If you actually paid attention, you would know that lots of people complain about Dima's noisemaking and tchoing. So acting as if they don't sounds ridiculous.
And this whole post makes you sound ridiculous and it clearly sounds like sour-grapes, sore loser stuff.
Harimoto played great. He had an amazing tournament. XX played well enough to take care of him.
If you didn't like the behavior from XX, you have to complain about it and not like it from Harimoto as well.
There are benefits to Harimoto and to the sport in having XX do that and show Harimoto how obnoxious that kind of behavior is.
XX and the CNT sports psychology that went into having XX tcho Harimoto down throughout the match is something every opponent should do to him until he starts growing up and stops tchoing to the extent he does on every point.
I may have wanted Harimoto to win. But just because it would make things interesting. There is no question the kid can be annoying with how much noise he makes on every point.
If he is doing it, then there is nothing wrong with an opponent doing it back to him. You just can't have it both ways.
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Not agreeing at all with you
1) Lot of (digital) ink about Harimoto's tchoooing but he's far from being the loudest player in the circuit. Dima, Freitas, the Japanese Doubles (Oshima/Morizono), Szocs, the lesser known Jin or Chan in Japan, come into my mind, but there's many others.
2) Harimoto is not intimidating his opponents and is never disloyal. If you do observe him well, he NEVER makes eye contact with his opponent to intimidate them. Many players always do that, especially when tchoooing, XU Xin included. Thats intimidation. Nor does Harimoto talk or complain. He systematically apologizes after a net or edge ball. Chinese players, men or women are notorious for not (always) apologizing on those balls.
In his interviews, Harimoto is really humble. He's a good kid. You've probably never seen a TV program on him.
3) XU Xin is an a$$hole, yes, i'm not afraid to say it. Look at some of his close games in recent years with his foreign adversaries. Or his attitude when he's bored and wins too easily. For example, Watch him against Mattenet in some open, or against Wong Chuting in Japan Open last year
4) it may not have come to your mind, but he's only 13, physiologically his body is not producing enough testosterone yet. Shouting is primarily a way to keep him pumped and focused, its not destined to trouble the opponent, this is only a side effect. Pros handle tchooos every tournament from other players. But it seems many can't handle the pressure of a tchooo when its a kid , not an adult doing it.
5) Look at how he played Mizutani. They're friends. Its his idol, they train together, did he stop his tchoooing ? had Mizutani any problem with it ? Did he complain about it ??? Did you see what he did and read what he said when he lost ?
and nope its not sore loser stuff, if you quote me, quote me all, i DID write XX was the better player. but HE was the one with the pitiful attitude, as usual.
