I think LSD dodged a major upset. That 3rd end comeback was vital and would have had him under so much pressure in 4th.
Great win good for her. Having seen her train at my club few yrs ago she has come a long way in rankings since then.
I agree, Vlad is arguably top 20 player who juat missed the tour because of the war and over time this will show either in his ranking or his upsets- he is at least as good as Kiril Gerassimenko and possibly on the same level as Gauzy.
I just don’t think lsd is mentally as strong as fzd or even wcq. He’s quite beatable from what I have seen in the last few months.
I'm not totally sure about the serve at 0-0, 4-1 because it was a bad angle but it looked like a legal serve to me, but the serve at 1-0 4-3 had nothing wrong with it, didnt see him hide the ball with his head at all. Not sure he founded Fraser's claim that the umpires were mainly faulting the Chinese young guys but it's still strange that there wasnt even a warning given.
That's fair. I don't think it has to do with mental strength, he just got so good at beating up on people on the backhand diagonal that he didn't develop some aspects of his game to the max. It might be too late but he is beating his teammates so that buys him time.
By the rules the umps have a right to make that call. Like I Said, most umps don't make it so players think it is okay to be borderline. But there is nothing wrong by the book with the umpire making that call. This is a clip during the toss and not where he hits the ball but remember that by rule, the ball should be visible to the opponent throughout the toss.
Sure but you can clearly see the ball in this shot? And Im not WCT obviously but from this shot it looks like he can see the ball?
You can also clearly see that his body is in front of it and likely blocks it from the receiver at this point in the toss.. Of course at contact the ball is visible but this is one of the most commonly unenforced rules in TT (visibility throughout the serve and not just at contact. Ma Long was a notorious violator.
LSD (W), XP (L), Duda (L), HYZ (L), Batra (L), Franziska (W), Jian (W), CJS (W), Zong (W)
There is a good case for Picard being just anyone at the top pro level but even then the loss was deuce in the 5th and Picard's serve was on fire that match.
as a lefite, you're wrong. The ball is visible at contact to us out wide but wouldnt have been during the toss from where WCT was standing. This happens to me a lot, when people serve it would be legal to a right handed player because they stand on the other side of the table but to a leftie is is blocked, the same happens in reverse. It is up to the player to serve where the opponent can see the ball.
Truls broke him.
