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[Vlad Celler]

I won’t argue ... I better agree with you ...

 

[Vlad Celler]

I dispute it. She will play singles only if they believe wh wa t she did against Ito is something only she can do. She was probably the favorite for teams anyways but the Ding Meng combo needs work.

And I agree with you ...

 

[langel]

I'm serious!
BNT3 streams all the semis and the finals today.
Also they streamed the Hungarian Open semis and finals and the German Open too.
That's why you can't watch tv.ittf - cause bnt has bought the rights for today. And the quality is much better than online.

Yes, no kidding, ha-ha, have never expected!

 

[Vlad Celler]

But seriously, I can only say: in my opinion, Mima Ito has noticeably improved her game ....And until Tokyo 2020 another three months ....

 

[MaLin2.0]

I dispute it. She will play singles only if they believe wh wa t she did against Ito is something only she can do. She was probably the favorite for teams anyways but the Ding Meng combo needs work.

I think just based on limited time and possibly of tournaments from now til Tokyo 2020 being cancelled, this might of been last chance for alot of players to make their cases for selection. CM has had good run last few tournaments and honestly only one proven can consistently beat Mima.

DN just got destroyed, but she did beat Mima in QF earlier in the year, I believe DN just had a bad night and one to learn from these experiences. LSW think time has run out to convince coaches she can beat Mima, other one that I think has real confidence against Mima is SYS, but lately form been down and doubles performances has not been too impressive.

Just my opinion, I could be completely wrong but I can only go on what I'm seeing.

 

[zeio]

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

I don't know what you think guys but i think ITO is bipolar.
yday she was smiling while playing XD with MIZUTANI. You could tell from Game 2 or even Game 1 from ITO's body language that she wasn't in a good day and had already lost.

Now, I agree that CM has at least 2 big things for her against ITO:
- she's more powerful than other players, so it seems to me she stands a little bit farther from the table, and its easier for her to have lower and spinny trajectories especially with her BH. ITO's bread and butter is to dominate the BH diagonal and punch balls coming a bit high, but those balls don't come often with CM.
- CM needed only 1 game to read ITO's serves. ITO's getting a lot of cheap points with her serves and serve/3rd ball combos usually

ITO changed her tactics a bit in G5, pivoting to take her FH early. But thats not her A game, she got an early lead but CM catched on quickly.

Despite CM qualities, i think ITO should have arguments to fight back, but if she has lost it already in her head, nothing good can happen. Its not normal the way ITO is always losing to CHEN. Its ok to lose; after all CM is WR1 but not the way she does.

 

[MaLin2.0]

I don't know what you think guys but i think ITO is bipolar.
yday she was smiling while playing XD with MIZUTANI. You could tell from Game 2 or even Game 1 from ITO's body language that she wasn't in a good day and had already lost.

Now, I agree that CM has at least 2 big things for her against ITO:
- she's more powerful than other players, so it seems to me she stands a little bit farther from the table, and its easier for her to have lower and spinny trajectories especially with her BH. ITO's bread and butter is to dominate the BH diagonal and punch balls coming a bit high, but those balls don't come often with CM.
- CM needed only 1 game to read ITO's serves. ITO's getting a lot of cheap points with her serves and serve/3rd ball combos usually

ITO changed her tactics a bit in G5, pivoting to take her FH early. But thats not her A game, she got an early lead but CM catched on quickly.

Despite CM qualities, i think ITO should have arguments to fight back, but if she has lost it already in her head, nothing good can happen. Its not normal the way ITO is always losing to CHEN. Its ok to lose; after all CM is WR1 but not the way she does.

Well lot of ladies moods go up and down frequently, so do men, bit of bipolar in most of us.

Mima I actually think goes into every game positive, but I know what you mean that sense of helplessness and once that occurs plenty players start doing silly mistakes or shots, gifting points the other way. Comes with experience I suppose, Mima reletivly young still so expect her continue to grow.

Then you have you're really analytical players like Xu Xin who I find sometimes opponents really take them the distance but Xu Xin slows tempo down, tries work out right combination and can pull off 7 game wins, which we have seen time and time again. Mima I think will eventually get there, lot of talent in her.

 

[Hysteresis]

Welp, FZD not waiting for the dying parts of the year to take his first title this time.

Good sign, he wouldn't want to be having the kind of year he had last year in an Olympic year.

