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If I remember correctly, Pitchford has beaten Harimoto on more than one occasion.
I know once was in team world cup in UK.
I can't remember if HT has ever beaten Pitchford.
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Women Singles R16
Japan Miu Hirano vs Ding Ning China
Can Hirano pull the upset ? Her last match was the best focus and reflexes I have seen from her lately !
Japan Miu Hirano vs Ding Ning China
Can Hirano pull the upset ? Her last match was the best focus and reflexes I have seen from her lately !
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I think Hirano is more than capable of beating DN. She's clearly faster and stronger than DN. Her technique is also very good. The main hurdle for Hirano to overcome is herself. She needs to be mentally stronger.
To be honest, DN's age is showing. She seems slow and her shots are weak compared to other top tier female players.
I'm surprised at how well she's been playing despite her weaknesses. This is testament to DN's experience at reading opponents so she could win via blocking and placement over speed and power.
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By every measure except prior head to head. Calderano, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan all know what it is like to have beaten Harimoto.
Harimoto by any measure is a legit top 10 player. Pitchford by any measure other than a subjective eye test which I can grant some plausibility is not. Their games matchup well but I still go with Harimoto.
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So far two easy wins for Liam So for me he is the favourite one but of course harimoto grows up and can cause surprise for me. I cannot wait for Bh-BH rallies
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Well as Thom said, we will wait and see. I think that BH to BH exchanges may doom Harimoto, he isn't more powerful than Pitchford and Pitchford redirects really well. But Harimoto is getting older and 6 months in the life of a 16 year old is a lot and it has been over a year since those matches.
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That is True but is also year passed since harimoto had biggest achievments. From that Time he was beaten many times. I would Say 60:40 for Liam
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No, Harimoto won the grand finals on December last year which took his world ranking to 4th. This is easily over half a year since his losses to Pitchford. If we look at who Harimoto has lost to this year, other than An depending on how you view him, nothing to be ashamed of. And in the Last one year who are the people who have beaten Harimoto many times? Not the 2018 but the last one year?
Koki Niwa, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Mattias Falck, An Jaehyun. Most of his losses are from early 2018.
Pitchford has played far worse in the same period. But Pitchford has great days so I will not count him out.
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I've noticed that Pitchford performs better against top tier players, especially CNT or JNT.
Zhou Qihao is not a bad play at all. He beat Jonathan Groth and Kristian Karlsson in prelim.
Zhou should not have lost 0-4 to Pitchford, unless LP was super fired up.
If LP can keep the same intensity, he stands a good chance at upsetting the ranking against HT.
That said, HT has improved his power and consistency in the past year, so this is a good match to test both players.
