World Junior Champs 2016 Boys final on now

ronz91 · Dec 7, 2016

World Junior Champs 2016 Boys final on now, in RSA.

Sensation Tomokazu Harimoto is up vs Cho Seungmin from Korea.

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ronz91 · Dec 7, 2016

anyone know if cho seungmin is related to ryu seungmin?

ronz91 · Dec 7, 2016

seventh set going. Harimoto leading after being 2 sets down! great final!

Garrison · Dec 7, 2016

ronz91 said:
anyone know if cho seungmin is related to ryu seungmin?

I don't think so because Seungmin is their first name and not family name^^

Meh I respect Tomokazu's insane talent, but his screaming is just disrespectful, especially when he shouts directly before the opponent gets ready to serve/receive

ronz91 · Dec 7, 2016

Garrison said:
I don't think so because Seungmin is their first name and not family name^^

Meh I respect Tomokazu's insane talent, but his screaming is just disrespectful, especially when he shouts directly before the opponent gets ready to serve/receive

yeah the cho-ing can get abit much, but I guess if its not against the rules and its his way of keeping a positive mindset, not much can be said. He seems to have improved with regard to respecting opponent. I remember him cho-ing at opponents service errors and net clips that won the point. He did not do that today as far as I can remember

Absolutely fantastic final, great quality and 2 attacking players although Harimoto's blocking was immense.

Garrison · Dec 7, 2016

ronz91 said:
yeah the cho-ing can get abit much, but I guess if its not against the rules and its his way of keeping a positive mindset, not much can be said. He seems to have improved with regard to respecting opponent. I remember him cho-ing at opponents service errors and net clips that won the point. He did not do that today as far as I can remember

Absolutely fantastic final, great quality and 2 attacking players although Harimoto's blocking was immense.

My wording was not so good, I know that he doesn't do it to be disrespectful but to push himself. Very good blocking in the end yes

jmillsy2 · Dec 7, 2016

Garrison said:
I don't think so because Seungmin is their first name and not family name^^

Meh I respect Tomokazu's insane talent, but his screaming is just disrespectful, especially when he shouts directly before the opponent gets ready to serve/receive

I find Harimoto obscenely irritating to watch for exactly this reason. Hopefully he will grow out of it.

I feel as though he will follow the road Fukuhara went down and be superceded by some Chinese players in a few years time as they study his game and learn how to beat it...

ronz91 · Dec 7, 2016

jmillsy2 said:
I feel as though he will follow the road Fukuhara went down and be superceded by some Chinese players in a few years time as they study his game and learn how to beat it...

Always possible,China do have by far the most resources, access to the best athletes though this could be changing and incredible work ethic. Hopefully Japan realise what they have on their hands and pour resources into it. I'd love to see Japan pay someone really well, like a retired Mizutani to be his personal coach. But yeah thats unlikely.

vik · Dec 7, 2016

Harimoto is most annoying player to watch .3 times very load screaming on almost each shot .

janus · Dec 7, 2016

TTFrenzy · Dec 7, 2016

harimoto is annoying yes, but you gotta give it to him. For his age he plays very "mature" table tennis. I hope he will gain more muscle in the future and maybe some height/arm reach is needed to be able to make it to the top players

ttpshot · Dec 8, 2016

Great to see him winning World juniors before National juniors although it'd been sweeter if China sent the best players.
As for the screaming, I find it annoying but I guess it's not as disrespectful as jumping on the table or smashing sponsor's sign or boosting rubbers(not saying Harimoto doesn't boost).

I'm pretty sure he'll soon find it embarassing and tone it down. Puberty usualy does that.

ronz91 · Dec 8, 2016

Does anyone know the rules with regard to celebrating winning a point?

TTLondon2012 · Dec 8, 2016

Highlights:

ronz91 · Dec 8, 2016

but lets see how he does at grand tour final right after junior champs. I assume its a long flight from RSA to Qatar. Gonna be tough

Tek101 · Dec 8, 2016

Bernadette and Tomokazu should have a CHO! off

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