Simon Gauzy was right or wrong in that point?

[Table-Tennis-All]

Hi guys
Let watch again the important point in the match: Simon GAUZY vs Mohamed EL-BEIALI yesterday

Time: 40:40

From this position, how come the ball hit the table side ?

I think the reference was wrong but Simon Gauzy also was not fair play
How do you think ?

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

good sportsmanship from Mohamed EL-BEIALI

 

[turbozed]

From where El-Biali hit the ball, it's almost certainly an edge.

Refs need to take a firm stance to avoid the talking and drama.

 

[NextLevel]

It looked like side to me, but that call is almost always an edge on principle.

 

[Loop Lob Smash]

At the point the ball is reaching the net, the ball is well inside the white side-line so... looks like an edge to me

 

[lodro]

Edge, but only the ref could really decide this because she was the only one to have the perfect view. When the ball touched and if there was even the slightest deviation upwards it is a point for the shot-maker but if the ball just got a deviation side wards , well........................

 

[Table-Tennis-All]

Simon Gauzy could have won that match but it shouldn't have been that way.

 

[latej]

All this could have been avoided if they all could just review.

The only winner here is the EL-BEIALI, whom this situation gave a chance to show the true character.

 

[driversbeat]

Imagine if they invested in Hawk-Eye technology instead of WTT. So many years of side/edge + illegal service controversies and nothing has improved. What a joke.

 

[dingyibvs]

With a heavy side spin ball it's possible to hit the side. While it looks like edge to me, the type of sidespin he put on it could head outside the table and then curve back in, and the natural sidespin a return of Gauzy's service would also curve in that fashion.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

same issue, just different occasion

In CCY's case, he was by the middle of the table and umpires called "side".
not sure what was the call for here

based on ITTF logic, it is possible to hit sides from "middle of the table".
So, that is what is going around apparently

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Imagine if they invested in Hawk-Eye technology instead of WTT. So many years of side/edge + illegal service controversies and nothing has improved. What a joke.

its not that nothing has improved.
the video angle has hit a record high of hate. So in this case, "remaining the same" would be a huge improvement haha

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

With a heavy side spin ball it's possible to hit the side.

this is what ITTF and your logic claims, even with that "no arc" shot by El-Beiali.
Logic failure is my conclusion.
Like to invite any one and umpires to do birdy shot demonstration.

 

[latej]

I'm gonna practise that shot, and then I'm gonna use it in tight situations... Wait...

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I'm gonna practise that shot, and then I'm gonna use it in tight situations... Wait...

please do it
record it, and allow me to share on my yt.

theoretically speaking is possible
but even Chuang said he can't do that shot
he said given that position, and how he hit the ball and the flight of the ball, there is no ways it can curve back in.

it isn't a frisbee. you need a lot of air or flight for it, so i'm waiting for many to do what the pros can't do
this is where "keyboard talk" and "actual game play" differs.

 

[Yuomay]

I have a hard time to understand why, in this type of situation, they don't simply replay the point.

If the umpire is not sure and the players are confused as well.. replay the point like we do in our amateur leagues.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I have a hard time to understand why, in this type of situation, they don't simply replay the point.

If the umpire is not sure and the players are confused as well.. replay the point like we do in our amateur leagues.

that is not an option (as they follow based on the ITTF handbook)

 

[dingyibvs]

this is what ITTF and your logic claims, even with that "no arc" shot by El-Beiali.
Logic failure is my conclusion.
Like to invite any one and umpires to do birdy shot demonstration.

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No, that's stupid. This is the type of situation I'm referring to that is possible. The curve is a bit exaggerated, but I think you get the point.

 

[ShoutGuy]

No, that's stupid. This is the type of situation I'm referring to that is possible. The curve is a bit exaggerated, but I think you get the point.

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if the table is without a net, I think it is possible

 

[dingyibvs]

if the table is without a net, I think it is possible

The ball would cross over the net, not around it.