Ma Long defeated by Kishikawa 3-0

[TTHopeful]

Even the worlds best have off days.

Anyone know the date of this? What ever happened to Seiya Kishikawa, he was showing good promise here.

 

[Raylazyfo]

In the video it says 2009

 

[Kaiwen]

In 2009, and I think the plastic ball has kill Kishikawa...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

i think ice cream and beer killed Kishikawa, he is too fat

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

2009 asian champs

 

[Ma Long Superfan]

Ma Long would win easy 4-0 now!

 

[DJeX]

I guess complacency killed Kishikawa. He's one of my idols, though of course in his prime. Heck he even beat Timo Boll in 2011 at the English Open.

 

[doraemon]

does anyone know what actually happened to him? he seemed to be quite strong with decent but inconsistent performances (attc 2009, japan open 2011, olympic games 2012) and then stopped doing any good.

 

[CroneOne]

I've watched a lot of ML. It's amazing to see him back in 2009 compared to now. You can see back then that there is hesitation in his footwork that loses him that half second of anticipation. Little extra steps and pauses that he has completely removed from his game now.

 

[doraemon]

and the title of the thread is SO misleading...

 

[DJeX]

http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/itt...1&Category=&Competition_ID=&Player_ID=104675&

Interesting... He even beat JM in the Japan Open 2011.... His WR back then is 17. His last updated ranking 103 from March 2016. He's been in the 10s-30s in ranking since 2010 til he dropped to 46 in March 2015, then dropping to 92 in November and 100 in December...

He even beat Kenta Matsudaira 4-2 in the QF of last year's All Japan, then eventually losing to Mizutani 4-0 in the Semis. He seemed to have began to decline last year.

 

[doraemon]

http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/itt...1&Category=&Competition_ID=&Player_ID=104675&

Interesting... He even beat JM in the Japan Open 2011.... His WR back then is 17. His last updated ranking 103 from March 2016. He's been in the 10s-30s in ranking since 2010 til he dropped to 46 in March 2015, then dropping to 92 in November and 100 in December...

He even beat Kenta Matsudaira 4-2 in the QF of last year's All Japan, then eventually losing to Mizutani 4-0 in the Semis. He seemed to have began to decline last year.

http://tabletennista.com/2014/4/seiya-kishikawa-repeated-weak-performance/

 

[TurboZ]

Found the results of the 2009 Asian Championship in Team. That was a close call for China.

1) XX lose to Kenta 1:3
2) ZJK beat Jun 3:1
3) ML lose to Kishikawa 0:3
4) XX beat Jun 3:2
5) ZJK beat Kenta 3:0

After ML lose the third, China was in deep trouble trailing 1:2 in score and on the edge of defeat when XX was 7:10 down in the decider of the fourth against Jun. Miraculously XX comeback and won it 15:13. Then ZJK close the fifth in a perfect manner of 3:0.

 

[kirua18]

 

[Persistence TT]

Its not so unusual if you consider that kishikawa was on the rise with furious BH (in the highlights he won all the bh to bh exchanges!) and ML was choking in close matches (3-0 seems easy but the sets were close)

 

[Trismegistus]

Found the results of the 2009 Asian Championship in Team. That was a close call for China.

1) XX lose to Kenta 1:3
2) ZJK beat Jun 3:1
3) ML lose to Kishikawa 0:3
4) XX beat Jun 3:2
5) ZJK beat Kenta 3:0

After ML lose the third, China was in deep trouble trailing 1:2 in score and on the edge of defeat when XX was 7:10 down in the decider of the fourth against Jun. Miraculously XX comeback and won it 15:13. Then ZJK close the fifth in a perfect manner of 3:0.

Very interesting. I didn't realize that China was so close to defeat on that occasion. I know that Ma Long won the singles title at this tournament, beating ZJK 4-2 in the final (very entertaining match). Do you remember if the singles took place before or after the team event?

 

[Persistence TT]

Very interesting. I didn't realize that China was so close to defeat on that occasion. I know that Ma Long won the singles title at this tournament, beating ZJK 4-2 in the final (very entertaining match). Do you remember if the singles took place before or after the team event?

wow
I didnt knew these results. Kinda shows that the chinese were experimenting with youngsters at that period, they also made the transition phase next year with no veterans in the women's team.

 

[TurboZ]

Very interesting. I didn't realize that China was so close to defeat on that occasion. I know that Ma Long won the singles title at this tournament, beating ZJK 4-2 in the final (very entertaining match). Do you remember if the singles took place before or after the team event?

Single was after Team as usual. I believe Olympics deliberately change the order to try upsetting China in Team event after either one of the player lose in Single Final. Dirty move I must say. I really want to see Single at the end so the two players can battle it all out without reserve and no worries about the later Team event.

 

[allencorn]

I loved to watch Kishakawa, especially his backhand. His match in the Japan open against Mizutani was great. He and Mizutani also made a great doubles team. I think he got ousted by some of the up-and-coming young Japanese talent (e.g., Niwa), at least on the international circuit.

 

[ttpshot]

Kishikawa is semi-retired now that he has his own TT academy up and running.
He wasn't participating in selection tournament for World championships and it's been wispered that this month's National tournament is his last.