Shiono vs. Joo Sae Hyuk

Ajay · Dec 30, 2013

Hopefully we get to see Shiono playing the top Chinese in the upcoming ProTour Finals. His best chance would have been the Japan Open where he came out from 'nowhere' to surprise everyone including his Japanese compatriots. Yes the top Chinese have powerful strokes, but I don't think hitting harder or spinnier is the right way to play Shiono, as can be seen his wins and loses since then. It seems more a matter of control, placement and patience. That said, single minded hard loopers may be more susceptible.

Unfortunately for Shiono, he is now out in the open. He has also changed equipment. Judging by the way his opponents missed in Japan Open, his old set up was way more deceptive.

Dancer in the dark · Dec 31, 2013

His backhand rubber is still the same (TSP Curl P4). I'm not sure whether his new FH rubber (Bluefire JP01) or his new blade (Donic Defplay) affect his performance. A the German Open he already made the change and if you look at the following match between Shiono and Ovtcharov you can hardly say Shiono's performance is worse.

ttmaniac · Dec 31, 2013

for me the players at that level have too much sensibility to have trouble in changing materials

Ajay · Dec 31, 2013

In Japan Open, it seemed as soon as someone tried to power loop against Shiono, mostly they didn't just miss, they missed badly. It was strange. That is why I thought Shiono's setup was particularly deceptive at Japan Open.

Recently, I can see that his opponents can at least put their power shots on the table. DO probably didn't play the right game. He still seemed to be of the mind set that he was going to overpower Shiono.

TTKing · Feb 3, 2014

Both defenders are incredible

!!!

allencorn · Feb 5, 2014

What I want to know is what changed for Shiono that rocketed him so far up the rankings. In table tennis years, he was pretty old to be making such dramatic gains. Was it equipment? Training? Coaching? Something changed.

Alborz · Feb 5, 2014

Joo Sea Hyuk is much more consistent than Shiono. He is more like a classic defender but Shiono is a modern one.
Joo has reached the final of WTTC and has defeated top Chinese players so many times. Shiono hasn't done any of those. Shiono is ranked #47 in world ranking. Joo is retired but he is still in top 20.

mahomedy13 · May 9, 2015

There is no equal or greater a defender than JSH!end of story

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