Zhou Qihao is not a bad play at all. He beat Jonathan Groth and Kristian Karlsson in prelim.
Zhou should not have lost 0-4 to Pitchford, unless LP was super fired up.
If LP can keep the same intensity, he stands a good chance at upsetting the ranking against HT.
That said, HT has improved his power and consistency in the past year, so this is a good match to test both players.
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Results from Day 3 (Thu 30 May 2019)
Men's Singles
Round of 32:
[1] Fan Zhendong 4:1 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (11:8, 8:11, 11:6, 11:9, 11:7)
Lubomir Pistej 4:2 Jang Woojin [10] (11:9, 1:11, 11:9, 9:11, 11:4, 11:9)
[11] Ma Long 4:1 Mizuki Oikawa (11:6, 11:5, 5:11, 11:5, 11:5)
[8] Koki Niwa 4:0 Kazuhiro Yoshimura (11:3, 11:8, 11:6, 11:4)
Simon Gauzy 4:1 Lee Sangsu [6] (6:11, 11:9, 11:6, 11:9, 11:7)
[14] Wong Chun Ting 4:2 Lin Yun-Ju (11:9, 4:11, 11:7, 8:11, 11:9, 14:12)
[15] Liam Pitchford 4:0 Zhou Qihao (11:7, 11:7, 12:10, 12:10)
[4] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:1 Cho Seungmin (11:3, 6:11, 11:3, 11:8, 11:2)
[3] Lin Gaoyuan 4:1 Maharu Yoshimura (11:9, 11:6, 11:3, 8:11, 11:3)
[12] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Ricardo Walther (11:5, 10:12, 11:4, 6:11, 11:8, 10:12, 11:6)
[9] Liang Jingkun 4:1 Vladimir Samsonov (15:13, 9:11, 11:9, 11:9, 13:11)
[7] Hugo Calderano 4:1 Hwang Minha (11:5, 12:10, 6:11, 11:6, 11:8)
[5] Timo Boll 4:3 Joao Monteiro (11:8, 8:11, 9:11, 11:6, 12:10, 9:11, 11:6)
Yu Ziyang 4:3 Mattias Falck [16] (8:11, 11:9, 11:13, 11:9, 9:11, 11:9, 11:5)
[13] Jun Mizutani 4:0 Joao Geraldo (11:6, 11:7, 11:9, 11:9)
[2] Xu Xin 4:0 Emmanuel Lebesson (11:8, 11:5, 13:11, 11:4)
Women's Singles
Round of 32:
[1] Ding Ning 4:1 Miyuu Kihara (11:8, 11:3, 11:9, 8:11, 16:14)
[9] Miu Hirano 4:1 Cha Hyo Sim (3:11, 11:9, 11:7, 11:9, 11:7)
[10] Feng Tianwei 4:1 Shan Xiaona, GER (8:11, 11:8, 11:8, 13:11, 11:3)
[7] Mima Ito 4:3 Wang Yidi (12:10, 11:7, 10:12, 7:11, 3:11, 11:9, 11:7)
[5] Liu Shiwen 4:1 Gu Yuting (7:11, 11:7, 11:5, 11:6, 11:4)
Sofia Polcanova 4:3 Hitomi Sato [12] (11:7, 5:11, 11:9, 9:11, 11:8, 8:11, 11:8)
Chen Szu-Yu 4:3 Doo Hoi Kem [11] (5:11, 11:4, 11:7, 11:13, 7:11, 11:8, 11:8)
[4] Wang Manyu 4:1 Polina Mikhailova (11:9, 11:5, 11:5, 8:11, 11:7)
[3] Chen Meng 4:3 Sun Yingsha (7:11, 11:9, 6:11, 11:6, 6:11, 11:6, 11:3)
[15] Kim Song I 4:3 Nina Mittelham (14:16, 11:6, 13:15, 11:9, 11:7, 8:11, 11:9)
[14] Chen Xingtong 4:2 Miyu Kato (11:7, 6:11, 11:3, 5:11, 11:8, 11:5)
[6] Kasumi Ishikawa 4:0 Ni Xia Lian, LUX (11:4, 11:8, 11:2, 11:2)
[8] Cheng I-Ching 4:0 Han Ying, GER (11:9, 11:8, 11:7, 11:5)
[16] Bernadette Szocs 4:0 Liu Yu-Hsin (11:9, 11:7, 11:6, 11:8)
Qian Tianyi 4:1 Saki Shibata [13] (11:9, 8:11, 11:7, 11:5, 11:3)
[2] Zhu Yuling 4:2 Minami Ando (12:10, 11:5, 6:11, 11:5, 4:11, 11:7)
Men's Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu 3:0 Tiago Apolonia/Joao Monteiro (11:8, 11:3, 11:2)
[8] Masataka Morizono/Jin Ueda 3:2 Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn (9:11, 11:6, 5:11, 11:9, 11:7)
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin 3:0 Ho Kwan Kit/Ng Pak Nam [6] (w.o.)
[4] Ovidiu Ionescu/Alvaro Robles 3:1 Anton Källberg/Truls Möregårdh (5:11, 11:7, 11:9, 11:7)
[3] Jang Woojin/Lim Jonghoon 3:2 Tristan Flore/Emmanuel Lebesson (5:11, 11:7, 9:11, 11:3, 11:6)
