Paris Olympic Games 2024

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Could've been both I guess.

But now my official head canon is that Harimoto was too sweaty but has an irrational phobia of taking his shirt off in public and needed to go behind closed doors to do it.

not really it looks like its the protocol. Ibra Diaw had to do the same the other day

 

[NextLevel]

That was a great set of matches. Now another great set. I was a bit annoyed at this R32 and R16 on the same day format in terms of athlete care, but the amount of TT we are getting today is amazing.

 

[turbozed]

The crowd seems to have spent all their energy cheering for 7 games for Felix.

Much more muted now for Alexis. I bet there's a few casual French fans asking themselves now "Wait, there's another one?"

 

[d3nium]

Alexis is seeing it like a beach ball at the mo. He's playing really well, Hugo is in for a tough night.

 

[turbozed]

Man that was an awful Game 1 start for Hugo. He's not finding any feeling for the ball.

Rooting for Alexis for the sake of TT but I want to see full power Hugo.

 

[d3nium]

Hugo stepping it up now

 

[Janard]

But as @zeio and myself have pointed out, this has been an issue for a long time, it is a bit surprising as you said for it to get called out at this match only, but her tomahawk has a low backward toss that has made it dubious forever.

She got faulted for the pendulum serve, which I suppose also has the backward toss suspicion. If no one calls out Dima's tomahawk's serves, everyone else' should be spared lol. The way his toss goes is literally ~

But yes the issue is consistency of enforcement rather than anything else.

On a side note, CM's playing like her main bat also got stomped on - very out of sorts. Either she spent lots of time consoling a special someone or it's the expensive-looking jade pendant weighing her down.

 

[turbozed]

Hugo stepping it up now

Hugo unstoppable now. Alexis looks completely lost out there. Hoping he can make this a more exciting matchup.

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

Hugo is probably the favorite to reach the final, right?

 

[turbozed]

Incredible 18-16 game 2 between Togami and JWJ. Togami fought off 5 game points but couldn't take it.

 

[d3nium]

Hugo unstoppable now. Alexis looks completely lost out there. Hoping he can make this a more exciting matchup.

Yeah Hugo is destroying him. I think it'll be him vs FZD in the final.

 

[mikeytt]

jang woojins forehand is causing big problems for togami

 

[NextLevel]

Man that was an awful Game 1 start for Hugo. He's not finding any feeling for the ball.

Rooting for Alexis for the sake of TT but I want to see full power Hugo.

It's a best of seven for a reason.

 

[karupinkun]

Yeah Hugo is destroying him. I think it'll be him vs FZD in the final.

would be an interesting affair with their history

 

[zeio]

MS R16
A. Lebrun (11) 1-4 Calderano (4) (3, -5, -6, -3, -8)
Alexis reached his seeding position. Acceptable. Kudos to separation by association.
One step away from SF, JWJ next for Calderano?

JWJ (8) 4-0 Togami (10) (7, 16, 10, 9)
Togami is back to I-prep-for-Harimoto-year-round mode.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/wtt-champions-chongqing-2024.34066/post-462024

Calderano 3-2 LJK (6, 8, -11, -8, 6)

Calderano has fixed some long-standing issues of his game at the table, especially on FH. If he could reproduce and maintain this form throughout Paris 2024, then reaching the SF with his seeding won't be out of the question. The potential concern is that he might have shown his hand a little too soon.

 

[turbozed]

Nice attempt to get back into Game 6 by Alexis but Hugo looked unbeatable for him today.

Awesome to have the crowd still cheer for Alexis so much even after a loss.

Edit: Crowd really got Alexis spirits back up after that loss. Went around to acknowledge the crowd with a smile. Great stuff to see.

 

[turbozed]

It's a best of seven for a reason.

Well I got what I wished for. That point especially to set up match point was definitely full power Hugo.

 

[d3nium]

Hugo is just a better player than Alexis at the moment in time.

Alexis will learn from this experience.

 

[turbozed]

This match looking like the typical Togami experience. Some strong plays on his side but always finds a way to lose the close games. Feels often like he's his own worst enemy.

Edit: Togami's step-around timing has been really awful this match. Everytime he commits it's an instant point loss.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Good to have Adam commentating for NBC again. The lady earlier today has a monotone, sleepy voice more suitable for a nature documentary. Would have been nice to have Sean O'Neill as a commentator or co-commentator.