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I love the honesty of WCT and DHK - paraphrasing roughly, WCQ and SYS are at a super level so we learn a lot from them.
You are over thinking this, he won, that is all that matters. And no, you did not count wrong.Did I count wrong? Patrick had 5 lucky points on 5th set include 2 very important points at 10-8?
You are over thinking this, he won, that is all that matters. And no, you did not count wrong.
Unless you have it on video, it is hard to be objective, memory tells self-serving stories. I felt equally effed in state champs but again, I didn't record it, I might just be remembering his nets and forgetting mine.dont get me wrong, he deserved the win but lucks were really favoured him today.
I had, not 1 but 2 times in the similar cases in my league match, worked f*cking hard on final set but opponent just got more lucks, you know how frustrate it was.
Feel sorry for FZD
Checked and I had both 2 recorded.Unless you have it on video, it is hard to be objective, memory tells self-serving stories. I felt equally effed in state champs but again, I didn't record it, I might just be remembering his nets and forgetting mine.
But yeah FZD is a hard luck man. Alexis edge on match point and this - sux!
There was no fire in FZD's eyes, only cluelessness and carelessness.Lately, looking at Fan, I get the impression that he is very tired of this race and wants to at least rest, and at most just live an ordinary life. And you can understand him, because he is still so young, and at the same time he is already rich and famous. Now, in a moment of fatigue, Fan is ready to give up his place to younger players. The question is, can they take this place?
I think this is the most vulnerable CNT has looked going into OlympicsThere was no fire in FZD's eyes, only cluelessness and carelessness.
How rich is Fan really? enough to retire already? Might be hard since he's still so young. Unless he wanted to join corporate china or something? But who would want to do that when you can play TT for living. Nothing wrong with being second best and being rich and famous lol.Lately, looking at Fan, I get the impression that he is very tired of this race and wants to at least rest, and at most just live an ordinary life. And you can understand him, because he is still so young, and at the same time he is already rich and famous. Now, in a moment of fatigue, Fan is ready to give up his place to younger players. The question is, can they take this place?
what single performance are you referring to?Or does Harimoto still deserve that title based on a single performance from 2022?
Probably means the day he beat FZD and WCQ in Chengdu.what single performance are you referring to?
Felix Lebrun deserves the title for a year now. But Harimoto has been the best player outside the Chinese for the last 5 years even while he has disappointed quite a few times. That's juat backed up by statistics.Going by the rankings, going by the results, is it safe to say that Harimoto is NOT "best non-Chinese" anymore?
Does Lebrun deserve this title yet?
Or does Harimoto still deserve that title based on a single performance from 2022?
He has had his failures for sure (losing in the first round to Dyjas in Houston is the biggest one and then to Jorgic and An Jaehyun in the round of 16 at the Olympics in Japan and the WTTC in 2019), but the only real competition he has are LYJ, Dima, Boll and Calderano and if you just look at the records of all these players across all events, you just easily accept that Harimoto has been the best even with the failures. He lead Japan to bronze medals at the Olympics in men's teams and at the WTTC in Chengdu. He was a quarter finalist in the WTTC in Durban. He had some continental cup wins.Probably means the day he beat FZD and WCQ in Chengdu.
Apparently being consistently a top player and beating nearly all of his non-Chinese opponents since then doesn't count. Or beating FZD in 2023. Only one day in 2022 should be acknowledged.
Probably means the day he beat FZD and WCQ in Chengdu.
Apparently being consistently a top player and beating nearly all of his non-Chinese opponents since then doesn't count. Or beating FZD in 2023. Only one day in 2022 should be acknowledged.
Agree with you here.He has had his failures for sure (losing in the first round to Dyjas in Houston is the biggest one and then to Jorgic and An Jaehyun in the round of 16 at the Olympics in Japan and the WTTC in 2019), but the only real competition he has are LYJ, Dima, Boll and Calderano and if you just look at the records of all these players across all events, you just easily accept that Harimoto has been the best even with the failures. He lead Japan to bronze medals at the Olympics in men's teams and at the WTTC in Chengdu. He was a quarter finalist in the WTTC in Durban. He had some continental cup wins.
For some reason TBH has yet to realize and accept this and just wants to focus on Harimoto as a failure. No doubt, Harimoto may never get to where it was expected he would get to and Lebrun looks like the real deal. What I keep reminding people who write off Harimoto, Truls etc. Is that while you may be right, it is not smart to write hard working people off at young ages.
We didn't hear anything from TBH when Lebrun was beating LYJ equally badly. The Olympics will be Lebrun's first big test and I wish him the best. But so far, he has been definitely more consistent than Harimoto and in some what's equally if not more impressive in that he doesn't have the bad losses in events that Harimoto had vs European players playing with high risk.