Hungarian Open 2019

[mrk]

Does anyone know what happened to Franziska?

Didn't play because of a headache.

 

[Tommy16]

Thanks! Great to hear that it wasn’t due any injury eventough it is a pitty that he couldn’t play.

Didn't play because of a headache.

 

[DonnOlsen]

Looks to me Gauzy wanted to overpower Wang's defense, but could not ... 3:2, 8:6 ... best play so far!

A very good observation. May we suppose Gauzy is influenced by training with the great Calderano with his spirit of play?

Thanks

 

[zeio]

LGY, shorthand for deja vu.

 

[SFF_lib]

LGY, shorthand for deja vu.

10-10 in the 5th game

 

[Atas Newton]

Still a very good showing by Uncle Vova. Hope to be seeing him at least until Tokyo 2020.

 

[drunix80]

Looks to me Gauzy wanted to overpower Wang's defense, but could not ... 3:2, 8:6 ... best play so far!

When i saw the highlight vid, I only found Gauzy fishing way back from the table. Not sure if this is how to overpower Wang's defence.

 

[Atas Newton]

It's the winners' interview with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, Xu Xin answers a question, says the experience's been great and he hopes it will also be great in April (when the WC takes place, also in Hungary). The MC guy chuckles cause that wasn't what he asked at all. Liu Shiwen looks at him in amazement and immediately lols, assuming he legit chuckled at Xu Xin's actual answer, dismissively, as in "yeah, cute but there's no way in a million years you're winning the WC this year buddy". Liu Shiwen then peeks at Xu Xin like "you ok with that bro?", Xu Xin's just standing there smirking. The whole thing was hilarious.
From 4:15 onwards: https://tv.ittf.com/video/hungarian-open-2019-mixed-doubles-s-ceremony/1444420

 

[v100ev]

Like she was late for the bus or something : )

So what do you think CNT vs The Rest of the World on the men' side, score is going to be? I'd still say Hugo has the best chance ...

Couldn't watch Vladi's game. Also I totally agree that Hugo has the best chance, I also feel almost sure he'll win Shiba will cause some damage too. A couple of sets or even a match.. But not very sure about that. He can perform very well in one match and then very badly in the next one.
Either way the matches shoud be interesting!

 

[jawien]

A very good observation. May we suppose Gauzy is influenced by training with the great Calderano with his spirit of play?

Thanks

Yes, very much so Sir, obviously influenced. Their uniquely common two handed backhand betrays the creative spirit ...
: )

It was interesting that Simon took this path, I thought he could be more tricky and play more precise, lighter maybe ..

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 4 (Fri 18 January 2019)

Men's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:2 Chuang Chih-Yuan [9] (11:9, 15:17, 11:7, 11:9, 7:11, 14:12)
Alexander Shibaev 4:2 Wong Chun Ting [5] (11:9, 8:11, 8:11, 11:8, 11:7, 11:6)

Wang Chuqin 4:2 Simon Gauzy [13] (8:11, 3:11, 11:5, 11:5, 11:3, 11:9)
[4] Hugo Calderano 4:1 Kristian Karlsson [14] (11:4, 11:8, 8:11, 11:3, 12:10)

[3] Lin Gaoyuan 4:2 Fang Bo (11:8, 11:9, 4:11, 8:11, 11:9, 12:10)
[10] Vladimir Samsonov 4:0 Patrick Franziska [7] (w.o.)

[12] Lim Jonghoon 4:3 Liam Pitchford [8] (11:7, 9:11, 11:6, 11:13, 8:11, 11:9, 14:12)
[2] Xu Xin 4:3 Liang Jingkun (11:6, 11:8, 7:11, 10:12, 9:11, 11:6, 13:11)


Notes/stats from Round of 16:

- 6 of 12 seeds knocked out: [5] Wong Chun-Ting (Alexander Shibaev), [7] Patrick Franziska (Vladimir Samsonov/illness), [8] Liam Pitchford (Lim Jonghoon), [9] Chuang Chih-Yuan (Fan Zhendong), [13] Simon Gauzy (Wang Chuqin) and [14] Kristian Karlsson (Hugo Calderano).

- 2 out of 6 remaining CNT players knocked out by each other: Fang Bo (Lin Gaoyuan) and Liang Jingkun (Xu Xin).

- Nationalities: China (6), Belarus (1), Brazil (1), Chinese Taipei (1), England (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hong Kong (1), Russia (1) and South Korea (1) and Sweden (1).

- Continental: Asia (9), Europe (6) and South America (1).


Women's Singles

Round of 16:

[1] Zhu Yuling 4:0 Chen Szu-Yu [14] (11:3, 11:7, 11:2, 11:4)
[6] Chen Xingtong 4:0 Li Jie, NED [13] (11:3, 11:4, 11:8, 11:4)

Sun Yingsha 4:2 Liu Gaoyang (11:9, 16:18, 9:11, 11:5, 11:8, 11:9)
[4] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Elizabeta Samara [12] (w.o.)

[3] Wang Manyu 4:1 Sun Mingyang (11:7, 11:1, 3:11, 11:4, 11:3)
Fu Yu, POR 4:3 Petrissa Solja (5:11, 9:11, 7:11, 11:7, 16:14, 12:10, 13:11)

[10] Bernadette Szocs 4:0 Shan Xiaona, GER (11:4, 12:10, 12:10, 11:8)
[2] Chen Meng 4:0 Manika Batra (11:6, 11:5, 11:5, 11:2)


Notes/stats from Round of 16:

- 3 out of 9 remaining seeds knocked out: [12] Elizabeta Samara (Liu Shiwen/injury or illness?), [13] Li Jie, NED (Chen Xingtong) and [14] Chen Szu-Yu (Zhu Yuling).

