Well the challenge is proving it against the players he doesn’t feel comfortable playing. It is easy to prove it against the player he feels comfortable playing. Xiang Peng after all did lose to his teammates.
Totally true, if LSD wins this title will someone say it's too early ? and what about FZD's achievements at a very young age too in seniors ?
Give Moregard, who lost to Omar Assar 2-4 in R32 at WTTC 2023 (1W2L, 0W1L at that point), opponents he had trouble with such as F. Lebrun (1W3L) and the result could've been the same. Same deal for F. Lebrun if he faced Duda or QD.
Harimoto won those medals far too early that the mantle of expectations were placed on him and he's still struggling to find his footing when he's the favorite in a major tournament. So far, other than giving FZD a hard time in the Olympics in 2024, every major tournament he had been a favorite in, he flamed out early. He's good at being the underdog but not the favorite.
Nah, the Togami that showed up today is the Togami that shows up in Japan and that version has always been an elite player that poses problems to Harimoto.
He was the favorite in this tournament? And what other tournaments are you referring to where he was the favorite and flamed out?
So you mean he hasnt lost to Togami in many matches before? And it is because he had early success? He has not met expectations of some for sure, but he is a good player and has and a good career, Togami is the one who really needs to explain why he plays so poorly against players like Harimoto who are not named Harimoto.
Probably 2021 worlds. 2019 worlds and 2021 Olympics are arguable as well.
I'm not sure that he's the favorite in any tournament that ML and/or FZD are in, unless travel means a medal favorite.
yeah, its all good
With a weaker Chinese bench and his usually strong performance against the Chinese, Harimoto is the supposed to be a favorite to win.
In that case it happened a lot to Hugo too, I mean... we coyuld argue on this point for ANY player at ANY TIME of their career: too soon for Felix ? too soon for Truls ? Too soon for LSD ? LSD by the way lost to Felix Lebrun in 4 straight games in Montpellier's Champion, where Harimoto... went to the final !
Ah... hmmm sorry but I was refeering to Doppelmoral's country, don't you know I don't care for taïwanese semiconductors since we chat here together since a while now ?
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Definitely a medal favorite at WTTC 2019 as he had the best draw possible, no CNT players until the SF (XX the only one in the bottom half, see the meme). He lost to AJH 2-4 in R16, who is another player he's always had trouble playing.
