I don't know if I agree it is slapping but it is high level play for sure.
Kim Kum Yong is amazing. Too bad she didn’t have a spot in singles at Paris OG. All serious rivals will need to spend special time to learn to fight her style
When someone uses T05 Hard on FH, you will immediately know that someone FH is Deadly!!!
Man, you want Hayata to lose her medal lol?
Yeah but Kim is a different breed, i never thought i would see a better lefty He Zhuoja with a real chop block. I think if He Zhuoja could chop block as well as Kim, she would be on the first national team. The hitting is on the same level but the chop block as variation to stay in the point is not. And the lefty forehand gives Kim another dimension and because it isn't Chinese rubber, it is more speedy too. Hayata lefties would help but beyond that, she is on her own because the chop blocks would bring her in.
Actually a lot of those 'slaps' are really fade loops. Most pros loop with the natural hooked sidespin but she almost specializes in the fade counter and fade loops. The sidespin of the ball is in the opposite direction to what most ppl are used to seeing from a FH stroke. Plus she is left handed. She also is adept at killing spin with the same stroke, so it is really difficult to adjust quickly.
You are allowed to smash you know, just because you call it a slap doesn't mean she isn't allowed to smash sometimes. That isn't her dominant forehand stroke though.
This is actually not a slap, it is a fast FH countertopspin. You can see how the ball reacted on Miwa's racket, it flew out as if it had heavy topspin even though her bat angle was not open..... Her movement is extremely compact, a bit like Liu Shiwen.
