2019 Bulgaria Open (World Tour)

[yoass]

Random qestion but why is Butterfly cheap in Hong Kong

And another: why do cannibals avoid clowns?

 

[Nemo]

Players who (presumably) have exited due to a too-weak immune system:
MADARASZ Dora
HAN Ying
CHEN Szu-Yu
AKKUZU Can ?
CASSIN Alexandre ?

Hopefully the list of flu-victims won't get longer in this tournament.

 

[Vlad Celler]

Hmm, Hayata had a tough time last time.

It seems you are right ....

In vain Hayata in a hurry .....
1 : 2...

 

[Janard]

Who is Ari Abe? Her FH slaps are like Ito's but her BH... long pips? I cannot quite tell.

 

[zeio]

Go Abe!!!

 

[usualsuspect]

Oh no! Zhang Qiang, the only female penholder, is out!! Oh well... better luck next time.

 

[zeio]

Who is Ari Abe? Her FH slaps are like Ito's but her BH... long pips? I cannot quite tell.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...pionships-2019&p=256504&viewfull=1#post256504

Hirano: Please take out CXT for me, Airi! I'll buy you all the sweets you can eat!

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

CHEN XT is clearly having some problems in this match. Its going much slower than she's used to !

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Who is Ari Abe? Her FH slaps are like Ito's but her BH... long pips? I cannot quite tell.

i may be wrong but I think its just short pips

 

[zeio]

Could've called the TO earlier, say 8:5.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Could've called the TO earlier, say 8:5.

was exactly thinking the same

 

[zeio]

was exactly thinking the same

The momentum Airi had built up was already gone by 8:7. Japanese coaches are still too reserved when it comes to calling TO.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

OMG ABE ! did she choke at the very end ? She missed a penalty on first match point ! and another one a bit later...

Whats going on with CHEN XT ? Is she jet-lagged ? She performed really badly, seems she was very nervous as well, and she can only thank her opponent miss at the very end to win this game, not really deserved.

 

[zeio]

OMG ABE ! did she choke at the very end ? She missed a penalty on first match point ! and another one a bit later...

Whats going on with CHEN XT ? Is she jet-lagged ? She performed really badly, seems she was very nervous as well, and she can only thank her opponent miss at the very end to win this game, not really deserved.

CXT was on the way up last year until the Japan Open where she lost to Ito after a 3-1 lead in games. Everything started going haywire for her after that.

 

[Janard]

After some googling, I realised Abe (born in 1996) is older than Hirano?? She looks younger than 21y/o. Also according to TTF, her FH is the same inverted rubber as Ito and BH is long pips.

On a side note as well, was Abe wearing a JNT jersey? Didn't see any Japanese flag symbol on it.

 

[zeio]

It seems you are right ....

In vain Hayata in a hurry .....
1 : 2...

Odds were against Hayata yet again had it gone to the decider.

 

[Janard]

CXT was on the way up last year until the Japan Open where she lost to Ito after a 3-1 lead in games. Everything started going haywire for her after that.

Haha, Ito = harbinger of downfalls. LSW and CXT were the prelude and ZYL the main dish. Actually I think CXT just lacks a coach who is willing to dedicate time to her. Guo Yan (unless I'm wrong about the distribution) probably invests a lot more time in DN (for reasons beyond my comprehension).

 

[zeio]

After some googling, I realised Abe (born in 1996) is older than Hirano?? She looks younger than 21y/o. Also according to TTF, her FH is the same inverted rubber as Ito and BH is long pips.

On a side note as well, was Abe wearing a JNT jersey? Didn't see any Japanese flag symbol on it.

Abe is not even on the list of NT reserve player. So she can't/isn't obligated to wear the JNT uniform.

http://www.jtta.or.jp/Portals/0/images/association/provision/kitei2018/35_kyoukahonbu_20180926.pdf

（オフィシャルユニフォーム）第35条 NT、JNTおよびHNT選手および強化スタッフは、強化本部が派遣する合宿、国内・国際大会については、オフィシャルサプライヤーから支給される物品を必ず使用すること。

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

@Janard
did some Googling as well and found this blog
https://yarilog.com/equipment-japan-women/#toc6
https://yarilog.com/equipment-japan-men/

and indeed ABE Airi seems to be playing with LP (Curl P2 0x)

Obviously CHEN XT was not at ease against a player with such an unusual setup

 

[Vlad Celler]

Haha, Ito = harbinger of downfalls. LSW and CXT were the prelude and ZYL the main dish. Actually I think CXT just lacks a coach who is willing to dedicate time to her. Guo Yan (unless I'm wrong about the distribution) probably invests a lot more time in DN (for reasons beyond my comprehension).

Coach Ito loud applause calls on Ito to take the game more seriously ...

(maybe she also got the flu?)