ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025, 4/14-20

[Robin0910]

Duda really fumbled that by missing that serve at 7-6, thus gifting a point to WCQ to equalise. Though, luck was totally on WCQ’s side this time

 

[JackJohnson]

Duda really fumbled that by missing that serve at 7-6, thus gifting a point to WCQ to equalise. Though, luck was totally on WCQ’s side this time

Duda had a good lead in the 5th game as well. I think WCQ will go through to semis at this rate.

 

[mamedium]

Duda is playing on and off. should have won game 5 leading 7-3...

 

[Janard]

Come on Duda!

 

[NextLevel]

Come on, Duda! You are too old for moral victories! You aren't Miwa or Anette...

 

[mamedium]

Oh my god. He really plays like he is on and off sometimes. How did he miss that ball at 2-0?

who says high ball is easy to smash?

 

[NextLevel]

He should have challenged the 9-10 serve. I would have.

 

[mamedium]

how can Duda sleep tonight without thinking about that high ball miss......

 

[JackJohnson]

We’ll see about that. Duda seems to have gotten himself together

ok

 

[NextLevel]

And even the one on match point. His coach deserted him - what is the point in speaking German if you can't remind your player to challenge on crucial points.

 

[Janard]

He should have challenged the 9-10 serve. I would have.

Omg I was thinking the same. Can't like this enough.

On hindsight, TTR might have conveniently broken down at that moment

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I guess Duda forgot about TTR. Soooo close.

 

[turbozed]

So close. Had a match point even. Ballsy of WCQ to do a fast long serve with his event life on the line.

WCQ not looking as dominant as he has before, especially when on serve. But, he's shown more resilience in tough situations, and maybe that's a more important quality to have in order to try to recapture #1 status.

 

[Robin0910]

He should have challenged the 9-10 serve. I would have.

it was a fast long ball and he reacted on an instinct. He didn’t have enough time to think it through to challenge the serve.
I didn’t watch the entire match. Were there any serves challenged?

 

[v100ev]

The serve on 9:10 was for a challenge of verticality.. would be a nice lesson for WCQ.

 

[Robin0910]

So close. Had a match point even. Ballsy of WCQ to do a fast long serve with his event life on the line.

WCQ not looking as dominant as he has before, especially when on serve. But, he's shown more resilience in tough situations, and maybe that's a more important quality to have in order to try to recapture #1 status.

That’s when most player pull that fast long backspin ball out. It can really catch the opponent off guard just like how it did this time too.

 

[mamedium]

So close. Had a match point even. Ballsy of WCQ to do a fast long serve with his event life on the line.

WCQ not looking as dominant as he has before, especially when on serve. But, he's shown more resilience in tough situations, and maybe that's a more important quality to have in order to try to recapture #1 status.

lefty vs lefty
but he pulled one at 9-10 though...

 

[Robin0910]

And even the one on match point. His coach deserted him - what is the point in speaking German if you can't remind your player to challenge on crucial points.

It’s not like he can challenge it after missing the return.

 

[Robin0910]

well, that serve throw angle was a lot more than 30 degrees but it is what it is. I want to see any of you looking for a faulty serve instead of receiving it well at such a crucial situation, especially such a fast serve

 

[v100ev]

It’s not like he can challenge it after missing the return.

Yeah - this is the current flaw of this system.. Actually the umpire should have automatic data after each serve.. Like a live-system that analyzes and based on that system the umpire should fault serves directly after them being done.. and this is not actually so hard in terms of technology.. for two tables at least.
But still - with this challenge system it seems the Chinese are struggling more - less hidden serves - better receives from the opponents.