WTT Champions Macao 2024, 9/9-15

[vvk1]

Yes, it was the BH to 7:2 lead. Before the decider started, I made a bet on LJK. In 7:2 I thought OK, I bet wrong, Gauzy is in the flow... But LJK turned it, incredible.

 

[backspacer]

I can't believe they haven't made a youtube short already of that 6-2 in the 5th point.

Gauzy vs LJK? They have (got posted it in the thread by now)

 

[Junting]

https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=2983

Zhu Yuling is Back with Wildcard To Macao
https://worldtabletennis.com/description?artId=4139

Zhu Yuling:

Interesting to see ZYL speaking Cantonese in interview.

Sina Visitor System

And English.

Sina Visitor System

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

while staying on, he has a good perks as a player.
My guess is, stay on as long as possible

he said he was retiring after Rio
I will stay on, if I am still fit enough to travel and have that perks.
Maybe just reduce competition and play in the manditories only and keep world ranking above 50 or not weaker than no 3 in TPE

So rumours has it, this is Chuang last event.
He will withdraw from China Smash

Apparently he hasn’t been training at all since Paris.
And he flew to Macao short notice and the first training was at Macao.
He did block balls for Kao and Dima in bundesliga, but that was it.

He does seem drained.
Will see what happens

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

Here's the match of Gauzy vs. Liang Jingkun,
Worth it to watch it in full length will all replays and player reactions.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

There are lots of choppers in the US. Kewei Li still runs a club in Houston. Its not about whether she can but whether they are willing to invest the time and money.

Difficult when you're a full time student at a demanding university.

 

[NextLevel]

Difficult when you're a full time student at a demanding university.

Yeah, then the point of travelling to Macao is what exactly? Why not just focus on her studies then?

I don't know all the constraints they face, but if she can travel to Macao, then we can't say she doesn't have the time to prepare as an excuse given that the requirement for attending is being one of the best professional table tennis professionals in the world with a commitment to winning (though one could argue that continents outside Asia and Europe deserve an asterisk).

They also went through a whole Olympic cycle, are they going to seriously just hope they never face choppers and have that as their strategy?

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Yeah, then the point of travelling to Macao is what exactly? Why not just focus on her studies then?

I don't know all the constraints they face, but if she can travel to Macao, then we can't say she doesn't have the time to prepare as an excuse given that the requirement for attending is being one of the best professional table tennis professionals in the world with a commitment to winning (though one could argue that continents outside Asia and Europe deserve an asterisk).

They also went through a whole Olympic cycle, are they going to seriously just hope they never face choppers and have that as their strategy?

Because given the choice to use your unexcused absences from class on going to WTT Macao or going to 888 to train with choppers, she probably chose the tournament experience, but I can't speak for her.

You'd be surprised how little the commitment to winning means to a lot of pros, especially those from countries where they as the top players have achieved their dreams already but there is nobody to take the throne from them...

 

[NextLevel]

Because given the choice to use your unexcused absences from class on going to WTT Macao or going to 888 to train with choppers, she probably chose the tournament experience, but I can't speak for her.

You'd be surprised how little the commitment to winning means to a lot of pros, especially those from countries where they as the top players have achieved their dreams already but there is nobody to take the throne from them...

All well and good, but no unique reason for us as fans to accept school as an excuse. Like I said, there was a whole summer to prepare for the Olympics. A lot of current form is just the leftover of what was done for that.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

All well and good, but no unique reason for us as fans to accept school as an excuse. Like I said, there was a whole summer to prepare for the Olympics. A lot of current form is just the leftover of what was done for that.

so, say Amy wants to train with choppers

does all these choppers in America wants to train with Amy?

 

[lodro]

Looks like the DHS table is pretty much standard issue for the big events but what about the balls ?
Watching so many matches in the last few days and I am sure that I have never seen so many players ending up hitting over the top of the ball. This happens often after a long push but in many other situations too. Is that ""Friendly ball"" not jumping up high enough ????????

 

[zeio]

Interesting to see ZYL speaking Cantonese in interview.

Sina Visitor System

And English.

Sina Visitor System

I was taken aback. Her Cantonese sounds even more 地道 than that of FZD, LGY, ZQH. In terms of flow, her English is not far from that of Zheng Qinwen.

【Day3 Session2】WTTチャンピオンズマカオ2024
https://youtu.be/YqYOFSdXC_0?t=2675

 

[Junting]

I was taken aback. Her Cantonese sounds even more 地道 than that of FZD, LGY, ZQH. In terms of flow, her English is not far from that of Zheng Qinwen.

【Day3 Session2】WTTチャンピオンズマカオ2024
https://youtu.be/YqYOFSdXC_0?t=2675

Only get to know recently that ZYL has been living in Zhuhai, Guangdong for many years when she was young. For English she might have had chances to practice with native speakers.

I almost broke into tears when seeing her coming back from cancer and enjoying playing TT!

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Only get to know recently that ZYL has been living in Zhuhai, Guangdong for many years when she was young. For English she might have had chances to practice with native speakers.

I almost broke into tears when seeing her coming back from cancer and enjoying playing TT!

I was going to say, she grew up in Guangdong, her Cantonese was always good.
Thought most chinese netizens knew that

Seems like she is having fun, happy for her

 

[zeio]

All well and good, but no unique reason for us as fans to accept school as an excuse. Like I said, there was a whole summer to prepare for the Olympics. A lot of current form is just the leftover of what was done for that.