Kristian Karlsson/Jon Persson 3:1 Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan [7] (12:10, 11:7, 11:13, 11:5)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov/Ricardo Walther 3:2 Lam Siu Hang/Wong Chun Ting [5] (11:9, 11:13, 11:8, 2:11, 11:8)
Timo Boll/Patrick Franziska 3:2 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju [2] (10:12, 8:11, 11:3, 11:1, 11:6)
Women's Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Wang Manyu/Zhu Yuling 3:0 Karoline Mischek/Amelie Solja (13:11, 11:6, 11:6)
[6] Lin Ye/Zeng Jian 3:1 Yui Hamamoto/Sofia Polcanova (11:8, 11:13, 11:9, 11:5)
[5] Cha Hyo Sim/Kim Nam Hae 3:0 Qiang Tianyi/Sun Mingyang (11:9, 11:8, 12:10)
[4] Lee Ho Ching/Minnie Soo Wai Yam 3:1 Yana Noskova/Mariia Tailakova (11:7, 9:11, 11:5, 11:8)
Honami Nakamori/Satsuki Odo 3:2 Doo Hoi Kem/Ng Wing Nam [3] (10:12, 11:7, 11:9, 9:11, 17:15)
Maria Xiao/Zhang Mo 3:0 Galia Dvorak/Bernadette Szocs [8] (11:3, 11:9, 11:6)
Gu Yuting/Liu Shiwen 3:0 Chen Szu-Yu/Cheng Hsien-Tzu [7] (12:10, 11:7, 11:8)
Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki 3:0 Barbora Balazova/Hana Matelova [2] (12:10, 11:8, 12:10)
Mixed Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem 3:0 Laurens Tromer/Britt Eerland (11:9, 11:5, 11:7)
[7] Tomokazu Harimoto/Kasumi Ishikawa 3:2 Jesus Cantero/Maria Xiao (11:3, 11:2, 12:14, 11:13, 11:7)
Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Szocs 3:2 Tristan Flore/Laura Gasnier [8] (3:11, 11:6, 4:11, 11:9, 11:9)
Ham Yu Song/Cha Hyo Sim 3:2 Ho Kwan Kit/Lee Ho Ching [3] (10:12, 11:7, 11:9, 8:11, 11:1)
[4] Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng I-Ching 3:1 An Ji Song/Kim Nam Hae (11:9, 11:7, 10:12, 11:4)
[5] Xu Xin/Chen Meng 3:1 Emmanuel Lebesson/Jian Nan Yuan (7:11, 11:4, 12:10, 11:3)
[6] Stefan Fegerl/Sofia Polcanova 3:0 Ibrahim Gunduz/Sibel Antinkaya (11:6, 11:7, 11:6)
Koki Niwa/Mima Ito 3:1 Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova [2] (11:6, 7:11, 13:11, 13:11)
Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5003/2019/2019-ittf-world-tour-china-open/
Men's Singles
Round of 32:
[1] Fan Zhendong 4:1 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (11:8, 8:11, 11:6, 11:9, 11:7)
Lubomir Pistej 4:2 Jang Woojin [10] (11:9, 1:11, 11:9, 9:11, 11:4, 11:9)
[11] Ma Long 4:1 Mizuki Oikawa (11:6, 11:5, 5:11, 11:5, 11:5)
[8] Koki Niwa 4:0 Kazuhiro Yoshimura (11:3, 11:8, 11:6, 11:4)
Simon Gauzy 4:1 Lee Sangsu [6] (6:11, 11:9, 11:6, 11:9, 11:7)
[14] Wong Chun Ting 4:2 Lin Yun-Ju (11:9, 4:11, 11:7, 8:11, 11:9, 14:12)
[15] Liam Pitchford 4:0 Zhou Qihao (11:7, 11:7, 12:10, 12:10)
[4] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:1 Cho Seungmin (11:3, 6:11, 11:3, 11:8, 11:2)
[3] Lin Gaoyuan 4:1 Maharu Yoshimura (11:9, 11:6, 11:3, 8:11, 11:3)
[12] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Ricardo Walther (11:5, 10:12, 11:4, 6:11, 11:8, 10:12, 11:6)
[9] Liang Jingkun 4:1 Vladimir Samsonov (15:13, 9:11, 11:9, 11:9, 13:11)
[7] Hugo Calderano 4:1 Hwang Minha (11:5, 12:10, 6:11, 11:6, 11:8)
[5] Timo Boll 4:3 Joao Monteiro (11:8, 8:11, 9:11, 11:6, 12:10, 9:11, 11:6)
Yu Ziyang 4:3 Mattias Falck [16] (8:11, 11:9, 11:13, 11:9, 9:11, 11:9, 11:5)
[13] Jun Mizutani 4:0 Joao Geraldo (11:6, 11:7, 11:9, 11:9)
[2] Xu Xin 4:0 Emmanuel Lebesson (11:8, 11:5, 13:11, 11:4)
Women's Singles
Round of 32:
[1] Ding Ning 4:1 Miyuu Kihara (11:8, 11:3, 11:9, 8:11, 16:14)
[9] Miu Hirano 4:1 Cha Hyo Sim (3:11, 11:9, 11:7, 11:9, 11:7)
[10] Feng Tianwei 4:1 Shan Xiaona, GER (8:11, 11:8, 11:8, 13:11, 11:3)
[7] Mima Ito 4:3 Wang Yidi (12:10, 11:7, 10:12, 7:11, 3:11, 11:9, 11:7)
