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[Michal_Z]

I am dying laughing!!!
The rally ended by a LET!!!
Other ball fell into the court, loool!!!

 

[Michal_Z]

Okay, the EXPEDITE RULE IS ON, lets go!

 

[Shifu]

can someone explain the expedite rule please?

 

[fanTT]

and also longest rally was interupted by a ball from another court what a pitty
Even reffs were lauthing

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

already over for Japanese superstar HIRANO. She had a tough encounter with a young Chinese, GU Yuting, and well she lost, not really a surprise.

i will be very tough also for ISHIKAWA against WANG Manyu, the odds are for the Chinese.
but we had already some surprises today with WU Yang beaten 3-4 by Partyka and the Grand Slam Winner Doubles Pair MA Long - ZJK beaten by the Karlssons !!! HU Melek also out to MORIZONO Misaki

 

[FANtasticPanda]

Jike not giving a single % more than necessary

He's having a fever and a swollen ankle today I think he played very wisely. Hope he'll get well soon!

 

[Michal_Z]

Slovakian Balážová 3:1 in the lead over TIE YANA!
YEAH!

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Ishikawa again lost 0-4 to a Chinese, WANG Manyu today...
The odds of a Chinese Sunday are increasing... (unless they play some doubles on Sunday...)

 

[Jonathan_]

FZD completely took Oshima apart. This feels an awful lot like the China Open after the Olympics last year. Could beat two other Chinese players comfortably if ti comes to that. My pick to win the tournament at the moment.

You should place a bet.. quite accurate ;-)

Haha thank you!

Freitas vs Mengel
1:1 so I twon't trust you

Trust me now?

 

[Garrison]

LJK did it! Whoa that was so close vs Kenta

 

[Michal_Z]

Now a big discussion and I think that Liang Jingkun hit the table from the side and not the edge..
If they leave this like it was point Liang, I think they do wrong..

 

[v100ev]

Kenta lost his chance at 10:8(two passive receives)..
And the last point was side for me..

 

[Steven]

What a deciding point between Matsudaira and LJK... At first view I think the point should've belonged to Matsudaira. Will have to watch the replay later.

 

[fanTT]

not the best angle, but after watching several times for me its a side.. poor Kenta

 

[Nilsragnar]

Wow, the ball goes down, that's Kenta's point...

 

[Jonathan_]

Wow, what a horrible ending to a complete monster of a match

LJK was incredibly clutch from 9-9 in the sixth and 8-10 in the decider. When he went up 11-10 in the decider he looked completely numb. One of the best matches I have seen in recent years, and the last point was amazing up until the controversy.

If I had to call it as a neutral umpire from my PC screen, I think Matsudaira was right, but it's hardly possible to make a quality decision like this. After the point was called in favor of LJK, he was deliberately shaking hands as quick as possible with both umpires. Not the classiest of behaviors, but legitimate since it was the umpire's decision.

On top of that, this match for LJK wasn't an ordinary match. If he lost to a foreigner from 5-1 up in the seventh game I doubt he would have gotten another chance. Heartbreaking for Kenta, but there is no question who needed this more.

 

[MasterMyself]

Can't wait to watch LJK vs Kenta replay. I can only refresh my screen to catchup on the score. Got to be a must watch!!

 

[Michal_Z]

Wow, what a horrible ending to a complete monster of a match

LJK was incredibly clutch from 9-9 in the sixth and 8-10 in the decider. When he went up 11-10 in the decider he looked completely numb. One of the best matches I have seen in recent years, and the last point was amazing up until the controversy.

If I had to call it as a neutral umpire from my PC screen, I think Matsudaira was right, but it's hardly possible to make a quality decision like this. After the point was called in favor of LJK, he was deliberately shaking hands as quick as possible with both umpires. Not the classiest of behaviors, but legitimate since it was the umpire's decision.

On top of that, this match for LJK wasn't an ordinary match. If he lost to a foreigner from 5-1 up in the seventh game I doubt he would have gotten another chance. Heartbreaking for Kenta, but there is no question who needed this more.

This only shows that I was right!
Liang is not there yet.
He looks like he is that good, because he knows the chinese and that is all.
Any good player from top 20 has a good chance against him.
And what he did was WRONG!
Rules say that HE must admit it was an edge if the umpire didnt see it.
I am sure he knew it was side and not edge.
We all saw it.
From now on, Liang is an as..hole for me.
Just the same like the chinese woman who did this years ago to Fukuhara.
This should be a sport of gentlemans and not liars like this.

 

[Nilsragnar]

Completely agree, this is not fair, I cannot believe he won. Awful to not admit that it was not his point!!

 

[Jonathan_]

This only shows that I was right!
Liang is not there yet.
He looks like he is that good, because he knows the chinese and that is all.
Any good player from top 20 has a good chance against him.
And what he did was WRONG!
Rules say that HE must admit it was an edge if the umpire didnt see it.
I am sure he knew it was side and not edge.
We all saw it.
From now on, Liang is an as..hole for me.
Just the same like the chinese woman who did this years ago to Fukuhara.
This should be a sport of gentlemans and not liars like this.

If he saw it - Absolutely, poor sportsmanship.
And yeah, he is not on the same level yet, but I actually think he is better than he may show in these matches outside China. Just sad that this is the reality for great Chinese players.