2019 Asian Cup April 5-7

[mrk]

Short FH with issues for Harimoto.

 

[zeio]

FZD is having serious trouble handling Harimoto's FH.

 

[Michal_Z]

Guys can anyone help me with the main draw?
I didnt find it anywhere..

 

[Dr Evil]

ITTF doing their usual great job of preventing most of the world from watching table tennis.

 

[zeio]

Harimoto having a hard time with his BH here.

Nice long reverse pendulum at 7:8. The next one at 8:10 went long.

FZD 2-1.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Harimoto played very well in the 3rd but made three mistakes
Fan only one...

 

[zeio]

He was leading but was visually nervous. Same thing for FZD. Both are nervous af. I would've taken a TO at 6:4 or 6:5 when Harimoto still had the lead.

Same script for game 4. Leading early on and then blowing it. TO at 6:7 by Harimoto. Too late in my opinion.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

If you hear someone shouting Tomo. It’s me LOL

 

[zeio]

Tons of misses from Harimoto's BH. He gets more points using his FH.

TO by FZD at 9:8, 9:9, FZD misses a lot on the FH, 11:9, Harimoto missed 2 BH chiquita in a row.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Harimoto makes a rare receive error on the short serve to his FH . Too much backspin . 9-11 so down 1-3 it’s mission impossible now

 

[mrk]

Too many misses in crucial moments for Harimoto, FZD and ML have clearly the upper hand right now.

 

[zeio]

Harimoto got overwhelmed by his nerve. His BH absolutely short out after game 3?

Nonetheless, he opens with the diagonal chiquita to the wide FH much more frequently now. Got him so many points.

 

[drunix80]

FZD played well in crucial points and that made the difference. I think overall strategy was to keep playing short in Harimoto's FH and change of pace with spinny balls. The message is clear - You can not defeat Harimoto with pace but with lack of it.

 

[Danny21312]

I think it's very clear now that if a non chinese player was to win the WTTC and/or Olympics, it's not gonna happen anytime soon, unfortunately.

 

[zeio]

If you hear someone shouting Tomo. It’s me LOL

Shout requrest: "Please retire, Ishikawa!"

 

[zeio]

Wallpaper quality.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

The second point of the match Ishikawa Chen was incredible and won by the Chinese

Chen was like :
You can try as hard as you can I’ll get everything back.

Kasumi nodded and already gave up 1-11 and it’s not going to last long

 

[mrk]

Big unforced error at 9-9 for Ishikawa, no wonder she is useless against chinese with such errors.

 

[zeio]

Big unforced error at 9-9 for Ishikawa, no wonder she is useless against chinese with such errors.

Welcome to the club.

 

[langel]

The best and fastest japanese in this tournament is the one who change the score.