2019 Portugal Open Feb 13-17

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Hayata Hina vs Liu Shiwen 4:2 !!!

Hayata just made a strong case for herself in terms of Tokyo and the JNT ... bravo! As long as I cheer for Liu, it's always compelling to see underdog win ... nice one Hayata!

@Zeio thanks for co-commenting, stay for Truls vs Lin ... will be a good one I hope ; )
 
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It’s not even sure LIU Shiwen will be in the next WTTC in Hungary

Difficult not to see Ding Ning Chen Meng Zhu Yuling and Wang Manyu

So only one slot left... She’d better win the qualification tournament else we might not see her ever again in a big tournament

Big win for Hayata but she’s been on fire for a while. In December she won round one of JNT qualification tournament. 10 victories no loss just one set dropped.

She totally outclassed Ishikawa in the National Championships last month. Yes she lost 0-4 to Ito but Ito is on another planet
 
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It’s not even sure LIU Shiwen will be in the next WTTC in Hungary

Difficult not to see Ding Ning Chen Meng Zhu Yuling and Wang Manyu

So only one slot left... She’d better win the qualification tournament else we might not see her ever again in a big tournament

Big win for Hayata but she’s been on fire for a while. In December she won round one of JNT qualification tournament. 10 victories no loss just one set dropped.

She totally outclassed Ishikawa in the National Championships last month. Yes she lost 0-4 to Ito but Ito is on another planet

Agree with all, except it's also hard not to see Liu in the Budapest ...
 
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Now that the biggest obstacle is gone, Hayata has to remain on alert and win this Open to increase her world ranking as much as possible, as the JTTA wants her to play in Tokyo Olympics.
 
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Moregard has grown a few inches taller and put on some muscles.
 
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No ... I would not agree. The only serious contender for her is Chen Meng. Devastating was Ito vs Zhou, Sweden open ... ; )
Of course its only my opinion. But with LSW age, very strong CNT women's team, and with this loss to Hiyata, the only chance, if any for LSW to make the Tokyo Olympics singles is if she wins the WTTC Singles in Budapest.

She has had a brilliant career but I think her chances for Olympics singles glory are gone.
 
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Agree with all, except it's also hard not to see Liu in the Budapest ...

I think the biggest issue for LSW right now is stamina. She's clearly the top candidate to represent CNT for Mixed Doubles but a huge part of her also desires to qualify for singles (and understandably so since she was quite unfairly denied a spot in 2016 despite being WR#1). Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how one looks at it), the players comprising the team, singles (best of 7 format doesn't help things either) and mixed doubles events must be from the same pool. So far, she hasn't quite shown that she can last two, much less three events in peak condition even though personally I feel that she can shine in each individual event. Not sure if much can be done about stamina, because we all know physical training/conditioning has its limits. Playing back to back matches is always 50-50, either the player is more sufficiently warmed-up from his/her previous game or is tired out by it. At the moment, LSW seems to belong to the latter.

Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion but from the recent CTTSL and Seamaster World Tour 2018, my personal ranking for the top 5 CNT female players is as follows:

1) Chen Meng
2) Wang Manyu
3) Liu Shiwen
4) Zhu Yuling
5) Ding Ning
 
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Moregard VS LGY = no comment.
 
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I think the biggest issue for LSW right now is stamina. She's clearly the top candidate to represent CNT for Mixed Doubles but a huge part of her also desires to qualify for singles (and understandably so since she was quite unfairly denied a spot in 2016 despite being WR#1). Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how one looks at it), the players comprising the team, singles (best of 7 format doesn't help things either) and mixed doubles events must be from the same pool. So far, she hasn't quite shown that she can last two, much less three events in peak condition even though personally I feel that she can shine in each individual event. Not sure if much can be done about stamina, because we all know physical training/conditioning has its limits. Playing back to back matches is always 50-50, either the player is more sufficiently warmed-up from his/her previous game or is tired out by it. At the moment, LSW seems to belong to the latter.

Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion but from the recent CTTSL and Seamaster World Tour 2018, my personal ranking for the top 5 CNT female players is as follows:

1) Chen Meng
2) Wang Manyu
3) Liu Shiwen
4) Zhu Yuling
5) Ding Ning

We are talkin Tokyo singles right?
Manyu is too young imho ...
Zhou, don't want to dismiss her, but this Ito game made a weak impression so far.

so Chen, Ding and Liu ... I think against foreigners Ding and Liu has about the same record, same for Chen ... Ding vs Liu, I think it's Liu's turn this time ...
 
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Results from Day 3 (Fri 15 February):

Men's Singles


Round of 64:

[1] Lin Gaoyuan 4:1 David Serdaroglu
[18] Joao Geraldo 4:0 Tobias Hippler

Sun Wen 4:3 Alexander Shibaev [20]
Truls Möregård 4:3 Eric Jouti [12]

[11] Mihai Bobocica 4:1 Yu Heyi
[21] Pavel Sirucek 4:0 Carlos Machado

Simon Söderlund 4:3 Andreas Levenko [24]
[5] Quadri Aruna 4:1 Sadi Ismailov

[6] Daniel Habesohn 4:2 Aleksandr Tiutriumov
Amalraj Anthony 4:2 Martin Allegro [27]

[26] Pavel Platonov 4:3 Cao Wei
Xu Yingbin 4:0 Marcelo Aguirre [16]

