I think everything was like the last time they met until Ding came up with new service at the end of game 1 and 2. Those crucial moments frustrated Ito since she was little bit better in those games.
yes he is BH oriented player, look how he receives serves, his right foot is always in front - you do not see it often.
LGY as usual having problems with long serves to his BH
Dyjas still suffers injuries, so it is not a surprise for me, also Gnanasekaran is not nobody.
More interesting was match Gauzy with Kizukuri. Japanese was much better but as usualy tricky gauzy managed to win in the 7th.
@ takkyu that is all true. I am not arguing with you. I just want to point out that some good period like hayata has does not make me bet on her my money.
Last year after Ito beat top chinese players in sweden everyone was waiting for the next tour and grand finals expecting her to take the...
Hayata is no 2, Ito is no 1, so Ishikawa who win this elimination tournament beating Ito is no 3??? or maybe even worse?
Hayata lost 4 sets to Kato not just one 7th set, anyway it was quite close match if you take whole games.
I am not Hayata hater or Ishikawa lover. Somehow I like Japan and I...
Yes I want that too. Difference now is that JNT grew up and the selection is not obvious:
1. Ishikawa - I think she developed and can be competitive even to chinese players - hope I am right :)
2. Ito - already defeat top chinese players, so she can be main threat for CNT
3. Hirano - starting...
All that is ture, but sometimes what happend 2 months ago is not valid today.
Watching final I saw totaly different Kasumi, she was well motivated, confident and changed her serves first this short to the FH side (little bit hidden) and also fast long to the mima BH. In my opinion besides 4th...
Well Liu Shiwen is not top CNT nowadays, she is out of form recently, she lost 5 matches in marvelous 12, which is quite sensational. So this win for Hayata is not as huge as could be. Anyway she improved a lot since I saw her in T2 and probably should be at top 4.
Of course chinese system of...
Thanks for the link, great angle. Ishikawa looked very focused andconfident in the final. She changed her serves and hide them more, Ito had a lot of problems answering them.