Who do you think will win the Kuwait Open 2016?

  • Ma Long

    Votes: 31 58.5%
  • Fan Zhendong

    Votes: 7 13.2%
  • Xu Xin

    Votes: 4 7.5%
  • Zhang Jike

    Votes: 8 15.1%
  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Chuang Chih Yuan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jun Mizutani

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Vladimir Samsonov

    Votes: 2 3.8%
  • Wong Chun Ting

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (Post Below)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    53
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Last 32 Round - Men's Singles

Ma Long vs Joao Geraldo
Li Ahmet vs Stefan Fegerl
Lee Sangsu vs Li Ping
Simon Gauzy vs Vladimir Samsonov

Jun Mizutani vs Tiago Apolonia
Mikhail Paikov vs Koki Niwa
Salem Al - Hasan vs Hugo Calderano
Li Hu vs Xu Xin

Zhang Jike vs Aleksandar Karakasevic
Mizuki Oikawa vs Andrej Gacina
Wong Chun Ting vs Wang Yang
Ho Kwan Kit vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Chuang Chih Yuan vs Yujia Zhai
Adam Pattantyus vs TANG Peng HKG
Jung Youngsik vs NUYTINCK Cedric Nuytinck
Bojan Tokic vs Fan Zhendong
 
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I am watching Apolonia vs Mizutani, now live, and it sounds like there is not a single spectator there. Actually they are playing pretty decent rallies but the only ones who are clapping and making some noise are their coaches I think. That is so sad and must be completely stupid for the sportsmen. Imagine you are one of the best players in the world and you have to play in an empty room where nobody cares... :(
 
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check out the last set Mizutani vs Apolonia, point 11:10. Best rally of the year. Both were tired with this point and tried not to loose the shot. Absolutely amazing.

Absolutely outstanding!!! The rally has everything including a diving shot!

 
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I am watching Apolonia vs Mizutani, now live, and it sounds like there is not a single spectator there. Actually they are playing pretty decent rallies but the only ones who are clapping and making some noise are their coaches I think. That is so sad and must be completely stupid for the sportsmen. Imagine you are one of the best players in the world and you have to play in an empty room where nobody cares... :(

I agree, such a sterile environemnt, feels so weird...
 
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Hehe. I think, if ZJK was the 3 seed, he would be in the draw at the bottom against FZD and if he was the 4 seed he'd still be in the bottom against FZD. I think it is a conspiracy: C-O-N-spiracy. :)

There's someone from the goon squad working within the ITTF to ensure that ZJK and ML can't play against each other unless it is the final. And I will continue to assert that and pretend I never saw the 2016 German Open, or better yet, there were other goon squad members who were trying to ensure that a German player got into the German Open finals by putting all the CNT players on the top side of the draw and putting Timo and Dima on the bottom side of the draw. But those goon squad members hadn't thought about Samsonov.

I think, if I wanted to pretend to really be a crazy person, I could probably do that pretty well. hehe.

It can only be explained one way...

It is all a Carl-spiracy from Deep Space. :D
 
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In QF China seems to be struggling. I am amzed by Mizutani play. Something new in hys style. He tries to initiate rally and play aggresive all the time. Come on Jun!!!

This is the best I have ever seen Mizutani play. It almost brings tears to my eyes to see someone at that level so willing to play against type and to try new things because he wants to win.
 
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no words can explain how sorry I am for mizutani. Anyway great comeback.

I was so happy at 10-4 that I am depressed at 10-12. Samsonov put something in the water with the way he played in the 4th game against Ma Long. He showed the template and everyone followed it. But no one has the fitness or temperament to fully execute it.
 
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