Asian Championships 2017

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http://www.ittf.com/tournament/2773/2017-ittf-asian-championships/#results/mstm2/ko-116

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:

Japan edges India 3-2 but that was a very close one it seems. The controversial Niwa won his two (close) matches. Matsudaira brought one hard fought point as well, while Oshima lost two...

Whew

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Surprised... surprised... never know that India is significant in TT

samsara said:

Surprised... surprised... never know that India is significant in TT

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Both loss was Oshima Yuya. He had a really bad day.

Results from Day 2 (10 Apr 2017):

Men's team quarter-finals:

North Korea 0:3 China
1) Pak Sin Hyok 0:3 Ma Long (7:11, 8:11, 1:11)
2) Choe Il 1:3 Xu Xin (11:13, 11:9, 5:11, 5:11)
3) Kang Wi Hun 2:3 Zhang Jike (6:11, 13:11, 11:6, 8:11, 8:11)

Japan 3:2 India
1) Yuya Oshima 2:3 Soumyajit Ghosh (11:7, 7:11, 6:11, 11:8, 6:11)
2) Koki Niwa 3:2 Achanta Sharath Kamal (11:1, 6:11, 8:11, 14:12, 12:10)
3) Kenta Matsudaira 3:2 Harmeet Desai (5:11, 8:11, 11:2, 14:12, 11:6)
4) Yuya Oshima 2:3 Achanta Sharath Kamal (8:11, 13:11, 5:11, 11:6, 6:11)
5) Koki Niwa 3:1 Soumyajit Ghosh (9:11, 11:9, 11:7, 11:4)


Women's team quarter-finals:

China 3:0 Chinese Taipei
1) Ding Ning 3:1 Liu Yu-Hsin (12:14, 11:4, 11:3, 11:6)
2) Liu Shiwen 3:0 Liu Hsing-Yin (11:7, 11:7, 11:7)
3) Zhu Yuling 3:1 Chen Szu-Yu (11:5, 7:11, 11:8, 11:9)

Singapore 0:3 Japan
1) Wong Xin Ru 0:3 Mima Ito (5:11, 2:11, 8:11)
2) Eunice Lim 0:3 Miu Hirano (3:11, 8:11, 5:11)
3) Tan En Hui 0:3 Hina Hayata (3:11, 1:11, 5:11)

MT-QF: China vs North Korea

Match 2: Xu Xin vs Choe II


Match 3: Zhang Jike vs Kang Wi Hun

ajtatosmano2 said:

Both loss was Oshima Yuya. He had a really bad day.

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Looking at the scores, that is far from the whole story.

NextLevel said:

Looking at the scores, that is far from the whole story.

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Overall every Japanese player struggled. Indians did a wonderful job. Achanta played quite well.

TTLondon2012 said:

MT-QF: China vs North Korea

Match 2: Xu Xin vs Choe II

Match 3: Zhang Jike vs Kang Wi Hun

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ZJK did reasonably good given the fact he was out injured last month. He moved well and his backhand was top notch. The N Korean guy blocked everything ZJK hurled at him as if his life depended on it

Did FZD will play in semi ?

Julien Jo Bieganski said:

Did FZD will play in semi ?

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yes . he won 3 - 0 vs chen chien an

From today on the ITTF stream all Days on Youtube!! (Check out the Highlights i will make for them)

Mens final today pppl?

I don't want to lessen India's efforts but Niwa didn't struggled really. Kenta sweeted, but Oshima lost both of his matches and not in a small margin. He lost bad. One or two tough match isn't the same as 3-2 with 12-10 in the decider.

But what about Achanta in his first match aganinst Koki? 12:10 in the decider?! So it was really close to an upset for Japan! Fantastic match from India

Thanx !

So no XX in semis

China won Women's Team final 3-0 against Japan

There was some suspense only for the first match HIRANO Miu vs LIU Shiwen. Miu got a really bad start and lost the first set 3-11 but she was down in the 2nd didn't panic and finished strongly to get it 11-9. The 3rd set was hard fought but Miu just lacked a bit of luck and an extra level of consistency during those long rallies to win. In the 4th she was ahead 8-5 missed a few shots, and then there was this block from LIU Shiwen which became an edge ball, that was the turning point. LSW got the fourth 11-9 to win the match. There is a lot to regret in this match.

ITO was no match at all for DING Ning. Her agressive game with little spin and flat shots is too risky against the ball quality of DING Ning whose balls are really low and spinny. ITO's latest performances in ITTF or domestic competitions are not great and I don't think she will be in the Olympic team in 2020. There are many other promising young players, HAYATA, but also other teenagers some of whose name you may not heard of yet (like KIHARA) who may explode in level in the next 2 years.

HAYATA grabbed a set from ZHU but it was more a matter of ZHU falling asleep than anything else. No one really believed in a surprise at 1 set all.

On the men's side, JAPAN lost 3 nil to KOREA. Korea wasn't even playing with its best player JUNG Yungsik (injured ?)
Oshima wasn't playing after his disastrous performance yesterday against India. Niwa and Kenta both lost 1-3. and Yoshimura lost 0-3 to the surprise Korean player. the Japanese all had better ITTF rankings than their counterparts so on paper its a huge counterperformance

However its not really surprising to me. MATSUDAIRA Kenta has improved in the last year and i am disappointed by his result. But NIWA, OSHIMA and YOSHIMURA had really bad results both in ITTF and domestic competitions recently and i felt their rankings were inadequate. I think the result is quite normal.

when mens final ?

PiZa said:

when mens final ?

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The final of the Men’s Team event is scheduled for 2.00pm (local time) on Wednesday 12th April; Wuxi is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. (source: http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/11/highly-focused-china-korea-republic-reach-final/)

PolishTT17 said:

But what about Achanta in his first match aganinst Koki? 12:10 in the decider?! So it was really close to an upset for Japan! Fantastic match from India

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There were many deuce opportunities in matches 2 and 3 that could have won the match for India assuming the oshima results stayed the same. Some people aren't looking at the scores before writing their thoughts.

Guys, any prediction on men teams final ? Korean team has really raised their level in this tournament. I am sure they can steal one match from XX or ZJK.