China Open 2019

[zeio]

Boll is just here for some highlight plays.

Hahaha...

 

[RidTheKid]

A way to beat Ito is to not play to her strengths.

If she's on and doesn't miss much there is no figuring her out.

 

[Zaid323918]

nice turn around in the 7th by LGY

 

[FortunaICR]

Ma Long and Fan Zhendong have the most consistent warm ups lol

 

[Janard]

CM kept missing the party. It's about time for her turn.

Yes, I mean she did say during one of the earlier interviews that she wishes to meet Ito to ascertain if the Japanese player is as strong as everyone made her out to be. But ZYL also said the same uh. Looking forward to new clip from you if that ever happens – "Thank you for the freebie" and "Oopsie".

 

[yoass]

At the end of the day, DN lacks kill shots and speed so she is unable to replicate SYS's tactics. She does very well at varying the pace, slowing the rallies and hitting wide angles to throw off Ito but at crucial moments her FH just doesn't suffice and she doesn't use her left-handed BH well enough to target her right-handed opponent's FH. My two-cents.

Since the floodgate has collapsed, will we witness the triple massacre again this Open?

At this very moment if I were ZYL, "I'm gonna make sure I lose the SF tomorrow to CM so that I don't have to undergo the same torment again in the event that WMY falls too".

I for one would hazard to guess ZYL is pretty much hellbent on getting a rematch. In the end, a victory is the only redemption for such a savage defeat.

 

[Zaid323918]

ML dominates game 1

 

[NextLevel]

Boll is just here for some highlight plays.

People were excited just because of those highlight plays. I don't understand why to be honest. The match went exactly as I expected.

 

[Zaid323918]

ML takes it

 

[NextLevel]

A way to beat Ito is to not play to her strengths.

Now you sound like Li Sun...

ZYL: She isn't missing...
LS: Give her balls that make her miss!

 

[Hysteresis]

ML takes it

Quite tense despite the scoreline, felt like FZD was on the attack all through game 3 and 4, but lost both games anyway.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Everyone loves Zeio's subs except Kasumi Ishikawa. I hope she's not following this thread.

 

[NextLevel]

Everyone loves Zeio's subs except Kasumi Ishikawa. I hope she's not following this thread.

Why would Kasumi not like them? She wouldn't like zeio, but it doesn't mean she doesn't like his subs.

 

[Nemo]

Plot twist. Ishikawa's Chinese-player trauma only truly began because she saw zeio's posts about her and ever since the pressure of proving zeio wrong was just too much for her to handle

 

[RidTheKid]

And Li Sun knows less about TT than you?

Now you sound like Li Sun...

ZYL: She isn't missing...
LS: Give her balls that make her miss!

 

[Loopadoop]

People were excited just because of those highlight plays. I don't understand why to be honest. The match went exactly as I expected.

Timo didn't play bad XX was just better.

 

[RidTheKid]

Timo clearly had something else bugging his movement besides XX.

Timo didn't play bad XX was just better.

 

[NextLevel]

And Li Sun knows less about TT than you?

Well, you watched the match, you can tell me how effective his coaching was. I know enough about TT to tell when a coach is BSing.

 

[RidTheKid]

It struck me how many balls DN played with strong spin and high arc instead going for a power loop with a closed racket angle to get the ball to dip harder. I didn't see her trying that once. And if she doesn't try it how do we know it won't work? You need to solve you opponent somehow and if the current strategy clearly isn't working then one is an idiot for doing the same stuff over and over and expecting a different result. Einstein said that From a player perspective with nerves and everything going on in the match it can be hard to perceive exactly what needs to be changed but I think this was a wasted match. It was pretty obvious Ito got a lot of balls right in her strike zone. Like playing Falck, you want to minimize the number of high balls on his fh, on serves and open play.

Well, you watched the match, you can tell me how effective his coaching was. I know enough about TT to tell when a coach is BSing.

 

[zeio]

A way to beat Ito is to not play to her strengths.