German Open 2017

[Atas Newton]

What an extraordinary point at 29:25.

After Feng's forehand the ball hits the net clamp on her side and then falls exactly on top of the net post, after which Hirano catches the ball over her side of the table. Double net is called and the point is awarded to Feng. Funnily enough, Hirano apparently wasn't aware that a net clamp is still considered net as she argued with the referee saying exactly that: "it hit the clamp!".

 

[WorkerBee]

Marcos beat Tomo 4-2, great game

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 4 (Fri 10 November 2017)

Men's Singles:

Round of 32:

Fan Zhendong (#1 seed) 4:2 Patrick Franziska (11:7, 11:9, 5:11, 11:6, 11:13, 11:2)
Zhou Yu 4:1 Vladimir Samsonov (#12) (11:6, 8:11, 11:2, 12:10, 11:5)
Kenta Matsudaira (#10) 4:1 Paul Drinkhall (11:6, 11:4, 11:6, 8:11, 11:9)
Jeong Sangeun 4:2 Koki Niwa (#7) (5:11, 11:9, 11:5, 10:12, 11:6, 11:7)

Zhang Jike (#5) 1:4 Tiago Apolonia (9:11, 7:11, 11:7, 9:11, 3:11)
Masataka Morizono 0:4 Wong Chun Ting (#9) (5:11, 8:11, 5:11, 8:11)
Yan An (#15) 4:1 Yuto Kizukuri (14:12, 8:11, 11:9, 11:9, 11:7)
Bence Majoros 1:4 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (#3) (7:11, 15:13, 5:11, 3:11, 10:12)

Timo Boll (#4) 4:1 Kristian Karlsson (4:11, 11:1, 11:9, 11:3, 11:6)
Jin Ueda 3:4 Simon Gauzy (#11) (10:12, 11:9, 11:9, 10:12, 12:10, 8:11, 5:11)
Chuang Chih-Yuan (#13) 4:3 Ruwen Filus (4:11, 11:8, 9:11, 5:11, 12:10, 13:11, 13:11)
Maharu Yoshimura 0:4 Lin Gaoyuan (#8) (9:11, 4:11, 5:11, 4:11)

Jun Mizutani (#6) 4:3 Bastian Steger (5:11, 11:8, 11:3, 9:11, 3:11, 11:4, 11:7)
Jakub Dyjas 1:4 Lee Sangsu (#14) (11:6, 10:12, 10:12, 3:11, 8:11)
Tomokazu Harimoto (#16) 2:4 Marcos Freitas (11:9, 8:11, 14:16, 11:9, 7:11, 8:11)
Yuya Oshima 2:4 Xu Xin (#2) (8:11, 11:13, 11:8, 4:11, 11:7, 7:11)

Seeds out:
05) Zhang Jike (R32: Tiago Apolonia, POR)
07) Koki Niwa (R32: Jeong Sangeun, KOR)
12) Vladimir Samsonov (R32: Zhou Yu, CHN)
16) Tomokazu Harimoto (R32: Marcos Freitas, POR)


Women's Singles:

Round of 32:

Zhu Yuling (#1 seed) 4:1 Lee I-Chen (11:6, 6:11, 11:6, 11:8, 12:10)
Liu Xi 4:0 Shan Xiaona (#15) (11:7, 12:10, 11:7, 11:7)
Jeon Jihee(#14) 2:4 Chen Xingtong (11:9, 9:11, 11:7, 9:11, 6:11, 8:11)
Jiang Huajun 2:4 Wang Manyu (#8) (11:3, 11:9, 7:11, 4:11, 2:11, 6:11)

Cheng I-Ching (#7) 0:4 Sheng Dandan (8:11, 10:12, 3:11, 9:11)
Sofia Polcanova 1:4 Wu Yang (#12) (7:11, 6:11, 6:11, 11:7, 7:11)
Han Ying (#9) 2:4 Suh Hyowon (11:5, 7:11, 11:9, 9:11, 9:11, 12:14)
Cheng Hsien-Tzu 0:4 Kasumi Ishikawa (#3) (10:12, 8:11, 7:11, 8:11)

