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Somehow I think Hirano will beat Ito if they both advance.
I agree, Sweden is kinda pointless (no pun), but you never know, look at 2018 ;-)To do that, Ishikawa will have to beat Zhu and Hirano/Ito will have to beat Wang Manyu. Sounds like a tall task. Chances are they all leave Swedish Open with no bonus points and Ito is still vulnerable to the thousand or so bonus points gained by her teammates at the women's world cup
I still think Kara seems a bit of wanted talent. Think he could have become really really good if he had have a different attitude. The man have been somewhat fat as long as i could have remembered.
Regarding harimoto having trouble against europeans Maybe the europeans play much more different strokes because they have not as good as footwork as the asians.
On the flip side, he might not be as good if he wasn't as heavy...
LGL actually said during his commentary for the SF match b/w China and England of the Team World Cup 2018 that they found Pitchford's European style harder to handle than Drinkhall who played a relatively more Chinese style. That could be the case here for Harimoto.
Preliminary rounds qualify many players, not a single winner.No USA entries
My pick women Singles Preliminary Winner
Hina Hayata Japan
Preliminary rounds qualify many players, not a single winner.
Preliminary rounds qualify many players, not a single winner.
Curious ... As far as I know, Hina Hayata and Li Jie have not met in tournaments yet ....
Maybe Loopadoop meant it hypothetically ...
Few surprises already in preliminary rounds: Groth, Freitas, Moregard, Szocs ... all beaten by a less known European players. Karakasevic is of course known, but probably not at the top. If it's true for boxing that styles make fight, I think it was a little bit true for Truls and Alexandar. The veteran is not an all out attacker (rather blocker, all-rounder + this fine bh ... ) and it proved to be tricky for the young Swede I guess ...
[mysterious voice]The field is some of the weakest in history...[/mysterious voice]
Shiba won-did you saw?