China Smash 2026, Beijing, 10/1-11

[J-fed]

Liang takes the second.
Wonderful player. A lot of similarities with Truls.

 

[J-fed]

Dominant win. Impressive indeed.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Liang takes the second.
Wonderful player. A lot of similarities with Truls.

I don't see many similarities lol

 

[J-fed]

I don't see many similarities lol

I guess it’s only the forehand and the backhand really

 

[ThePongCommenter]

I guess it’s only the forehand and the backhand really

That's where I find the comparison interesting - Truls is extremely FH favored and LJK is extremely BH favored, not to mention how they prefer to engage in the points

 

[M51]

Not if he's out against Sido. 3-2 to Sido.

Welp.

 

[kindof99]

I guess it’s only the forehand and the backhand really

Now I think you are gettinmore serious about the simiarilities between these two. Really?

 

[kindof99]

That's where I find the comparison interesting - Truls is extremely FH favored and LJK is extremely BH favored, not to mention how they prefer to engage in the points

LJK more about spin, Truls more about placement?

 

[NextLevel]

That's where I find the comparison interesting - Truls is extremely FH favored and LJK is extremely BH favored, not to mention how they prefer to engage in the points

You are being a bit reliant on overall reputation, he is watching them with fresh eyes, and tbh, Liang is often BH dominant relative to a CNT player, vs Europeans, he doesn't really scale.

 

[Grahf]

Predictions:
-My man Sidorenko back for party, hope its a banger vs LJK and wins 3-2
-Diaz goes home first round again, this time vs Odo 1-3
-Hugo vs Dima what a banger, 3-1

And I hope the Kirill vs An Jaehyun and Alexis vs Redzimski are both bangers, I like this 4 playstyles

Only lost the Sido one, not bad at all, he and LJK both were not that clean on the table but was a good match, Sido needs to practice harder to regain confidence

Diaz on the other hand... idk if she can get out of her bad streak

And damn, Kirill always plays for the show, gg

 

[Talesofwin]

Truls looked really bad in 5th set. Seems like his nerves get to him.

Is Baldwin good or just Lucky to almost win?

And what happened to Truls emotions? He didnt scream or shout like he usually does

 

[kindof99]

Sido kept placing two shots to the same spots to LJK and then got countered on the second one. No one can beat LJK this way.

Also he played his backhand loop to LJK's backhand a lot. He should have known that from the first game that it did not work