Australian Open 2019 [Platinum]

Atas Newton · Jul 11, 2019

laistrogian said:
Literally had to sit down beside a DN fan girl and my left ear are half deaf right now

if you wanna balance your hearing, listen to this post with your right ear:
JIA YO! DING NING!
DING NING! JIA YO!

Atas Newton · Jul 11, 2019

Janard said:
I thought she could upset DN. That would make the second half much more interesting.

I think the fact that Ding Ning nearly lost to a tier-3 CNT player already makes the second half of the draw interesting. DN is not in that good a shape.

Sali · Jul 11, 2019

Atas Newton said:
DN is not in that good a shape.

for a very long time

zeio · Jul 11, 2019

G4, Hirano 6-10, 8-10, TO for Qian Tianyi, 12-10.

Another 11:7 and 11:6. Hirano upset Qian Tianyi after being down 1:2, and almost losing game 4.

zeio · Jul 11, 2019

Harimoto 6:2, 10:12 WCQ. Poopy.

mrk · Jul 11, 2019

Harimoto after 6-0 and 10:8 lost the first set, not looking good for him.

driversbeat · Jul 11, 2019

Hirano beats a chinese player to meey Ito meet next round.

mrk · Jul 11, 2019

Harimoto is hopeless in the longer rallies, this is a repeat from last week. Wang Chuqin is too good for him. No progress for Harimoto lately, he will lose a lot of ranking points.

Vlad Celler · Jul 11, 2019

zeio said:
Harimoto will no doubt be the 1st singles, unless he dies in an accident or becomes gravely ill, the latter of which happened to Rikako Ikee.

Mizutani has said he has only a 50% chance making the singles. Niwa also knows the risk of dropping out if he doesn't make the singles. For the 3rd spot, it depends how "adventurous" the JNT feels, as in how much they want the gold medal. The circumstances are much more dire compared to Rio. As it stands, I'd say they don't even have a realistic shot at podium. Harimoto is too volatile, with a high standard deviation. Niwa is either free-flowing or free-falling. Mizutani is surprisingly consistent given his eye condition, but like he said after the All-Japan Championships, his stamina can't really keep up anymore.

Because of the XD, Yoshimura does have a realistic chance, especially if Ishikawa makes the team.

Very accurate analysis ....

Danny21312 · Jul 11, 2019

That's a shame.. I always thought Harimoto would be the next Waldner and be the one to finally end the chinese dominance but it seems that i was wrong... Oh well, guess i'll have to wait a 100 more years for there to actually be someone like that..

mrk · Jul 11, 2019

Danny21312 said:
That's a shame.. I always thought Harimoto would be the next Waldner and be the one to finally end the chinese dominance but it seems that i was wrong... Oh well, guess i'll have to wait a 100 more years for there to actually be someone like that..

It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

pongfugrasshopper · Jul 11, 2019

mrk said:
Harimoto is hopeless in the longer rallies, this is a repeat from last week. Wang Chuqin is too good for him. No progress for Harimoto lately, he will lose a lot of ranking points.

His SF result from last year's Aus. Open drop off, but he still has decent results in reserve from earlier this year so his drop won't be so dramatic. ML will leapfrog him as he should. Maybe LJK.

Shine · Jul 11, 2019

mrk said:
It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

High toss serves only try to unnerve opponents psychologically in my opinion, there's nothing special in the serve

drunix80 · Jul 11, 2019

WCQ is Harimoto's kryptonite. Such a terrible loss after last week drubbing.

mrk · Jul 11, 2019

Shine said:
High toss serves only try to unnerve opponents psychologically in my opinion, there's nothing special in the serve

It definitely helped against Ma Long last year. He needs something different, he is young enough to evolve a backup in his game. He can't rely any longer for his backhand flip return because he can no longer surprise his opponents with this, they are aware of his strenght.

zeio · Jul 11, 2019

mrk said:
It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this year was a good decision. At the moment he plays one dimensional, there is no backup plan when something doesn't work. Always the same serves, where are his high toss serves from last year? They disappeared completely.

Close to 5.

Sali · Jul 11, 2019

It is really hard to watch mizutani, he is far from his best form and very slow.
Oikawa is chasing ma long

Shine · Jul 11, 2019

zeio said:
Close to 5.

What are you insinuating?

mrk · Jul 11, 2019

zeio said:
Close to 5.

Wang Chuqin 11th May 2000
Harimoto 27th June 2003

Horrible day for the Japanese men, no player in round 2.

zeio · Jul 11, 2019

mrk said:
Wang Chuqin 11th May 2000
Harimoto 27th June 2003

Horrible day for the Japanese men, no player in round 2.

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