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Xu Xin back to no.: 1
Congrats
.... by winning the Australia Open, which is not a good news for HT in the grand finals.
View attachment 17870 This is a close up of LJK's equipment. He probably still plays with Viscaria and Hurricane. What is his backhand rubber? Maybe a Joola Golden Tango/PS or Haifu rubber?
It was the Austria Open. Australia is somewhere else.
Well I think this was his easiest path to be honest as difficult as it was as he beats these players in the Super League. The real issue will be how he performs against the top foreigners. He has done well for the most part but the Jang Woojin loss is the other end of the spectrum.
The talent is clearly there, and the CNT does need him. He and Fan Zhendong are a class apart from the rest of the world in pure physical strength and LJK probably has the best backhand play in the world (similar to Harimoto and probably a teeny bit above Fan, though I can see other takes on this).
As long as he maintains his fitness and gets more experience he should continue. But Jang Woojin will be the next test.
I totally agree, FZD and Liang Jingkun are in a league of their own. But I don't think Jang Woojin would pose much challenge to Liang Jingkun.
Korea open this year, Jang Woojin was playing at 110%, above his usual level. Jang Woojin hasn't been successful since, it's because he can't play consistently at such level. If Liang Jingkun plays at his usual level against any player in the world now, the odds of him winning is much greater than losing. Out of all the players who could defeat Liang Jingkun, Jang Woojin is a long way down that list.
XX is just too strong at controlling Pitchford's game. In the later games, he learned what types of returns made Pitchford uncomfortable and forced many errors or low quality shots from Pitchford. Pitchford didn't find any real ways break free from XX's control.
Speaking of the world tour standing, FZD, XX, and Liang Jingkun are the most efficient point collectors. FZD gets 300 pt. per tournament, XX around 220 pt., and Liang Jingkun around 190 pt. Even LGY gets around 130 pt. per tournament. I'm really surprised to see Harimoto only getting around 91 pt. per tournament. With all the hype he's getting, I really thought he would've collected more.
Only two Europeans, not a good time for European table tennis, especially with Boll and Dima the only two competing consistently with the world's best and now surely on the decline.
Dima was mostly injured and played a much smaller schedule. Otherwise he would have made it. Timo played a smaller schedule as well but is more lucky.Yeah, Dima doesn't seem to have reached his form again. But maybe Duda or Franziska can still improve a bit...
But probably still way to go to Chinese level... But isn't it amazing how things are turned upside down everywhere? Upset after upset - even the ones complaining about the boring all Chinese matches can just shut up.
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Only two Europeans, not a good time for European table tennis, especially with Boll and Dima the only two competing consistently with the world's best and now surely on the decline.