- 2 out of 8 remaining CNT players knocked out by each other: Liu Gaoyang (Sun Yingsha) and Sun Mingyang (Wang Manyu).

- Nationalities: China (8), Germany (2), Romania (2), Chinese Taipei (1), India (1), Netherlands (1) and Portugal (1).

- Continental: Asia (10) and Europe (6).

Quarter-finals:

[1] Zhu Yuling 4:0 Chen Xingtong [6] (11:4, 11:4, 11:8, 11:8)
[4] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Sun Yingsha (11:6, 11:8, 11:9, 13:11)

[3] Wang Manyu 4:1 Fu Yu, POR (11:9, 11:8, 8:11, 11:5, 11:4)
[2] Chen Meng 4:2 Bernadette Szocs [10] (8:11, 7:11, 11:6, 11:7, 11:5, 11:4)


Notes/stats from Quarter-finals:

- 2 out of 6 remaining seeds knocked out: [6] Chen Xingtong (Zhu Yuling) and [10] Bernadette Szocs (Chen Meng).

- 2 out of 6 remaining CNT players knocked out by each other: Chen Xingtong (Zhu Yuling) and Sun Yingsha (Liu Shiwen).

- Nationalities: China (6), Romania (1) and Portugal (1).

- Continental: Asia (6) and Europe (2).


Men's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[5] Liang Jingkun/Xu Xin 3:1 Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Jun-Yu [1] (11:8, 8:11, 11:7, 11:6)
Tristan Flore/Emmanuel Lebesson 3:1 Benedikt Duda/Ruwen Filus (11:13, 11:8, 14:12, 14:12)

[3] Lam Siu Hang/Wong Chun Ting 3:2 Kou Lei/Wei Shihao (11:6, 10:12, 6:11, 12:10, 11:7)
[2] Fan Zhendong/Lin Gaoyuan 3:0 Chen Chien-An/Chuang Chih-Yuan [6] (11:6, 11:8, 11:9)

Semi-finals:

[5] Liang Jingkun/Xu Xin 3:0 Tristan Flore/Emmanuel Lebesson (11:6, 11:7, 13:11)
[2] Fan Zhendong/Lin Gaoyuan 3:2 Lam Siu Hang/Wong Chun Ting [3] (7:11, 11:7, 12:14, 11:7, 11:3)


Women's Doubles

Quarter-finals:

[1] Wang Manyu/Zhu Yuling 3:1 Lin Ye/Yu Mengyu [8] (13:11, 13:11, 8:11, 11:8)
[7] Elizabeta Samara/Bernadette Szocs 3:1 Ng Wing Nam/Minnie Soo Wai Yam [4] (11:7, 5:11, 12:10, 11:5)

[3] Chen Meng/Sun Yingsha 3:0 Barbora Balazova/Hana Matelova [5] (11:3, 11:2, 11:9)
[2] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 3:1 Matilda Ekholm/Georgina Pota [6] (8:11, 11:9, 11:9, 11:6)

Semi-finals:

[1] Wang Manyu/Zhu Yuling 3:0 Elizabeta Samara/Bernadette Szocs [7] (w.o.)
[3] Chen Meng/Sun Yingsha 3:0 Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching [2] (w.o.)


Mixed Doubles

Quarter-final:

[8] Adam Szudi/Szandra Pergel 3:1 Tristan Flore/Laura Gasnier (11:5, 11:9, 6:11, 11:8)
Alexander Shibaev/Polina Mikhailova 3:0 Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng I-Ching [3] (11:8, 14:12, 11:5)

[5] Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen 3:0 Patrick Franziska/Petrissa Solja (w.o.)
[2] Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova 3:0 Stefan Fegerl/Sofia Polcanova [6] (w.o.)

Semi-final:

[8] Adam Szudi/Szandra Pergel 3:0 Alexander Shibaev/Polina Mikhailova (12:10, 11:7, 11:4)
[5] Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen 3:0 Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova [2] (11:8, 11:4, 11:7)


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2953/2019/2019-ittf-world-tour-hungarian-open/

 

[BlipBlop575]

"Calderano is overrated, shouldn't be in the top 10" comments incoming.

 

[Atas Newton]

Gonna be honest with you, I didn't expect anywhere near this good a performance from Wang Chuqin, props to the guy.

 

[Dr Evil]

Wang Chuqin is only 2 years older than Harimoto. Those two may be the strongest challengers to FZD for the next generation.

 

[BlipBlop575]

Wang Chuqin is only 2 years older than Harimoto. Those two may be the strongest challengers to FZD for the next generation.

3 years. He's 18.

 

[mrk]

Wang Chuqin is only 2 years older than Harimoto. Those two may be the strongest challengers to FZD for the next generation.

He is 3 years older. Wang Chuqin was born in May 2000, Harimoto in June 2003.

 

[AndySmith]

Chuqin's performance was excellent today. Did a great job of nullifying Hugo's strengths, and then hit some outrageous reaction shots of his own. Very mature, I thought.

 

[FruitLoop]

All hail Vladi.

Just two points different and he could have won that.

 

[DonnOlsen]

Yes, very much so Sir, obviously influenced. Their uniquely common two handed backhand betrays the creative spirit ...
: )

It was interesting that Simon took this path, I thought he could be more tricky and play more precise, lighter maybe ..

Your understanding is correct. I have heard Simon in interviews commenting on his "more tricky and play more precise, lighter ..." style that you well express. I have not before seen him play as he did in this match. Like so much in our sport, it will be fun to observe the future as it unfolds to see if his new inclination continues.

Thanks

 

[yogi_bear]

Chen meng and bernadette, these 2 gorgeous girls playing against each other.... Heaven.