Hong Kong Open 2018

[NextLevel]

While I might be slightly biased as a Nigerian, the Hong Kong organizers understand exciting table tennis as well as putting their nationals on the show tables. They have put Quadri on the TV tables twice and his matches have not disappointed.

 

[NextLevel]

Why are you giving Freitas two lets? That has to be a fault!

 

[zeio]

Why are you giving Freitas two lets? That has to be a fault!

To entertain the crowd and as a token to the organizer for putting him on the TV table?

 

[NextLevel]

The HK crowd did well!

 

[zeio]

The doubles SF b/w HKK/WCT and Ueda/Yoshimura reminds me of the doubles final at the Pro Tour Grand Final '97, also unfolding right here at the Elizabeth Stadium.

 

[krro]

does not matter. Brain is what matters. Look at the above post of SFF and you will get your blade. What is more Wong was too far from the table so his BH tospins were easy to block, so he was trying more with FH from BH side and the Persson block down the line.
I think he got great advice from Par Gerrel who is great with tactics and was his coatch at this match.

What are you smoking? I was curious what blade he's currently using as it's not timo boll zlc anymore.

 

[Sali]

I thought Ueda do better, of course he met LSS but to keep up with 3rd spot in JNT he has to win such matches. Seems Japan has a big problem thinking about tokio 2020. Mizutani play really poor lately, Niwa is uncertain (depending on the mood I suppose), matsudaira is a top 50 player nothing more, the same oshima, morizono (maybe top 30), yoshimura (also maybe top 30 or 20). There is only harimoto who keep upgrading and give some confidence to the team (he is definitely top 10).

 

[Sali]

What are you smoking? I was curious what blade he's currently using as it's not timo boll zlc anymore.

nothing. It is just so many people always asking what equipment somebody uses just after the player win important match. It is just easy connection, tell me what is his blade and I buy it to play better. Nothing personal.

 

[SFF_lib]

I thought Ueda do better, of course he met LSS but to keep up with 3rd spot in JNT he has to win such matches. Seems Japan has a big problem thinking about tokio 2020. Mizutani play really poor lately, Niwa is uncertain (depending on the mood I suppose), matsudaira is a top 50 player nothing more, the same oshima, morizono (maybe top 30), yoshimura (also maybe top 30 or 20). There is only harimoto who keep upgrading and give some confidence to the team (he is definitely top 10).

Imagine Harimoto winning Tokyo Olympic gold at the age of 17.

But I rather see other Jap players grow up than a single-hand show of Harimoto.

Passionate about TT

 

[Sali]

Imagine Harimoto winning Tokyo Olympic gold at the age of 17.

But I rather see other Jap players grow up than a single-hand show of Harimoto.

Passionate about TT

Harimoto is possible, we will see how much he will be improving, he still got 2 years. But for the others to be great contenders at tokio should come up today with good form. And this is what lacks to make japan fighting for team gold.

 

[Shathe]

Yoshimura is amazing to watch

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 4 (25 May 2018):

Men's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Wong Chun Ting 2:4 Jon Persson (11:6, 11:5, 5:11, 9:11, 9:11, 10:12)
[11] Patrick Franziska 1:4 Zhou Qihao (10:12, 15:13, 9:11, 8:11, 10:12)
[6] Omar Assar 0:4 Maharu Yoshimura [9] (3:11, 9:11, 6:11, 7:11)
Cho Seungmin 4:1 Jang Woojin (13:11, 11:9, 14:12, 9:11, 11:9)

[4] Marcos Freitas 4:2 Quadri Aruna [13] (13:11, 9:11, 11:7, 13:11, 10:12, 11:6)
Lim Jonghoon 4:3 Kim Donghyun (8:11, 12:14, 11:4, 11:8, 13:11, 8:11, 11:7)
[8] Ruwen Filus 1:4 Kazuhiro Yoshimura (7:11, 2:11, 12:14, 11:8, 7:11)
[12] Jin Ueda 1:4 Lee Sangsu [2] (8:11, 7:11, 11:9, 7:11, 7:11)


Women's Singles

Round of 16:

