Korea Open 2018

[NextLevel]

That's it. Not sure what caused the outage hope it is fixed by tomorrow. LJK beats Harimoto.

 

[zeio]

LJK has finally found his purpose on the CNT - the Harimoto killer.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

ouch a tough loss for Tomo, but I'm sure he learned from it and will be training hard to change the result next time

 

[Loopadoop]

Liang 4-0 Harimoto

 

[mrk]

Expected loss for me. Harimoto can't play on the same level outside of Japan at the moment and Jingkun is extremely solid, almost no unforced errors in this match from him and his service receive was pretty good, unlike Ma Long in his last match.

 

[zeio]

Players that Harimoto still has severe trouble playing the 2nd time:

Pitchford
LJK

 

[vik]

It is strange,Yan an ,Fang Bo Zhu yu,Yu zhiang,Shan Kun.They were great,they won tournament and after that,CNT stopped them to play internationaly.I think they are too nervous ,they dont´t know if they will play next time

 

[JesperStef]

I hope ishikawa kazumi can have the same results vs top chinese players like LSW , DN or the younger ones ZYL and CM . Also some news came out that tells Chinese players Zhang Jike, Fang Bo, Yan An, Zhou Qihao and Feng Yalan are withdrawing from the #2018 Australian Open of the #2018 July 24th -29 .

I suspect that these withdrawals are due to the CTTA rules/policy regarding World Tour participation: if you don’t qualify for the Main Draw, you don’t get to play the next tournament - even if you were already going to play it :-(

 

[WorkerBee]

#103, Liang beats Harimoto. He is the perfect close to the table player so takes away Harimoto's advantages. These two will be battling for ten years. I hope Liang rises in world standing. If these two were friends and training partners, we would see a new level of play.

 

[TTLOVE]

the Chinese team has thoroughly studied Harimoto. Now he is the enemy nr. 1 of the Chinese table tennis. At the end of the match, Liang showed off the Chinese flag in his shirt, as if to prove that China is still the best country in table tennis. I think that Harimoto has not prepared enough for this match and that next time Liang will have serious difficulties in winning the game. Among other things, Liang but especially his coach were anti-sports claiming that he was given a point for taking the edge, but in reality, the ball had hit the outside of the edge.

 

[zeio]

They decided to turn off the stream for table 1, where Ishikawa and Ito are playing, seriously?

 

[NextLevel]

Ishikawa is killing Ito and no one can watch...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

wow impressed by Kasumi. Can she (finally !!!) be up to the Challenge against WMY or LSW if she wins Ito ???

 

[zeio]

I suspect that these withdrawals are due to the CTTA rules/policy regarding World Tour participation: if you don’t qualify for the Main Draw, you don’t get to play the next tournament - even if you were already going to play it :-(

Yes, it's in the policy. You don't make it out of the groups? You're grounded. 1st round exit as a seed? You're grounded. Even if you're signed up for the next stop.

 

[vik]

Liang is as solid on backand as Harimoto.What I don´t understand other lpayers play to him backhand to backhand instead of forehand to forehand.

 

[zeio]

The comments on the zhibo.tv streams are funny. Some say the match Ishikawa and Ito was fixed. Some say Ito is tired from playing Hu Limei, which actually makes sense.

 

[mrk]

Liang showed off the Chinese flag in his shirt, as if to prove that China is still the best country in table tennis.

He better should prove he can win world tour events like this, Harimoto has many years ahead where he can improve his game and stamina and he already won 2 world tour events. Lingkun won't have this time.

Among other things, Liang but especially his coach were anti-sports claiming that he was given a point for taking the edge, but in reality, the ball had hit the outside of the edge.

Poor sportsmanship from Jingkun and his coach.

 

[Sali]

The comments on the zhibo.tv streams are funny. Some say the match Ishikawa and Ito was fixed. Some say Ito is tired from playing Hu Limei, which actually makes sense.

I knew you are not going to believe- ishikawa hater

 

[zeio]

the Chinese team has thoroughly studied Harimoto. Now he is the enemy nr. 1 of the Chinese table tennis. At the end of the match, Liang showed off the Chinese flag in his shirt, as if to prove that China is still the best country in table tennis. I think that Harimoto has not prepared enough for this match and that next time Liang will have serious difficulties in winning the game. Among other things, Liang but especially his coach were anti-sports claiming that he was given a point for taking the edge, but in reality, the ball had hit the outside of the edge.

This is actually not the 1st time. The same thing happened in the match between LJK and Matsudaira in 2017. Same behavior from LJK. Not an honest boy.

 

[Suga D]

...Lingkun won't have this time...

A typo? You must have meant Liang Jingkun...