UTT was over already, there were UTT players in Macao since their final is already over. Pitchford might also have been in UTT, as was Quadri. Or maybe I misunderstood and there is something else still going on.
Oh, I didn't realize UTT was over already. Time really flies. I guess now she'll be preparing China Smash which is coming up in 11 days. She'll be hoping to get a good draw to advance at least 1 round. R64 = $5,000 USD, R32 = $11,000 USD.
Sucks because I’m pretty sure this was a problem for many of the teams in S1 and they were drafting with commitments in mind for S2, hopefully this is just a one off thing. Was really hoping to see Perreira play, he can be a total beast. Lily Zhang of course too would have liked to see how she did against Kotomi Omoda from Japan (Paddlers). Am also excited to see her play Wensheng Wei from China (Revolution).
Agreed and it was a problem for the Blasters in particular which is why I called it out...hope it is not going to be a recurring issue and if it is they won't have much playoff hopes with their B team.
Assuming Pitchford is in shape, who are those many that you think could pull an upset on him?
Not to discredit the game he took but I think it is underrated how new players to the league need to mentally adjust to the dynamic of playing out a third game after already winning the match. Throughout last season I noticed a lot of matches that looked like they should have ended in a sweep instead ending with a 2-1.
Jinbao Ma
Huge mistake by the coach to put in Wei Wang in the high intensity Golden Game when he didn't play any singles or doubles match that night. It all went downhill from there.
And to wait that long to call the timeout when it was clear shit was hitting the fan...
Unfortunately i agree, I was thinking the exact same thing.. why not the hometown hero Jiwei?? Why not the Chinese hidden beast Haochen Wang? Instead the chopper? Don’t choppers usually need time to get into a good rhythm?
I'm not imagining it, commentator just said that last season, players leading 2-0 going into game 3 ended up losing the third game more than half the time...
Haocheng Wang is also a beast waiting to be unleashed! Kumar has his moments but is a bit unreliable.. Kotomi has potential to beat all other women in the league imo but obvi Lily Zhang is probably the favorite in that match up.
UTT is very short, can't blame you for missing that.
That’s pretty cool that they do that, just kind of short and sweet 2 weeks of intense matches and poof it’s gone lol, so it doesn’t interfere with other events..
yeah, won't be wrong to say MLTT copy some ideas from UTT
Interesting! Yeah TT has so much going on with all the big WTT events and leagues I’m sure it’s hard to find a longer uninterrupted time..