Miu Hirano (#4) 2:4 Feng Yalan (8:11, 12:10, 8:11, 8:11, 13:11, 4:11)
Miyu Nagasaki 2:4 Doo Hoi Kem (#16) (5:11, 11:7, 11:9, 9:11, 9:11, 7:11)
Hina Hayata (#13) 4:2 Sun Mingyang (11:9, 11:6, 10:12, 9:11, 11:6, 11:8)
Gu Yuting 3:4 Mima Ito (#5) (11:7, 15:17, 11:3, 8:11, 6:11, 11:5, 5:11)

Feng Tianwei (#6) 2:4 Li Xiaodan (11:9, 8:11, 8:11, 11:9, 8:11, 9:11)
Chen Ke 4:3 Honoka Hashimoto (#11) (8:11, 11:9, 8:11, 11:6, 11:9, 9:11, 12:10)
Hitomi Sato (#10) 4:2 Wang Yidi (12:10, 5:11, 11:9, 11:7, 9:11, 11:6)
Liu Jia 0:4 Chen Meng (#2) (7:11, 1:11, 2:11, 7:11)


Round of 16:

Zhu Yuling (#1 seed) 4:0 Liu Xi (11:7, 11:5, 11:7, 13:11)
Chen Xingtong 3:4 Wang Manyu (#8) (13:11, 12:10, 9:11, 11:13, 11:5, 6:11, 10:12)

Sheng Dandan 2:4 Wu Yang (#12) (11:9, 8:11, 9:11, 11:9, 5:11, 8:11)
Suh Hyowon 0:4 Kasumi Ishikawa (#3) (11:13, 5:11, 11:13, 17:15, 8:11)

Feng Yalan 4:1 Doo Hoi Kem (#16) (13:11, 7:11, 11:7, 12:10, 11:9)
Hina Hayata (#13) 0:4 Mima Ito (#5) (10:12, 8:11, 13:15, 8:11)

Li Xiaodan 3:4 Chen Ke (3:11, 11:6, 7:11, 8:11, 11:6, 11:9, 6:11)
Hitomi Sato (#10) 1:4 Chen Meng (#2) (6:11, 6:11, 9:11, 11:5, 10:12)

Seeds out:
04) Miu Hirano (R32: Feng Yalan, CHN)
06) Feng Tianwei (R32: Li Xiaodan, CHN)
07) Cheng I-Ching (R32: Sheng Dandan, CHN)
09) Han Ying (R32: Suh Hyowon, KOR)
10) Hitomi Sato (R16: Chen Meng,CHN, #2)
11) Honoka Hashimoto (R32: Chen Ke, CHN)
13) Hina Hayata (R16: Mima Ito, JPN, #5)
14) Jeon Jihee (R32: Chen Xingtong, CHN)
15) Shan Xiaona (R32: Liu Xi, CHN)
16) Doo Hoi Kem (R16: Feng Yalan, CHN)

 

[JesperStef]

Schedule for Day 5 (Sat 11 November 2017 - GMT+1)

Men's Doubles - Semi-finals:

10:00
T1 Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting vs Tomokazu Harimoto / Yuto Kizukuri
T2 Yu Ziyang / Lam Siu Hang vs Jeoung Youngsik / Lee Sangsu


Women's Doubles - Semi-finals:

10:40
T1 Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching vs Chen Szu-Yu / Cheng I-Ching
T2 Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano vs Gu Yuting / Minnie Soo Wai Yam


Men's Singles - Round of 16:

11:40
T1 Kenta Matsudaira (#10) vs Jeong Sangeun
T2 Fan Zhendong (#1 seed) vs Zhou Yu

12:20
T1 Timo Boll (#4) vs Simon Gauzy (#11)
T2 Chuang Chih-Yuan (#13) vs Lin Gaoyuan (#8)

