Saudi Smash 2024

[kindof99]

Nice comeback by LSS

 

[DOMZ56]

Wang Chuqin dispatches simon gauzy in a great game with some good rallies. Love watching simon, was really rooting for him

 

[NextLevel]

Pitchford seems to not be on point vs defense - but maybe it is Filus in form and a rough patch...

Gauzy didn't complain about a single WCQ serve in person... interesting.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

LYJ is pretty sick
had to play

at least one of the Taiwanese went through

 

[NextLevel]

2-0, 9-4 - Bernie is going to be pissed if Bajor closes this out.

 

[NextLevel]

Bajor is like a box of chocolate - you never know what you are going to get.

Now the Future faces the Pharoah on table 3...

 

[backspacer]

Bernie is out. Couldn't follow the match because I was watching Dima and Alexis. Alexis did a roundhouse kick over the table 😅

 

[NextLevel]

Bernie is out. Couldn't follow the match because I was watching Dima and Alexis. Alexis did a roundhouse kick over the table 😅

Dima teaching him respect for his elders .

 

[zeio]

1st seeded player out on women's side (LYJ and then Kallberg on men's side). 2nd time exiting in R64 after Singapore Smash 2024.

WS R64
Szocs 2-0 -> 2-3 Bajor

 

[Table-Tennis-All]

Highlights a hot match in R64: WANG Chuqin vs Simon GAUZY:

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Bernie is out. Couldn't follow the match because I was watching Dima and Alexis. Alexis did a roundhouse kick over the table 😅

apparently Bernie has only ever gone out in the first round (R64) during Smash
Smash doesn't suite her by the look of it

 

[OvrChkn]

Amy Wang's playstyle is so controlled, calm, and hardly has to cover ground. I don't understand the nuances of her game. Close match vs Nina.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Lin Yunju caught the influenza B virus and his whole body had no power.
He was in bed for 3 days straight.

Originally his flight was to depart Taiwan on 1 May, but due to his high fever, he was not allowed onto the airplane.
He managed to get onto a flight 2 days later - so he landed on the eve of his first match.
He was still pretty weak going into this match ....

Its very important to pitch for matches

 

[NextLevel]

apparently Bernie has only ever gone out in the first round (R64) during Smash
Smash doesn't suite her by the look of it

Yes, it is all about the tournament format - nothing to do with the opponent lol .

 

[NextLevel]

Amy Wang's playstyle is so controlled, calm, and hardly has to cover ground. I don't understand the nuances of her game. Close match vs Nina.

It's called a talent for ball feeling - she has had a relatively awkward, backhand oriented Oh Sang Eun style through out her play, even as a child. Her forehand and footwork has always been her relative weakness.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Yes, it is all about the tournament format - nothing to do with the opponent lol .

yeah, 4 times now, in the first round
Smash and Szocs doesn't go well together

 

[jfolsen]

Lin Yunju caught the influenza B virus and his whole body had no power.
He was in bed for 3 days straight.

Originally his flight was to depart Taiwan on 1 May, but due to his high fever, he was not allowed onto the airplane.
He managed to get onto a flight 2 days later - so he landed on the eve of his first match.
He was still pretty weak going into this match ....

Its very important to pitch for matches

He should make sure to find all the WTT officials, shake their hands and perhaps cough on them.

 

[OvrChkn]

It's called a talent for ball feeling - she has had a relatively awkward, backhand oriented Oh Sang Eun style through out her play, even as a child. Her forehand and footwork has always been her relative weakness.

I felt like Nina started to exploit her long backhand and forehand later on, but a close match in general.

 

[NextLevel]

yeah, 4 times now, in the first round
Smash and Szocs doesn't go well together

All the opponents played well, all of them are players she has struggled with in other contexts.

 

[NextLevel]

I felt like Nina started to exploit her long backhand and forehand later on, but a close match in general.

Yes. Nina lost to Amy in 2021 in Houston, so Amy knows her style can work, Nina wants to back off the table and play topspins but she can't do that against Amy without risk so she has stick to a plan which might not be how she really wanted to play but that is competitive table tennis sometimes.