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He expected he would be playing Fan Zhendong or Harimoto after Harimoto had given him cover by beating Fan Zhendong.
He expected he would be playing Fan Zhendong or Harimoto after Harimoto had given him cover by beating Fan Zhendong.
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Talking abstracts as we are now ... funny, but it makes sense psychologically ...
It just shows that CNT is basically lacking a Captain ...
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Great, i wish all the best to Harimoto . But i wish Ittf will do something about this type of screaming ... i could not watch it ... and sometimes (i`m not proud about it) i was thinking about he gets a kind of heart attack..sorry
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Some more answers in another interview
http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-12-16/doc-ihmutuec9791017.shtml
Why no tears of joy? I'm still young. Perhaps when I get older.
Why roar after every point? To keep myself winning more points. To win the next point as well.
Who do you want to challenge next the most? Xu Xin! I haven't got him yet.
How will you handle the US$100k prize? Save it up.
https://www.weibo.com/1750130321/H7...&mod=weibotime&type=comment#_rnd1544982021327
LGY went straight to LGL after the match and told him "sorry".
LGL replied "don't worry...go back and work on it" while giving him a pat.
http://www.sohu.com/a/282228462_580074
Summarizing the match, Liu Guozheng said: "Gaoyuan's preparation was not as sufficient as we wanted. The last time he and Harimoto played in the China Open, it went relatively well for him. In this encounter, he's not as comprehensive in the preparation for the difficulties and variations of the opponent. Harimoto played lots of variations this time. The last time they had more counterloops, Gaoyuan's speed quality was higher than that of Harimoto. Here, Harimoto's variations in placement and service were really quick. When it got tight in the 1st 2 games, Harimoto's variations gave him the upper hand, and Gaoyuan was still lacking some in that aspect. Harimoto's overall strength is steadily improving. Especially as he played more and more matches, he's bested more and more top players, which has helped boost his confidence. We've been studying him a lot, but still his variations went beyond expectations. We'll study more carefully so that we can go even more in-depth for 2020."
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Great win for Harimoto. Read in a newspaper today that his bench press went up to 40kg from 20kg this year. It's scary to think a boy with that much (non)power can dominate grown men.
On the other hand, this might be a heavensend Xu Xin as his chance of playing in 2020 olympics must have increased.
On the other hand, this might be a heavensend Xu Xin as his chance of playing in 2020 olympics must have increased.
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Some more answers in another interview
http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-12-16/doc-ihmutuec9791017.shtml
Why no tears of joy? I'm still young. Perhaps when I get older.
Why roar after every point? To keep myself winning more points. To win the next point as well.
Who do you want to challenge next the most? Xu Xin! I haven't got him yet.
How will you handle the US$100k prize? Save it up.
In one interview, Liu Guozheng said that the reverse pendulum serve was a tactic. The 2 service errors were because he went for the angles too much, to prevent Harimoto from playing the chiquita down-the-line. He cut down on the quality on the last 2 and...
https://www.weibo.com/1750130321/H7...&mod=weibotime&type=comment#_rnd1544982021327
LGY went straight to LGL after the match and told him "sorry".
LGL replied "don't worry...go back and work on it" while giving him a pat.
http://www.sohu.com/a/282228462_580074
Summarizing the match, Liu Guozheng said: "Gaoyuan's preparation was not as sufficient as we wanted. The last time he and Harimoto played in the China Open, it went relatively well for him. In this encounter, he's not as comprehensive in the preparation for the difficulties and variations of the opponent. Harimoto played lots of variations this time. The last time they had more counterloops, Gaoyuan's speed quality was higher than that of Harimoto. Here, Harimoto's variations in placement and service were really quick. When it got tight in the 1st 2 games, Harimoto's variations gave him the upper hand, and Gaoyuan was still lacking some in that aspect. Harimoto's overall strength is steadily improving. Especially as he played more and more matches, he's bested more and more top players, which has helped boost his confidence. We've been studying him a lot, but still his variations went beyond expectations. We'll study more carefully so that we can go even more in-depth for 2020."
A good reaction from LGL not to blame LGY after the match.
yes thank you Zeio to post so many good things here.
As for Harimoto screaming, he just cheers himself up, it is an encouragement , I personally think it is not too much
As for Harimoto screaming, he just cheers himself up, it is an encouragement , I personally think it is not too much
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LGY is not playing normal in the final, not even close to his "normal" by a big margin facing HT in the crucial moments. One should fight "above normal" in a situation like this when the whole team is crushed and the burden is on your shoulder, but LGY crumbled instead. That is the big problem here and too bad there is no easy fix. That is why we need Captain Long to save the day!