14:00
T1 Yan An (#15) vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov (#3)
T2 Tiago Apolonia vs Wong Chun Ting (#9)

14:40
T1 Marcos Freitas vs Xu Xin (#2)
T2 Jun Mizutani (#6) vs Lee Sangsu (#14)


Women's Singles - Quarter-finals:

16:00
T1 Feng Yalan vs Mima Ito (#5)
T2 Chen Ke vs Chen Meng (#2)

16:45
T1 Zhu Yuling (#1) vs Wang Manyu (#8)

17:30
T1 Wu Yang(#12) vs Kasumi Ishikawa(#3)


Men's Singles - Quarter-finals:

19:00
T1
T2

19:40
T1

20:30
T1

 

[Tinykin]

What an extraordinary point at 29:25.

After Feng's forehand the ball hits the net clamp on her side and then falls exactly on top of the net post, after which Hirano catches the ball over her side of the table. Double net is called and the point is awarded to Feng. Funnily enough, Hirano apparently wasn't aware that a net clamp is still considered net as she argued with the referee saying exactly that: "it hit the clamp!".

What's really extraordinary to me is that both players were ignorant of a basic rule of TT. The ball hitting the net twice is unusual but not extremely rare. I've seen it several times so they must have seen it several times also.

 

[TTnS]

 

[TTnS]

Ruwen Filus vs Chuan Chih Yuan

What a fantastic match!

 

[drunix80]

Yeah, forget about him. Buffalo-leg-Zhendong is ma man for the future!

I am rooting for FZD as well. He was unusually rusty in his match against Franziska. Made many unforced errors. I hope he steps it up in the next match. Go FZD !

 

[Suga D]

For a change i would love to see Timo take him out... Let's see!

 

[ping fun]

What an extraordinary point at 29:25.

After Feng's forehand the ball hits the net clamp on her side and then falls exactly on top of the net post, after which Hirano catches the ball over her side of the table. Double net is called and the point is awarded to Feng. Funnily enough, Hirano apparently wasn't aware that a net clamp is still considered net as she argued with the referee saying exactly that: "it hit the clamp!".

SO INTERESTING . Really havent seen this kind of point before . thnks for sharing and informing

 

[Atas Newton]

What's really extraordinary to me is that both players were ignorant of a basic rule of TT. The ball hitting the net twice is unusual but not extremely rare. I've seen it several times so they must have seen it several times also.

I can only assume that in practice they probably don't consider the clamp as part of the net, which in most cases is more fair.

 

[fshimon]

It is just me thinking that the camera position was really bad yesterday ?
Too much above the table and far away...

 

[TTHopeful]

Definately tuning in for todays game against dima and yan an

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Harimoto / Kizukuri just crushed the Hongkong pair... wow

 

[cayenne]

Go jeong

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Last thoughts for ZJK's loss: I believe that this emotionless behaviour is a defence mechanism from ZJK. He feels that he can't play well, so instead of giving everything he just plays like he doesn't care. He is afraid what will others think about him if he fails to beat someone when he seems to be on fire. He wants to look cool and loose but I believe he is very stressed and tense inside. But this doesn't change the fact that he can't play on high level.

 

[Sali]

Go jeong

After beating Koki I thought he will crush Kenta, but so far it goes other way. I think Jeong is the one who could beat FZD.

 

[Michal_Z]

I have slight feeling that Chuang has a chance against LIN ..
Probably he will still lose, but I think he has a chance.
As for Dima vs. Yan - I think Dima is finally ready for this match - as he is also ready for FZD.
I think at this tournament Dima can beat Fan.
For Timo - well .. Gauzy is his nemesis.. And Gauzy is playing so good.. it will be a very interresting and hard to call match.
Mizutani doesnt play well lately, I can see him losing.
I hope Freitas will give Xu Xin some pretty hard time ;-)

 

[cayenne]

Yes,i thought same,but he was stressed much, not relaxed..thats why he gave easy points to kenta,bad performance

 

[TableTennisDaily]

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