German Open 2019

[NextLevel]

Ishikawa is fantastically lucky ....
But Hayate is fantastically unlucky ....

At some point she has to get good wins at a major tournament to justify the hopes some have placed in her. Better she start now rather than later.

 

[karupinkun]

At some point she has to get good wins at a major tournament to justify the hopes some have placed in her. Better she start now rather than later.

she has bad draws for sure, but you are right... at some point she has to win against the top opponents, otherwise she can never make her case to become a top 10 player again.

 

[mrk]

Interesting draw for Wang Chuqin. If he beats Jang Woojin he most likely meets Fan Zhendong in the second round.

 

[bricec]

Hey, can anybody explain what happens at 6-3 (2nd game) in the Aruna - Jorgic match?

https://tv.ittf.com/video/aruna-quadri-jorgic-darko/1757009 11:39

Jorgic serves, and apparently the left side umpire faults it, but I can’t really understand why. Obstruction of the ball maybe? Seems weird as even I can see the ball racket contact on video, the ball is launched fairly vertically. I’m puzzled.

 

[MOG]

judging by the hand signal the umpire gives its for dropping the ball below the table, although I would say he shields the ball a little with his shoulder, had he had any earlier warnings?

 

[bricec]

Oh, indeed that can be seen in the video but damn that’s harsh, the ball drops by like 2mm and they let aruna’s « I’m putting my all body in front of the ball »’s services pass -_-

I don’t think he had warnings before but I might not have seen them.

 

[bricec]

Thanks for the explanation by the way, it does explain the second faulted service in the third game as well as I can see the ball dropping below the table this time around

 

[MOG]

there are hand signals for all fault services but you can not always see the umpires

 

[MOG]

I love watching Xu Xin, he really is the Cloudwalker, he plays the most imaginative and superb shots in the game at the moment.

I also love watching Mima Ito, love her short pimple shot, wish I could perfect it. But she has much more expressive body language and mannerisms than most the lady players. Kind of makes her more fun to watch.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

yes Hayata could have an easier draw, but as a qualifier, its not easy to have this privilege. Im interested in Hayata if she can consistently beat players like CHEN Xingtong at least, so its a good test, and I hope she does. If she keeps losing to 2nd rank CNT players, whether its 0-4 or 3-4, it doesn't matter so much to me anyway.

So please Hina, show us a good performance and go far in this tournament.

 

[Jacky Kwok]

Not even Mima can consistently beat CHEN Xingtong.

 

[driversbeat]

Hirano too has to beat 3 chinese players to reach the semifinals

 

[Brs]

Whereas Mima has a path to a semifinal rematch with CM, if she (Mima) maintains her form from last week.

But before that we get a Batra v FTW rematch of the Commonwealth Games final. I think FTW takes it easily without the pressure of playing for SGP team. But you never know, will be fun to watch.

 

[zeio]

yes Hayata could have an easier draw, but as a qualifier, its not easy to have this privilege. Im interested in Hayata if she can consistently beat players like CHEN Xingtong at least, so its a good test, and I hope she does. If she keeps losing to 2nd rank CNT players, whether its 0-4 or 3-4, it doesn't matter so much to me anyway.

So please Hina, show us a good performance and go far in this tournament.

CXT is among the 7 core members of the CNT, alongside DN, LSW, CM, ZYL, WMY, SYS. Despite Ito's performance last week, Hayata still has the best win-loss ratio against the CNT this year. Other than Shi Xunyao, the ones she beat and lost to are all A-team members.

 

[quanghuysk]

okay, so let's correct it. Hina pls crush the weakest player of Chinese A-team so we could see you in the next round

 

[Janard]

okay, so let's correct it. Hina pls crush the weakest player of Chinese A-team so we could see you in the next round

The weakest is probably... not in the tournament.

 

[Janard]

Looking forward to seeing Mizuto play XuSha (Shisha) tomorrow ~

 

[zeio]

No wonder Ito doesn't want to pair with Harimoto. Total dead weight.

 

[karupinkun]

No wonder Ito doesn't want to pair with Harimoto. Total dead weight.

i repeat myself, but its painful to watch

second set, 10-4 down, then every point is won by hayata... just put the ball on the table harimoto

 

[zeio]

Franziska/Solja 10:3 -> 10:12 Harimoto/Hayata. All Harimoto needed to do was keep the point alive, so Hayata could finish it.

Harimoto is at it again in G3. Missing like there's no tmw. That point at 8:7 shows how poor he is at sprinting. This kid can't *bleep* run.

I feel for Hayata. Harimoto just needs to play like a 50% man and she'll make up the difference.