[5] Liu Shiwen 4:1 Gu Yuting (7:11, 11:7, 11:5, 11:6, 11:4)
Sofia Polcanova 4:3 Hitomi Sato [12] (11:7, 5:11, 11:9, 9:11, 11:8, 8:11, 11:8)
Chen Szu-Yu 4:3 Doo Hoi Kem [11] (5:11, 11:4, 11:7, 11:13, 7:11, 11:8, 11:8)
[4] Wang Manyu 4:1 Polina Mikhailova (11:9, 11:5, 11:5, 8:11, 11:7)
[3] Chen Meng 4:3 Sun Yingsha (7:11, 11:9, 6:11, 11:6, 6:11, 11:6, 11:3)
[15] Kim Song I 4:3 Nina Mittelham (14:16, 11:6, 13:15, 11:9, 11:7, 8:11, 11:9)
[14] Chen Xingtong 4:2 Miyu Kato (11:7, 6:11, 11:3, 5:11, 11:8, 11:5)
[6] Kasumi Ishikawa 4:0 Ni Xia Lian, LUX (11:4, 11:8, 11:2, 11:2)
[8] Cheng I-Ching 4:0 Han Ying, GER (11:9, 11:8, 11:7, 11:5)
[16] Bernadette Szocs 4:0 Liu Yu-Hsin (11:9, 11:7, 11:6, 11:8)
Qian Tianyi 4:1 Saki Shibata [13] (11:9, 8:11, 11:7, 11:5, 11:3)
[2] Zhu Yuling 4:2 Minami Ando (12:10, 11:5, 6:11, 11:5, 4:11, 11:7)
Men's Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu 3:0 Tiago Apolonia/Joao Monteiro (11:8, 11:3, 11:2)
[8] Masataka Morizono/Jin Ueda 3:2 Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn (9:11, 11:6, 5:11, 11:9, 11:7)
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin 3:0 Ho Kwan Kit/Ng Pak Nam [6] (w.o.)
[4] Ovidiu Ionescu/Alvaro Robles 3:1 Anton Källberg/Truls Möregårdh (5:11, 11:7, 11:9, 11:7)
[3] Jang Woojin/Lim Jonghoon 3:2 Tristan Flore/Emmanuel Lebesson (5:11, 11:7, 9:11, 11:3, 11:6)
Kristian Karlsson/Jon Persson 3:1 Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan [7] (12:10, 11:7, 11:13, 11:5)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov/Ricardo Walther 3:2 Lam Siu Hang/Wong Chun Ting [5] (11:9, 11:13, 11:8, 2:11, 11:8)
Timo Boll/Patrick Franziska 3:2 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju [2] (10:12, 8:11, 11:3, 11:1, 11:6)
Women's Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Wang Manyu/Zhu Yuling 3:0 Karoline Mischek/Amelie Solja (13:11, 11:6, 11:6)
[6] Lin Ye/Zeng Jian 3:1 Yui Hamamoto/Sofia Polcanova (11:8, 11:13, 11:9, 11:5)
[5] Cha Hyo Sim/Kim Nam Hae 3:0 Qiang Tianyi/Sun Mingyang (11:9, 11:8, 12:10)
[4] Lee Ho Ching/Minnie Soo Wai Yam 3:1 Yana Noskova/Mariia Tailakova (11:7, 9:11, 11:5, 11:8)
Honami Nakamori/Satsuki Odo 3:2 Doo Hoi Kem/Ng Wing Nam [3] (10:12, 11:7, 11:9, 9:11, 17:15)
Maria Xiao/Zhang Mo 3:0 Galia Dvorak/Bernadette Szocs [8] (11:3, 11:9, 11:6)
Gu Yuting/Liu Shiwen 3:0 Chen Szu-Yu/Cheng Hsien-Tzu [7] (12:10, 11:7, 11:8)
Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki 3:0 Barbora Balazova/Hana Matelova [2] (12:10, 11:8, 12:10)
Mixed Doubles
Round of 16:
[1] Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem 3:0 Laurens Tromer/Britt Eerland (11:9, 11:5, 11:7)
[7] Tomokazu Harimoto/Kasumi Ishikawa 3:2 Jesus Cantero/Maria Xiao (11:3, 11:2, 12:14, 11:13, 11:7)
Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Szocs 3:2 Tristan Flore/Laura Gasnier [8] (3:11, 11:6, 4:11, 11:9, 11:9)
Ham Yu Song/Cha Hyo Sim 3:2 Ho Kwan Kit/Lee Ho Ching [3] (10:12, 11:7, 11:9, 8:11, 11:1)
[4] Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng I-Ching 3:1 An Ji Song/Kim Nam Hae (11:9, 11:7, 10:12, 11:4)
[5] Xu Xin/Chen Meng 3:1 Emmanuel Lebesson/Jian Nan Yuan (7:11, 11:4, 12:10, 11:3)
[6] Stefan Fegerl/Sofia Polcanova 3:0 Ibrahim Gunduz/Sibel Antinkaya (11:6, 11:7, 11:6)
Koki Niwa/Mima Ito 3:1 Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova [2] (11:6, 7:11, 13:11, 13:11)
Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5003/2019/2019-ittf-world-tour-china-open/
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