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Well, first Ma Long's way to defeat Wang is too difficult for players these days. It requires good serve reading, super accurate defensive forehand (with unpredictable placements), out-of-this-world ability of rallies at every distances, and "GOAT" variations. Second, you also need to mix...

The most important things are the far-from-table defense and counter attack. Wang Chuqin has the demonic serve receive with powerful shots on both wings. Opponents should learn how to step away from the table and ready for a big rallies. This is the thing that Harimoto does not have. He is too...

No chance at all. Harimoto does not have anything to keep up the game with Wang, a typical one-side match.

I think Darko and Felix used spinny forehand and crazy placements to make the rallies' pace kind of slow and unpredictable. This would disrupt Wang's rythm and made some hard time for him to adapt. On the other hand, Harimoto still relies on his speed, which is of course Wang's favourite game...

I hope Felix could take the world no.5 from Liang, so that he will get the fourth seed in European Smash. But it seems impossible now. He will attend only WTT champions Yokohama.

Felix won more points than Wang lol.

What a performance by Felix Lebrun! He is maximizing his spin variations on both wings!

I believe at Astana and Fukuoka there will be full of Chinese fans, dominating the venue again. Maybe situation will be better at Rio, WTT contender Rio last time there were a big Brazilian crowd.

Well, I also say that it's hard to have a decent support teams with a sport that produces such a low income and profit. So that's impossible I believe ... For Swedish team then I think they have good staffs. Truls played through several difficult matches and still came to semi-final with very...

That's impossible ... I believe in a sport that several top 20 players have to play without coaches at highest level commercial events, there will be no countries wanting to put more investment on it, except China. So we will have to suffer several years later. Only one Hugo is not enough, so I...

People will say Hugo is just excusing :ROFLMAO: . I understand how tough was the match against LJK was, so I'm not surprised if he could not fully fit in the final.

Well, Hugo was not on the yesterday's form. Wang is crazy good, but the most important thing is that Hugo could not play a near perfect short game like when he played against LJK, which is of course the result of being lack of energy. To play good in small details, it requires you to have all...

no chance for Hugo. He is making too many mistakes.

Hugo lost focus in first set is just an evidence for his tiredness. Hard to win against Wang now.

4-3 victory in WC and 4-3 victory today are two very different stories. One was about chasing an opponent that is stronger than you and a favorite for the titles. It does not drain that much, since he does not feel heavy for winning. Today's match is totally different. He was the one who was...

If Hugo can play like first 4 sets today then he is very likely to win, maybe with a 4-1 like the World cup final. The problem is that the semi-final game took a lot of his energies. I do not know if he still can keep that kind of beast form tmr. Let's wait.

Alexis missed shots that he should not miss if he is totally healthy. This will be a good lesson for him. Next time will be their time.

Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong in World Tour grandfinals' final 2015. It was 6-6 in the 7th set and Ma Long won 4 in a row, then Fan win 3 in a row and Ma Long won the last point to seal the title. It was just a mini version of Hugo-LJK game today, but I think it is the closest if you compare to this game.

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Congrats to Hugo! Craziest WTTC semi-final matches !!

Now it's time for Hugo to overcome his nightmare! Go Hugo!