Pro Tour Grand Finals 2011

[PlasmaLight]

Quite a scrappy game between Ma Long and Oh. Loads of unforced errors on both sides. Hope Ma Long can pick it up in his next game.

yes but the goal is to show strength. and ma long won 4-0 while the other players had some problems (wang hao, zhang jike)

 

[harrybelafonte]

yeah maybe he can win 5-0.... dont think he s dropped a game in last tournament and this one...maybe needs to practice a bit harder...lol..

 

[Michal_Z]

Well Ma Lin out as I thought..
I was thinking he will go out in the next round, but Gao Ning made the job earlier, nice..
Ian - question for you: How played Joo against Xu Xin?? Was it Joo playing bad or was it Xu playing supreme??

 

[PlasmaLight]

Well Ma Lin out as I thought..
I was thinking he will go out in the next round, but Gao Ning made the job earlier, nice..
Ian - question for you: How played Joo against Xu Xin?? Was it Joo playing bad or was it Xu playing supreme??

i think it was both. chinese player can play against chopper. xu xin let him no chance and joo didnt came into his game

 

[YosuaYosan]

All Asian player got jetlag? lol

 

[PlasmaLight]

Kasumi Ishikawa won yeah <3

 

[Dan]

All Asian player got jetlag? lol

Hehe they get there 5 days advance .. Ryu had no days rest hehe

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[PlasmaLight]

kim min seok also won against chen chien-an

i read that chen chien-an started playing at the age of 10 -.-" ... damn i started, when i was 9. and look what a nice player he is now ...argh

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

lol another loss for Ma Lin, surely this is the end! Shame about Mizutani, I like watching that kid play

It does look like it. I will not fully count him out, but it is hard to argue with the facts. That is 4 times that he has lost to a much lower ranked player in a fairly short period of time.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

yes but the goal is to show strength. and ma long won 4-0 while the other players had some problems (wang hao, zhang jike)

Yeah, I noticed this too. Ma Long did not look very good even though he won 4-0. In a way it is funny. As if 4-0 is not enough. But he was not really playing up to his usual standard.

 

[PlasmaLight]

Yeah, I noticed this too. Ma Long did not look very good even though he won 4-0. In a way it is funny. As if 4-0 is not enough. But he was not really playing up to his usual standard.

yeah thats true, but i think it looked that way, because oh sang eun is not a real topspin player from behind the table. he often plays in front with hard counters and blocks. and ma long had to handle this

 

[Ian]

Ian - question for you: How played Joo against Xu Xin?? Was it Joo playing bad or was it Xu playing supreme??

This match was on the table furthest away from me, so I didn't see much. Whenever I did have a look though, it seemed Xu Xin's forehand was too strong for Joo.

Here's a panoramic photo from where I was sitting.


I've also scanned the Floor Plan from the programme to give those of you going a heads up.

 

[Dan]

This match was on the table furthest away from me, so I didn't see much. Whenever I did have a look though, it seemed Xu Xin's forehand was too strong for Joo.

Here's a panoramic photo from where I was sitting.
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I've also scanned the Floor Plan from the programme to give those of you going a heads up.
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Amazing panornamic photo! Looks so nice in there. I can't wait now!

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[UpSideDownCarl]

This match was on the table furthest away from me, so I didn't see much. Whenever I did have a look though, it seemed Xu Xin's forehand was too strong for Joo.

Here's a panoramic photo from where I was sitting.
View attachment 895

I've also scanned the Floor Plan from the programme to give those of you going a heads up.
View attachment 896

Nice. I am jealous of you guys who can get to go watch in person. But I am happy for you that this tournament is in London. It must be a treat.

 

[dici]

hm.. liu guo liang was answering some fans' question on his webblog. Looks like he still not satisfy with wang hao performance, and pointing out that there is some serious issue on Ma Lin in term of skill and mentality.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

hm.. liu guo liang was answering some fans' question on his webblog. Looks like he still not satisfy with wang hao performance, and pointing out that there is some serious issue on Ma Lin in term of skill and mentality.

Well there is definitely something going on for Ma Lin. And I would be willing to bet that a lot of it is mental.

 

[dici]

Yea, I think one of the reason is that Ma lin just focus on his webblog (the china's twitter/facebook) too much instead of training lately lol

I remember that when I check it during WTTC, he seldom update it. But these days he just post the update like once or twice everyday.

 

[PlasmaLight]

maybe the "one round ma lin" joke liu guoliang made, was not good for him now it´s in his head ^^

 

[kiwiNCFC]

Question to anyone who has been to the PTF....

Are there any places to eat there and any stalls selling stuff?

Thanks!

 

[Michal_Z]

Guo Yan surprisingly got beaten by Wang Yuegu 4:3, 13:11 in the deciding game!
Guo Yan, the women player that got over 92000 points on pro tours this year, what a surprise to go out so early!
So the semis for women: Wang Yuegu vs. Liu Shiwen and Li Xiaoxia vs. Ding Ning