Masaki Takami 4:2 Lubomir Jancarik [13]
[32] Deni Kozul 4:3 David Reitspies

Tom Jarvis 4:3 Robin Devos [23]
[4] Vladimir Samsonov 4:2 Diogo Silva

[3] Liang Jingkun 4:0 Vladimir Sidorenko
Elias Ranefur 4:1 Florent Lambiet [17]

[29] Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon 4:1 Bence Majoros
[15] Wang Chuqin 4:1 Andre Silva

Qiu Dang, GER 4:2 Lubomir Pistej [10]
[30] Alberto Mino 4:1 Sai Linwei

Niu Guankai 4:2 Paul Drinkhall [28]
[7] Ovidiu Ionescu 4:2 Steffen Mengel

[8] Omar Assar 4:3 Xiang Peng
Xu Haidong 4:0 Nandor Ecseki [31]

[19] Yukiya Uda 4:2 Diogo Carvalho
Zhang Yudong 4:2 Stefan Fegerl [9]

[14] Hunor Szocs 4:2 Aleksandar Karakasevic
[22] Harmeet Desai 4:0 Rares Sipos

Liu Yebo 4:0 Alexey Liventsov [25]
Shunsuke Togami 4:1 Jonathan Groth [2]


Round of 32:

[1] Lin Gaoyuan 4:0 Joao Geraldo [18]
Truls Möregård 4:1 Sun Wen

[21] Pavel Sirucek 4:0 Mihai Bobocica [11]
[5] Quadri Aruna 4:1 Simon Söderlund

[6] Daniel Habesohn 4:2 Amalraj Anthony
Xu Yingbin 4:3 Pavel Platonov [26]

[32] Deni Kozul 4:3 Masaki Takami
[4] Vladimir Samsonov 4:0 Tom Jarvis

[3] Liang Jingkun 4:0 Elias Ranefur
[15] Wang Chuqin 4:0 Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon [29]

Qiu Dang, GER 4:3 Alberto Mino [30]
Niu Guankai 4:3 Ovidiu Ionescu [7]

[8] Omar Assar 4:2 Xu Haidong
[19] Yukiya Uda 4:0 Zhang Yudong

[14] Hunor Szocs 4:0 Harmeet Desai [22]
Liu Yebo 4:2 Shunsuke Togami


Women's Singles

Round of 64:

[1] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Madhurika Patkar
[32] Shao Jieni, POR 4:2 Archana Girish Kamath

[19] Liu Jia, AUT 4:1 Daniela Monteiro Dodean
[11] Hina Hayata 4:0 Chantal Mantz

Huang Hsin 4:2 Ng Wing Nam [12]
[20] Yana Noskova 4:1 Zhang Binyue

Yumeno Soma 4:1 Szandra Pergel [21]
[8] Georgina Pota 4:2 Lin Chia-Hsuan

Hu Limei 4:3 Shan Xiaona, GER [7]
Huang Yingqi 4:2 Stephanie Loeuillette [29]

Kuai Man 4:0 Dora Madarasz [23]
[10] Britt Eerland 4:3 Andrea Todorovic

Su Pei-Ling 4:2 Sabine Winter [16]
[25] Linda Bergström 4:0 Irina Ciobanu (w.o.)

[31] Lily Zhang, USA 4:1 Valeria Shcherbatykh (retired)
[3] Saki Shibata 4:0 Kim Vermaas

[4] Elizabeta Samara 4:0 Haruna Ojio
Nadezhda Bogdanova 4:3 Rachel Moret [27]

Li Jiayuan 4:0 Olga Vorobeva [24]
Ayami Narumoto 4:1 Wu Yue, USA [13]

[9] Minnie Soo Wai Yam 4:2 Daria Trigolos
Adina Diaconu 4:1 Debora Vivarelli [30]

Wu Yangchen 4:0 Dana Cechova [26]
[5] Miyu Kato 4:3 Laura Gasnier

[6] Honoka Hashimoto 4:0 Liu Yangzi, POR
Chen Yi 4:0 Mariia Tailakova [28]

[18] Ganna Gaponova 4:2 Roy Krittwika
Natalia Bajor 4:1 Dina Meshref [14]

Fan Siqi 4:0 Natalia Partyka [15]
Guo Yuhan 4:1 Bruna Takahashi [22]

[17] Satsuki Odo 4:2 Ma Wenting, NOR
[2] Hitomi Sato 4:1 Tatiana Kukulkova


Round of 32:

[1] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Shao Jieni, POR [32]
[11] Hina Hayata 4:0 Liu Jia, AUT [19] (w.o. due to injury)

Huang Hsin 4:2 Yana Noskova [20]
[8] Georgina Pota 4:0 Yumeno Soma

Hu Limei 4:0 Huang Yingqi
Kuai Man 4:2 Britt Eerland [10]

Su Pei-Ling 4:1 Linda Bergström [25]
[3] Saki Shibata 4:1 Lily Zhang, USA [31]

[4] Elizabeta Samara 4:1 Nadezhda Bogdanova
Li Jiayuan 4:2 Ayami Narumoto

[9] Minnie Soo Wai Yam 4:0 Adina Diaconu
[5] Miyu Kato 4:3 Wu Yangchen

[6] Honoka Hashimoto 4:3 Chen Yi
Natalia Bajor 4:3 Ganna Gaponova [18]

Fan Siqi 4:2 Guo Yuhan
[2] Hitomi Sato 4:3 Satsuki Odo [17]


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5014/2019/ittf-challenge-portugal-open/

 
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