Yeah, I remember WCQ was banned maybe 5 years ago for rude behavior when he lost the match in chinese league or maybe some pracitse. He has great skills and footwork, but nowaydays he looks like crap for some time, maybe he needs some time to get motivated again. Players like Ruibu he eats for...
Great to see Natalia Bajor in the lineup. Quite pity for Sato as she did not have good draw in Montpelier and now in Frankfurt. Odo seems to deal quite good with defenders.
I would not call it come back, Anton was much better but he lost everything in his head. Check out how many easy balls he lost in the last set. He should have take time out when it was 10:7 in fourth.
Sato game is different, she has more control and more variety with creating differnet spin. Although CXT is very patient which is best option againts chopers. It should be very interesting if Sato advances agains other chinese choper.
I have been watching Sidorenko from some time, he was banned to play international stage due to war (he is russian). He play incredibly good, he has no fear and is very flexible. He also destroyed Duda few days ago. I think he is going to be top 20 soon.
I predict the final between Hugo and Felix, although I wish Sora to win. Anyway no chinese in final is a big surprise, but non in the semis and in the quaters is an earthquake.
Well, I haven't been up to date lately. At some point, Kasumi was supposed to leave ;). Maybe Togami isn't some kind of ace and his game is quite predictable, but he has great footwork and manages against lower-ranked opponents.
Natalia Bajor is old school player with great BH, sometimes she is underestimated because of her style, but always dangerous when controlling the table with spinny BH. Great win for her.