Paris Olympic Games 2024

[travelt123]

Gauzy’s style just feels like a throwback to the past.

 

[driversbeat]

Harimoto can't shake it off. 9-3 to 9-7 and a very late TO called.

He remembered to use the toilet ulti this time.

 

[fore.n.back]

Every time he served to Felix's BH, he got back rocket speed backhand spins.
And at 10-8 lead, he kept serving on his backhand!!!! I can't understand how a player oh his level couldn't see that simple thing...

the thing is Harimoto has gotten too used to fighting bh to bh in the diagonal line that he can't even dare to hit a straight bh or serving fast down the line since these set-ups can lead to a fh-fh pattern that he isn't as familiar to

 

[TTLOVE]

harimoto is confiming himself as the biggest choker at this olympic.
7th game loss against fzd, 5th game loss against LJY, 5th game loss against Anton Kallberg and now felix.
I'm sorry but he just doesn't play very well in the last set.

 

[M51]

harimoto is confiming himself as the biggest choker at this olympic.
7th game loss against fzd, 5th game loss against LJY, 5th game loss against Anton Kallberg and now felix.
I'm sorry but he just doesn't play very well in the last set.

He can't close.

He cant even dominate against a complete underdog right now.

 

[Metaxa]

Every time he served to Felix's BH, he got back rocket speed backhand spins.
And at 10-8 lead, he kept serving on his backhand!!!! I can't understand how a player oh his level couldn't see that simple thing...

What I wrote in #2118. Other than his match against FZD, he remains ill in the same bed.

 

[Shifu]

He can't close.

He cant even dominate against a complete underdog right now.

But he can get to 8:7 in the decider against the Olympic champion.

Give him a break. He‘s 21. What did Ma Long do at the Olympics with 21? Sitting in front of the TV.

 

[driversbeat]

6-8 to 11-8 after Tomo pulls out his forehand

 

[Metaxa]

the thing is Harimoto has gotten too used to fighting bh to bh in the diagonal line that he can't even dare to hit a straight bh or serving fast down the line since these set-ups can lead to a fh-fh pattern that he isn't as familiar to

Is normal, Harimoto's natural reaction time of BH > FH is always less than that of his opponents.

 

[backspacer]

Rule 2.06.02 It have to be less than 30°

ITTF Statutes 2024:

2.62. The server shall then project the ball near vertically upwards, without imparting spin, so that it rises at least 16cm after leaving the palm of the free hand and then falls without touching anything before being struck.

Handbook for Match Officials 2021:

10.3.1 The server is required to throw the ball “near vertically” upwards and it must rise at least 16 cm after leaving his or her hand. This means it must rise within a few degrees of the vertical, rather than within the angle of 45 that was formerly specified, and that it must rise far enough for the umpire to be sure that it is thrown upwards and not sideways or diagonally. In Diagram 10.3.1.1 services B and C are acceptable, whilst A and D are not. The height of the toss is also a factor in determining whether the toss is near vertical. In Diagram 10.3.1.2, the ball is projected from, and struck at, the same place, but service A is a fault, whilst B is acceptable.

This is only included in the handbook. If you look up the rules there is no mention of degrees and even in the handbook there are only two diagram which allows to you bend the rules by throwing high enough. My point is they should it change to throw no more than x cm horizontally. It's ridiculous how Ovtcharov gets away with his Tomahawk.

 

[pingpongpaddy]

He does this all the time. So as I wrote pages ago, all illegal services.

Actually the service law requires the toss to be "near vertically upward" All the players do that but it does drift over at the peak of the toss ending up falling a couple of feet away, but to me what they do seems to comply with "near vertically" and is at least 16 cm. In the bad old days some players would have the ball travelling almost horizontally onto the bat. At Birmingham 77 I was behind the table when a famous Hungarian did a tomahawk serve and missed it and the ball came all the way back to the barrier where I was sitting.
However if the ball in the palm is above the table at the start of the toss that is illegal.
IMHO the law is badly written

Ah
I see backspacer is before me and phrases it better

 

[M51]

But he can get to 8:7 in the decider against the Olympic champion.

Give him a break. He‘s 21. What did Ma Long do at the Olympics with 21? Sitting in front of the TV.

That's a non-argument. When Ma Long was in his early twenties, the generational succession hasn't happened yet, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao were still reigning supreme.

 

[backspacer]

I would have died if I had done the splits like Gauzy.

 

[M51]

I would have died if I had done the splits like Gauzy.

A friend of mine (also a player) got seriously injured doing it...

At a party.

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

Don't give Harimoto a lead...

 

[backspacer]

If Harimoto loses this match as well he will retire and become a hermit.

EDIT: I'm so relieved he won.

 

[turbozed]

Ping pong gods decided to cut Harimoto a break giving him an edge and a missed serve by Gauzy to help him win that game.

Gauzy played as good as I've seen him recently, but Harimoto fought to keep the dream alive.

 

[NextLevel]

If It had someone other than Felix or Fan Zhendong on the other side, I would give Shinozuka a chance. But the reason why I thought Japan had no chance was that Felix would win 2. So let's go!

 

[driversbeat]

Japan could have won the bronze medal by now. Let's see if Shinozuka can round out this Olympic of comebacks.

 

[travelt123]

Harimoto gets redemption at the last minute of the last hour.