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Samsonov played great. Have to think Lin Gaoyuan's chance for getting selected for major events such as WTTTC and WTTC is getting really slim with the incoming young generation, and others such as Liang Jingkun establishing places as stalwarts of the main team.
Yeah Wang Chuqin will replacing him as #5. But he is still on the A team and ready to jump in should anyone retire or slip. Other than Xiang Peng, none of the other juniors are showing special promise.
Samsonov just beat two top CNT lefties in a row. Yet some of us want him to retire already and compare him to Fang Bo. Shaking my head....
Possible that they can challenge the dragon. But the way he won with such accurate shots, I doubt anyone else will win this. Fan looked a bit worried.All the people who can beat Ma Long are wearing Chinese or Chinese Taipei uniforms. That is my strong opinion.
Samsonov just beat two top CNT lefties in a row. Yet some of us want him to retire already and compare him to Fang Bo. Shaking my head....
Fun fact:
Xiang Peng has failed to get past prelim in the World Tour 5 times in a row now. Xu Yingbin sets his personal best of 8 times in a row.
OTOH, we laugh at Harimoto for 1st-round exits.
All the people who can beat Ma Long are wearing Chinese or Chinese Taipei uniforms. That is my strong opinion.
Fun fact:
Xiang Peng has failed to get past prelim in the World Tour 5 times in a row now. Xu Yingbin sets his personal best of 8 times in a row.
OTOH, we laugh at Harimoto for 1st-round exits.
Samsonov played great. Have to think Lin Gaoyuan's chance for getting selected for major events such as WTTTC and WTTC is getting really slim with the incoming young generation, and others such as Liang Jingkun establishing places as stalwarts of the main team.
Liang Jingkun's situation is not much better. He has so many bad performances and some moments of complete loss of control when under pressure. Some examples in the past year or 2 include being demolished 0-4 against Jang Woojin in a final, Jun Mizutani, Cho Seungmin, Jeoung Youngsik (nearly lost twice), among others. Now, Wang Chuqin could definitely rise up over Liang and Lin and take a larger role on the CNT.
Talking about the reasons behind the win, CCY summed it up faintly: "Variations in the 3rd ball to keep him in check. He has the upper hand in BH, but there's still something I can manage (on the BH)."庄智渊继德公赛、T联赛后连续三次“拆摩托”,三场比赛张本智和每次都只拿到了两局胜利。谈到取胜原因,庄智渊淡淡的总结道:“前三板有变化牵制。他反手上风,但自己还可以(在反手上)有点作为”。
你以为光凭这两点就能连赢张本三次?当然不是,看淡输赢的心态才是庄智渊取胜的关键。经历起伏后的庄智渊说现在的自己不追求成绩,只希望打出最好状态,“年龄大了,回归初心”。