Qatar Open 2019

Nemo · Mar 30, 2019

Wow. Harimoto losing 1-11 in the third.
Harimoto having a lot of trouble as soon as he is the favorite in an important match, once again.

zeio · Mar 30, 2019

Harimoto's speedy style turns out to be Falck's cup of tea.

He has trouble hitting past Falck.

He has more success slowing it down and varying the pace and spin.

Falck knows what to expect on the BH, so Harimoto needs to work around it.

Game 7. Hairmoto failed to solve the BH problem.

Nemo · Mar 30, 2019

3-3
What a rollercoaster match

ulrich · Mar 30, 2019

Wow, that backhand

Richie · Mar 30, 2019

Great match and great sportsmanship by Harimoto letting Mattias have that point even though it wasn't clear whether it was an edge or not. I'm sure many players would hesitate to give that point away.

mrk · Mar 30, 2019

This is typical for Harimoto, he gets big wins but can lose against several much lower ranked players.

AndySmith · Mar 30, 2019

Thought Hari had adapted really well to Falck's pretty specific challenge. Games 5 and 6 were very impressive. Falck is in great form at the moment though, and the momentum just seemed to drift away in the final game. Brilliant match.

BlipBlop575 · Mar 30, 2019

mrk said:
This is typical for Harimoto, he gets big wins but can lose against several much lower ranked players.

Falck is not that much lower ranked though, he's WR 15.

Ioiettino · Mar 30, 2019

I love the sound recording in every Qatar open... Man, the sound of those balls crashing, Falck has some power.
Very well done but we won't see Harimoto vs. Ma Long. :-(

NoFootwork · Mar 30, 2019

Richie said:
Great match and great sportsmanship by Harimoto letting Mattias have that point even though it wasn't clear whether it was an edge or not. I'm sure many players would hesitate to give that point away.

Yes great sportsmanship by Harimoto at a critical point. I watched it live and couldn't tell whether it was an edge. The replay didn't show an edge clearly either. If it was an edge, it was very feint. In any case, MF would not falsely claim an edge.

Shifu · Mar 30, 2019

Next time they play Harimoto will crush him. Happened a lot before, first encounter he loses, afterwards greatly improved performance. He also had some problems with the pips.

vik · Mar 30, 2019

Does not work any of them

Richie · Mar 30, 2019

mrk said:
This is typical for Harimoto, he gets big wins but can lose against several much lower ranked players.

Mattias Falck is an amazing player.. I don't get how you can say this. Like the above poster said he's WR 15 and has beaten several top players like Lin Gaoyuan for example.

I'm curious if this really is typical of Harimoto. Could you mention several of much lower ranked players Harimoto has lost to?

Ioiettino · Mar 30, 2019

Tight encounter in thye battle of the Lins, I am with Yun Ju here who is doing really well in the serve and receive, lots of spin variation, but in open play GY not forcing it as much and a bit more consistent. 1-0 8-8 for GY and time-out, I think LGY will take this but LYJ has a lot of quality in his shots and I imagine we'll see him lots in the upcoming years.

Also, the score board umpire is cute!!

Oh, wait... 1-1!

Shathe · Mar 30, 2019

incompetent ITTF strikes again

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Mar 30, 2019

Falck was outstanding against Harimoto. except in game 5 and 6 where he lost a bit of focus, it wasn't really Harimoto playing better.

My 1c analysis is that Falck played a nearly perfect match, perhaps well above his usual level, and that Harimoto is a good matchup for him. Also, whereas Harimoto's serve and receive game was very effective against LJK yesterday, it couldn't give him that very important edge that usually he always has. It put even more pressure on him and he failed. Harimoto was dominated in BH rallies whereas its his main strength. From there, not many solutions to win.

Still kudos to Harimoto to fight back a little and make it 3-4 instead of a more disastrous looking 1-4 even if it's still a tough defeat.

Ioiettino · Mar 30, 2019

LGY 4-2 LYJ, watch it if you can, the quality of shots on average is phenomenal. Man, I'm going back to training...

Danny21312 · Mar 30, 2019

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:
Falck was outstanding against Harimoto. except in game 5 and 6 where he lost a bit of focus, it wasn't really Harimoto playing better.

My 1c analysis is that Falck played a nearly perfect match, perhaps well above his usual level, and that Harimoto is a good matchup for him. Also, whereas Harimoto's serve and receive game was very effective against LJK yesterday, it couldn't give him that very important edge that usually he always has. It put even more pressure on him and he failed. Harimoto was dominated in BH rallies whereas its his main strength. From there, not many solutions to win.

Still kudos to Harimoto to fight back a little and make it 3-4 instead of a more disastrous looking 1-4 even if it's still a tough defeat.

still think he's gonna be world champion after this match?

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Mar 30, 2019

Danny21312 said:
still think he's gonna be world champion after this match?

yes he's got 1 more month to prepare
Its good that he loses in the Opens. It makes him aware of his weaknesses

Not good if he comes in too confident and makes precisely this kind of matches

mrk · Mar 30, 2019

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:
yes he's got 1 more month to prepare
Its good that he loses in the Opens. It makes him aware of his weaknesses

Not good if he comes in too confident and makes precisely this kind of matches

And he should be better prepared next time. Usually Harimoto plays better in a rematch. With a win in Qatar the pressure at WTTC is on him.

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