funny how Li Hechen missed the his serve in both the first and second game. He may still be too young for this, the nerves are getting him
Today Li Hechen managed to get his first win. I gotta say, he performs a lot better than I expected. Both matches against Xu Xin and Xu Haidong were close. The Match vs Xu Haidong should have been a win, but nevertheless well played. In doubles he is also playing well.
Last year I was rather sceptic about Li Hechen. I felt like he was mostly doing well because he has an advantage physically against other youth players in the under 15 category.
But while I still think comparing him with other 15 year olds is not really the way go, since he is for sure further into his physical development than the average 15 year old. There is definitely more talent to him than just his body size.
For an U18 player in his first season his strong Performance against Xu Xin and Xu Haidong is already quite an accomplishment.
There are other Youth Players in this but Sora, Lin Shidong, Huang Youzheng and Chen Yuanyu are all significantly more experienced in top level competition. With a little more experience maybe Li Hechen is one of the most promising prospects of the youth Team currently.