World Tour Grand Finals 2017

[RidTheKid]

Dima got shaken up in ways I haven't seen from a previous #1. He made some very strange decisions. Surely it's also thanks to Tomos skills and smarts but Dima started backing off and playing weirdly inconfident soft returns for Tomo to 3rd ball kill.

Seriously???? Dima played magnificently!!!! In fact all the players in this event have been playing with rarely seen power and beauty.

 

[brodolio]

Seriously???? Dima played magnificently!!!! In fact all the players in this event have been playing with rarely seen power and beauty.

I totally agree.
Dima did a great job, high risky shots almost everytime. Some mistakes here and there but overall a good perfomance.
I honestly saw a true champion, always in control. Harimoto was on fire, but still wasn't enough to beat Dima.
I cant wait to see the semi finals!!

 

[RidTheKid]

When does the next round start?

 

[brodolio]

My prediction for next matches :
FZD will (sadly) deafeat Timo. I think right now FZD is close to be unbeatable..
I think also Dima will win against LG. So to me, the final is Dima vs FZD

 

[ajtatosmano2]

No their quarterfinal match was today and they won. Fan won 4-0, Timo won 4-2. The other quarterfinals are played on Saturday.

Ok, I was a little tired. I know it's injury, just in hungarian we use the same word for both.

 

[cayenne]

Lgy will make it easily,4-1

 

[NextLevel]

Sorry, but these words seem contradictory to me.

Sadly I haven’t yet seen the match. I’ll gladly believe it witnesses extraordinary play by Harimoto. I’ll also believe it’s possible that Ovtcharov has games in which he doesn’t meet his usual standard. I have a hard time believing that a match in which Dima is so-so and Tomo is on fire will work out to this result.

So I suspect you may be misplacing the bar for at least one. Could that be true?

He is, but no point calling him out. Harimoto and Niwa won a lot of games at deuce. Dima has only played one bad game the whole tournament, his game 6 vs Harimoto. But he has pretty much dominated both matches despite the deceptive score lines.

I hope he just gets luckier in those margins if he has to play them vs LGY.

 

[SFF_lib]

I see Dimi struggled against hard hitters like Niwa and Tomo. It seems like a trend in the poly ball era. Loopers losing, hitters winning.

I hope someday we will have a new "Tenergy" that can bring back the loss of spin in TT.


Passionate about TT

 

[RidTheKid]

This is gonna be interesting!

 

[RidTheKid]

Fzd is on fire it seems.

 

[NextLevel]

This is becoming embarrassing - Fan using the Infinite Viscaria is not Fan using DHS FB....

 

[NextLevel]

Timo!!

 

[RidTheKid]

Why? He's probably more fond of this setup.

This is becoming embarrassing - Fan using the Infinite Viscaria is not Fan using DHS FB....

 

[RidTheKid]

A fine match on our hands!

 

[NextLevel]

Why? He's probably more fond of this setup.

That was what I meant. Great match.

 

[RidTheKid]

When Fzd turn on God mode it's quite difficult to answer. I think Timo should be satisfied with his performance.

 

[brodolio]

So far my prediction is right..

 

[ajtatosmano2]

He is, but no point calling him out. Harimoto and Niwa won a lot of games at deuce. Dima has only played one bad game the whole tournament, his game 6 vs Harimoto. But he has pretty much dominated both matches despite the deceptive score lines.

I hope he just gets luckier in those margins if he has to play them vs LGY.

I couldn't see that he dominated the match against Niwa. Actually, if Niwa don't get the tip to slow down a little (it was obvious that after his timeout he tried to play safer and use his BH more), which broke his momentum, I think he would won. Dima brought his usual standard, but Niwa was phenomenal. Dima's determination gave him the last set. Dima worked hard for that No.1 title and wanted it badly.
I haven't seen his match against Harimoto yet.

 

[NextLevel]

I couldn't see that he dominated the match against Niwa. Actually, if Niwa don't get the tip to slow down a little (it was obvious that after his timeout he tried to play safer and use his BH more), which broke his momentum, I think he would won. Dima brought his usual standard, but Niwa was phenomenal. Dima's determination gave him the last set. Dima worked hard for that No.1 title and wanted it badly.
I haven't seen his match against Harimoto yet.

Since Niwa won every game he won by a 2 point margin and Dima won every game by more than That, the scores don't agree with You, even if your eye test may be right ( and I don't think it is). I felt thst Dima got unlucky on too many deuce points.

 

[RidTheKid]

Aaaaaand Mr Choke is back.