 

[NextLevel]

I don't know what you think guys but i think ITO is bipolar.
yday she was smiling while playing XD with MIZUTANI. You could tell from Game 2 or even Game 1 from ITO's body language that she wasn't in a good day and had already lost.

Now, I agree that CM has at least 2 big things for her against ITO:
- she's more powerful than other players, so it seems to me she stands a little bit farther from the table, and its easier for her to have lower and spinny trajectories especially with her BH. ITO's bread and butter is to dominate the BH diagonal and punch balls coming a bit high, but those balls don't come often with CM.
- CM needed only 1 game to read ITO's serves. ITO's getting a lot of cheap points with her serves and serve/3rd ball combos usually

ITO changed her tactics a bit in G5, pivoting to take her FH early. But thats not her A game, she got an early lead but CM catched on quickly.

Despite CM qualities, i think ITO should have arguments to fight back, but if she has lost it already in her head, nothing good can happen. Its not normal the way ITO is always losing to CHEN. Its ok to lose; after all CM is WR1 but not the way she does.

I don't think you are being entirely fair to Ito and yes Chen Meng has that Li Xiaoxia extra power thing working for her. Sometimes it is annoying to feel like nothing is working and at a certain point it hurts your mood regardless of how calm you are because you do care about the results.

I also think Chen Meng's coach is annoyingly loud and needs to calm the eff down.

The good thing for Ito is that she now has homework. I am sure they can find men who can loop to her like Chen Meng so she can deal with that style.

 

[drunix80]

I don't think you are being entirely fair to Ito and yes Chen Meng has that Li Xiaoxia extra power thing working for her. Sometimes it is annoying to feel like nothing is working and at a certain point it hurts your mood regardless of how calm you are because you do care about the results.

I also think Chen Meng's coach is annoyingly loud and needs to calm the eff down.

The good thing for Ito is that she now has homework. I am sure they can find men who can loop to her like Chen Meng so she can deal with that style.

Sometimes it about style rather than adaptation. I think Chen/SYS's game is something Ito's pips simply can not handle. Ito's game is perfect foil for DN/ZYL type of rally game. But not power game !!

 

[ZeroTT]

Well it's been a good week for Liam Pitchford.
Winning the English Nationals and now a Final in Qatar.

It seems the switch from butterfly to Victas isn't holding him back.

 

[Hysteresis]

Well it's been a good week for Liam Pitchford.
Winning the English Nationals and now a Final in Qatar.

It seems the switch from butterfly to Victas isn't holding him back.

Looks like Pitchford has improved his forehand a lot, I see him playing a lot more extended elbow forehands, with contact further from the body. With his freakshly long arms, he gets a HECK of a lot of torque on those shots.

He also seems to have leaned into the last second wrist flick, you have no idea where he's going to hit a backhand until he actually hits it.

 

[drunix80]

Looks like Pitchford has improved his forehand a lot, I see him playing a lot more extended elbow forehands, with contact further from the body. With his freakshly long arms, he gets a HECK of a lot of torque on those shots.

He also seems to have leaned into the last second wrist flick, you have no idea where he's going to hit a backhand until he actually hits it.

Liam "wrist" Pitchford - What an absolutely wonderful performance !!! Liam was always a threat to CNT till his game dipped late last year. Glad he is back with a bang..

 

[zeio]

 

[Footloose]

Anyone know when player names must be submitted for 2020 Olympics? Imagine the difficulty of Chinese coach having to decide which players he will be sending in male and female categories

 

[Luke James]

Recently FZD lost to Ovtcharov. Generally in the seventh FZD is another player.(ask Kalberg) . FZD beats all the other chinese players. So I wonder how you trust?

 

[Luke James]

I wonder who you trust sorry. furthermore he is 2 games to 1 and 8 2 behind in fourth against WCQ he wins 14 12 and the match.Yes I Wonder.

 

[der_Jan]

Well it's been a good week for Liam Pitchford.
Winning the English Nationals and now a Final in Qatar.

It seems the switch from butterfly to Victas isn't holding him back.

Switch to Victas? Look at the back of Liam's shirt … logo of Victas?

 

[will_999]

Are there any spectators at this tournament? Seats look completely empty. **Never mind I see a few now.

such a disgrace that the players probably outnumber the spectators. Why have the tournament in such a crappy place?