.

 

[Brs]

I don't disagree though. Some sportsmanship would be nice. Also good to not embarrass the player you are supposedly fan of....

 

[FIXPOINT]

Asian Cup 2025 MS Stage 2 Final

Japanese version​