Lee Eunhye 4:2 Chen Ke (10:12, 12:10, 19:17, 12:10, 5:11, 11:7)
[12] Lee Ho Ching 2:4 Mima Ito [5] (11:5, 4:11, 5:11, 7:11, 12:10, 7:11)
[8] Suh Hyowon 4:2 Wang Yidi (11:6, 11:9, 5:11, 11:13, 11:8, 12:10)
[16] Sofia Polcanova 0:4 Wang Manyu [3] (3:11, 4:11, 10:12, 7:11)

[4] Miu Hirano 1:4 Zhang Rui (9:11, 7:11, 8:11, 13:11, 10:12)
[10] Chen Szu-Yu 2:4 Chen Xingtong [6] (9:11, 11:9, 5:11, 11:6, 6:11, 9:11)
[7] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Sun Yingsha [11] (11:7, 12:10, 13:11, 11:2)
He Zhuojia 4:1 Feng Tianwei [2] (11:2, 6:11, 11:5, 11:4, 11:5)


Men's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[1] Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu 1:3 Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima [5] (8:11, 9:11, 11:8, 6:11)
[8] Lam Siu Hang/Ng Pak Nam 1:3 Patrick Franziska/Jonathan Groth [4] (7:11, 8:11, 11:5, 8:11)

[3] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 3:1 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju (11:8, 11:4, 6:11, 12:10)
Pär Gerell/Jon Persson 0:3 Jin Ueda/Maharu Yoshimura [2] (7:11, 8:11, 7:11)

Semi-finals:

[5] Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima 3:1 Patrick Franziska/Jonathan Groth [4] (13:11, 13:11, 6:11, 11:4)
[3] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 3:2 Jin Ueda/Maharu Yoshimura [2] (11:8, 5:11, 11:9, 5:11, 11:7)


Women's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[1] Hina Hayata/Mima Ito 3:0 Li Ching Wan/Liu Qi (11:9, 11:8, 11:3)
[6] Ng Wing Nam/Minnie Soo Wai Yam 1:3 Chen Xingtong/Sun Yingsha [4] (1:11, 13:11, 2:11, 5:11)

[3] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 3:0 Yu Mengyu/Zeng Jian (11:9, 11:9, 11:5)
[5] Chen Ke/Wang Manyu 3:2 Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki (8:11, 11:7, 9:11, 11:4, 12:10)

Semi-finals:

[1] Hina Hayata/Mima Ito 1:3 Chen Xingtong/Sun Yingsha [4] (4:11, 11:2, 7:11, 10:12)
[3] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 2:3 Chen Ke/Wang Manyu [5] (12:14, 5:11, 12:10, 11:9, 7:11)

 

[zeio]

 

[usualsuspect]

The match between Patrick Franziska and Zhou Qihao though. So many good rallies throughout the match. Even though Zhou QH won by 4-1, every match was decided by 2 points differential. A thoroughly enjoyable match. Both players exhibited their signature playstyles. Zhou showed his agility and powerful FH. Franziska played powerful BH and was strong from far away. Even though both Franziska and Filus have lost, they played well in Hong Kong. I hope they do even better in the next time.

 

[SFF_lib]

WCT has been quite stable in the recent years without dramatic improvement. As a penholder I have been holding my hope up for WCT and XX.

I hope WCT can solify his BH a bit more and add more surprises to his shots.

Passionate about TT

 

[SFF_lib]

Harimoto is possible, we will see how much he will be improving, he still got 2 years. But for the others to be great contenders at tokio should come up today with good form. And this is what lacks to make japan fighting for team gold.

Morizono and Yoshima displayed such a great potential and aggressiveness in double. I wonder why the JNT doesn't develop them in single.

Passionate about TT

 

[SFF_lib]

Results from Day 4 (25 May 2018):

Men's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Wong Chun Ting 2:4 Jon Persson (11:6, 11:5, 5:11, 9:11, 9:11, 10:12)
[11] Patrick Franziska 1:4 Zhou Qihao (10:12, 15:13, 9:11, 8:11, 10:12)
[6] Omar Assar 0:4 Maharu Yoshimura [9] (3:11, 9:11, 6:11, 7:11)
Cho Seungmin 4:1 Jang Woojin (13:11, 11:9, 14:12, 9:11, 11:9)