I don't think XX needs to prove himself anymore. His value is that it is not possible to find a practice partner in penhold style with his level outside China so he will always keep his advantage playing oversea. That is exactly why the style is considered dead but LGL still insist to promote it. Not to be the best in China but a reliable weapon to beat foreigners where he is needed. For that XX is doing it in spade. I am pleasantly surprised to see two penholders won the World Junior TT Championship in 2017 and 2018. That proved how sound LGL's logic is all along.
No need to suspect my thoughts and I will tell honest from my heart, even if it is wrong to say it. I am glad that XX lose to other Chinese player and not a foreigner, and don't have to face HT in the final and give him a chance, no matter how big or small, to crush him. Even XX jokes about it saying "I cannot beat HT, the world number 1, so give me a break", after HT said to the press that his next target is XX who he has never beat before.
Obviously your thought is about individual player and not CNT as a whole. I don't think LGL really care about who win a tournament as long as it is one of his own, me too. I accepted our views will always be different so be it.
LGY was put in an awkward position. If he can choose then I bet he would rather lose to FZD or even MJ in the semi than face and lose to HT in the final. That hurts even more than both FZD and LJK in the early rounds. He is the talk of the day in China and taking all the blames for weak mind. His performance really shows his nerve was cracked under pressure and it is not the first time. Even Wang Hao faced a year long depression and needs great effort from LGL to bring him back to his feet. LGY can beat the whole CNT all day long but he will still be considered a fail if the Championship is lost in his hand. Don't know if LGL can spare the effort and time on him or divert his resources to someone else. Glad that at least LGL was there to comfort him after his lose. Will see how it goes but cruel reality is that the queue in CNT is long, if he got the chance but failed to finish the job, someone will always be happy to fill his place.
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Harimoto is playing good table tennis, his calm , his motivation, is better than everybody, it does not seem he was nervous during the game, that is the best part of his table tennis. He can perform well at the big games
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TV programs full of Harimoto this morning in Japan
I learnt this interesting fact:
Harimoto will quit the Elite Academy this year because he wants to go to a better school. Believe it or not, he's got good grades and wants to study harder !
I learnt this interesting fact:
Harimoto will quit the Elite Academy this year because he wants to go to a better school. Believe it or not, he's got good grades and wants to study harder !
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If he makes the grand slam as a teenager he might retire early to study at some prestigious university ???
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Yes, another player jumping out of EA bandwagon. It was said that the EA was founded to give top level training and educational environment. Hirano jumped out becuase she felt her performance was suffering and now Harimoto because he felt his grades weren't good enough! It's got to be somehing wrong with their system and it's seen as a free ticket to Pro Tours by many in Japan. Sad.
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well, there is no system that can accomodate everyone's needs. Yesterday I saw a program in which they said that Harimoto is academically at the top in his city/region (based on some national exam, I will link the video later), so there is no way he will be satisfied with just the "good" education that EA can provide.
Also tt is impossible for sport facilities producing top athletes to also give them education of top schools. And even if they could provide it, most players wouldn't be suitable to learn at such a high level. I mean...most "normal" people that are not practising sports for few hours per day, are unable to learn at the level of top schools...that is why they are top.
Same goes to the table tennis aspect. EA might have a good system for producing great players, but Harimoto is a monster and the only "system" he could benefit from is training with Chinese national team and since that is impossible...he might as well train with his dad or whatever else they have planned
Also tt is impossible for sport facilities producing top athletes to also give them education of top schools. And even if they could provide it, most players wouldn't be suitable to learn at such a high level. I mean...most "normal" people that are not practising sports for few hours per day, are unable to learn at the level of top schools...that is why they are top.
Same goes to the table tennis aspect. EA might have a good system for producing great players, but Harimoto is a monster and the only "system" he could benefit from is training with Chinese national team and since that is impossible...he might as well train with his dad or whatever else they have planned
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Lets just hope we don't lose Harimoto in his pursuance of academic excellence. Many top U.S players, as I know, used their sports pedigree to get into top universities and later land blue collar jobs. For example Ariel Hsing - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-hsing-10940b99/ . May be it is different since Japan has good money for T.T but it is money which matters at the end.
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