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I want to turn off the TV I cant watch with good faith. I will be happy to be wrong but this was not the plot. The original plot was fine and Alexis just had to do unnecessary things, taking risks when clearly Liang was struggling to rally.

He didn't have to finish it. He juat had to put it on the table and play the point out. It was clear he had an advantage in the long rallies. Why feel the pressure to finish the point?

He loses the plot as Liang gains confidence. A reminder to everyone that you do not play with your food until you have cooked it because it can always fly away.

Timeout is already used. Alexis has found the plot again, Liang just played two amazing points. If Alexis sticks to the plot he can still win this.

Nah. You cant underestimate Alexis ability to be stubborn and lose the plot when everyone else can see the path but h always wants to win with his reckless style. He juat had to stay in the rally and force Liang to make rally shots. This was the plot. It worked perfectly. Why do this????

Can he learn the lesson of that 11-11 point. Do not rush... no...takes risk again...

So disappointed with Alexis on the next two points.

So proud of Alexis on that 2-0, 9-9 point.

You explained it best. He is being forced to regain form under pressure.

He was recovering from injury amd clearly lost a lot of form. Under pressure to find it at the worst possible time.

Big Bro coming up huge so far, Liang looking like thr one that doesn’t belong here.

Good point. I am parlty mocking @PoppaChubby when I predicted that Gauzy would have problems making the 2028 Olympics because of Coton and Poret, he lectured me on how France didn't develop prodigies like China. Anyone who watches these kids play can see that some good changes are afoot...

@PoppaChubby, I thought France was not China and didn't develop prodigies this quickly. What changed?

Great match. Can France keep this up? The plan remains the same. Everyone has to win around Wang.

We can now see why Hugo lost 0-3. He was playing a top 10 player in #23 ranked clothing....

So far Coton has looked like the better player despite all the mistakes under pressure and the close score.

It is the pressure of the match situation. Unlike vs Brazil, a win or loss here has implications for the match score. He is clearly their secret weapon.

Imagine of Coton did not play after beating Hugo and Kanak and Gauzy lost. What would the French newspapers do? This is the best way to keep everyone happy.

When you look at the head to head, France has to hope the Coton wildcard does something new. Because Alexis has no good matchup unless Liang is still subpar (1-4, Liang, 1-3, Lin, 0-3 Wang) so he needs to be shielded. Felix has one good matchup vs Lin. But Coton is 0-2 vs Lin. In other...

Looking at all the head to head statistics, the only chance France has if China performs like they have historically is based on China not performing like they have historically... Basically an improbable chance id Liang and Lin Shidong of the databases show up and not the headcases that played...