[4] Marcos Freitas 4:2 Quadri Aruna [13] (13:11, 9:11, 11:7, 13:11, 10:12, 11:6)
Lim Jonghoon 4:3 Kim Donghyun (8:11, 12:14, 11:4, 11:8, 13:11, 8:11, 11:7)
[8] Ruwen Filus 1:4 Kazuhiro Yoshimura (7:11, 2:11, 12:14, 11:8, 7:11)
[12] Jin Ueda 1:4 Lee Sangsu [2] (8:11, 7:11, 11:9, 7:11, 7:11)


Women's Singles

Round of 16:

Lee Eunhye 4:2 Chen Ke (10:12, 12:10, 19:17, 12:10, 5:11, 11:7)
[12] Lee Ho Ching 2:4 Mima Ito [5] (11:5, 4:11, 5:11, 7:11, 12:10, 7:11)
[8] Suh Hyowon 4:2 Wang Yidi (11:6, 11:9, 5:11, 11:13, 11:8, 12:10)
[16] Sofia Polcanova 0:4 Wang Manyu [3] (3:11, 4:11, 10:12, 7:11)

[4] Miu Hirano 1:4 Zhang Rui (9:11, 7:11, 8:11, 13:11, 10:12)
[10] Chen Szu-Yu 2:4 Chen Xingtong [6] (9:11, 11:9, 5:11, 11:6, 6:11, 9:11)
[7] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Sun Yingsha [11] (11:7, 12:10, 13:11, 11:2)
He Zhuojia 4:1 Feng Tianwei [2] (11:2, 6:11, 11:5, 11:4, 11:5)


Men's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[1] Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu 1:3 Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima [5] (8:11, 9:11, 11:8, 6:11)
[8] Lam Siu Hang/Ng Pak Nam 1:3 Patrick Franziska/Jonathan Groth [4] (7:11, 8:11, 11:5, 8:11)

[3] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 3:1 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju (11:8, 11:4, 6:11, 12:10)
Pär Gerell/Jon Persson 0:3 Jin Ueda/Maharu Yoshimura [2] (7:11, 8:11, 7:11)

Semi-finals:

[5] Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima 3:1 Patrick Franziska/Jonathan Groth [4] (13:11, 13:11, 6:11, 11:4)
[3] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 3:2 Jin Ueda/Maharu Yoshimura [2] (11:8, 5:11, 11:9, 5:11, 11:7)


Women's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[1] Hina Hayata/Mima Ito 3:0 Li Ching Wan/Liu Qi (11:9, 11:8, 11:3)
[6] Ng Wing Nam/Minnie Soo Wai Yam 1:3 Chen Xingtong/Sun Yingsha [4] (1:11, 13:11, 2:11, 5:11)

[3] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 3:0 Yu Mengyu/Zeng Jian (11:9, 11:9, 11:5)
[5] Chen Ke/Wang Manyu 3:2 Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki (8:11, 11:7, 9:11, 11:4, 12:10)

Semi-finals:

[1] Hina Hayata/Mima Ito 1:3 Chen Xingtong/Sun Yingsha [4] (4:11, 11:2, 7:11, 10:12)
[3] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 2:3 Chen Ke/Wang Manyu [5] (12:14, 5:11, 12:10, 11:9, 7:11)

Men's double final would be interesting to watch. Ho and Wong blew their final last year again Japan while leading. Let's see if they can put their feet on the ground in home land and take the title.

Passionate about TT

 

[PatriciaPinheiro]

Looks like Lee Eun are doing a very decent job on this open

P.s.: this table variation are very beautiful(just had time today to pay attention

Enviado de meu SM-J500M usando o Tapatalk

 

[ping fun]

http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-05-25/doc-ihaysviy4504913.shtml

"I was actually leading in quite a few games. Perhaps it's been too long of an absence from competition, I didn't handle well when in a dogfight, feeling that the mind and body couldn't keep up. This tournament was to help find my touch back. It felt decent on the whole, but my mental stability was still far from before. I believe it will get better as time goes on" said ZJK.

That's it .... and one important thing i read now : The head of the China Tennis Association responded! Zhang Jike will participate in the China Open

https://m.sohu.com/a/232951224_99968952/?pvid=000115_3w_a ( more : https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...News-Pics-Videos-amp-more&p=233026#post233026)

 

[zeio]

CNT Takes it All

This banner is unique in that the phrase is a common Cantonese idiom. Very fitting for the Hong Kong Open.