As the popular proverb among Chinese martial artists says:
一日不練，自己知道；
兩日不練，對手知道；
三日不練，觀眾知道。
One day no practice, yourself knows;
Two days no practice, opponent knows;
Three days no practice, spectator knows.

Given how long it took JTTA to take defenders seriously and it still ended in a disaster for Rio 2016, there is a long road ahead for USATT.

 

[zeio]

Only get to know recently that ZYL has been living in Zhuhai, Guangdong for many years when she was young. For English she might have had chances to practice with native speakers.

I almost broke into tears when seeing her coming back from cancer and enjoying playing TT!

Maybe that's why she picked Macau, which is just south of Zhuhai. For those interested, an article from 2016 has more on her background.

珠海姑娘朱雨玲：上场就一定要拿下比赛金牌 (Zhuhai girl Zhu Yuling: Winning gold is a must when I go on stage)
http://gd.sina.com.cn/zh/news/2016-08-09/city-zh-ifxutfpc4839699.shtml

四川队训练后成为国家队员

　　运动员是一项充满艰辛的职业，尤其是在尖子扎堆的乒乓球队，一个选手要想脱颖而出，除了天赋，还要付出比常人更多的汗水与努力。很多人没有想到的是，朱雨玲家境优越，父亲是珠海一家企业老板，身家不菲。

　　朱雨玲却没有像那些购买名牌包的富二代那样通过炫富来实现自己的价值，而是选择了当一名职业运动员。“这完全是碰巧，一个意外。”朱纪军说，女儿出生于四川绵阳，很小就跟随自己到珠海生活定居，小学在香洲一小读书，自己原来的想法很传统，“儿子穷养，女儿富养”，从小给予女儿的条件都比较好，后来因为女儿体质弱，经常生病，5岁开始送她去打乒乓球。

　　“当时只是想让她在学习之外多一个兴趣爱好，通过运动提高身体素质，没想过要把她培养成运动员，以后拿世界冠军。”朱纪军说，自己和妻子都不会打乒乓球，但没想到女儿非常喜欢，作为父母于是尽量支持，请教练教她，没想到女儿成绩越来越好，也越走越远，9岁那年被四川省集训队看中离开珠海，后来又进入四川省队，最后成为国家队员，“我们对孩子的比赛成绩没有什么要求，最大的期望是她快乐，性格阳光。”

　　由于长期代表四川省队打国际国内比赛，朱雨玲很多时候被误认为是四川妹子。但朱雨玲的家一直在珠海。“她的童年大部分都在珠海，她在珠海读小学、打球，技术起步与风格都是在珠海形成。”朱纪军说，尽管女儿很小就到外地训练，长大后又到处比赛，回珠海的时间不多，但女儿对珠海的感情一直很深。

　　不少亲戚问朱雨玲，你在北京、四川到处跑，觉得哪里才是你家？朱雨玲说，当然是珠海，我的家在珠海，“队里问我是哪里人，我都说自己是珠海人。”

https://cec-iitr.medium.com/hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge-6ad5acabbaad

https://hkttf.com/viewthread.php?tid=96034

朱雨玲第二局陷入被动，刘国梁比喻说：“这就像在战场上与敌人打到泥地里了，只能相互摔跤，我们的优势特点难以发挥。小朱的特点就是节奏好，能扛得住。现在关键是要想办法怎么去摆脱对手。”刘国梁说对手就是想搏，如果场面控制得好就能抑制对方搏的空间。中国香港队主教练李静还在场边用粤语喊话，让杜凯琹坚定。朱雨玲的父母早就搬到珠海了，她听粤语也没问题。刘国梁说：“李静就是要让中国队球员也听到，也起到一定干扰的作用。以前比赛规则还不让喊，老给黄牌红牌，现在让喊了。”

 

[zeio]

Another LGY moment in the making...completed.

MS R16
Kao Cheng-Jui 3-1 LGY (7, 6, -9, 9)
G4 69, 119
First win over a core CNT player for KCJ?

 

[Robin0910]

Big upset for LGY? I would call it a regular day

 

[d3nium]

Liang vs Gauzy was one of the most entertaining matches i've seen for a while and it was great to see both players enjoying it.

I have a man crush on Gauzy, i wish i had 1% of his talent.

 

[zeio]

MS R16
Harimoto 2-3 Hifumi
G1 88, 99, 910, 1010, 1110, 1111, 1211, 1213, 1313, 1315, many nets and edges
G2 46, 48, 78 TO for Hifumi, 108, 109 TO for Harimoto, 119
G3 10, 11, 41, 42, 52, the many nets for Hifumi not enough to stop Harimoto, 53, 63, 65, 75 more nets for Harimoto now, 78, 98, 911
G4 10, 12, 42, 44, 114
G5 01, 21, 22, 52 two crucial nets for Harimoto, 54, 64, 66, 76 chiquita-kill for Harimoto, 78, 88 reverse pendulum from FH corner for Harimoto, 811
Tasei instead of Dong Qiwen at the bench. Performance appraisal in jeopardy after 0 medals at Paris 2024?

Better odds than against others.

WTT CS Macao 2023 R32 Harimoto 3-2 LSD
WTT CT Zagreb 2022 R32 Harimoto 3-2 LSD

From now on, I'll refer to LSD as Hifumi, after 阿部一二三/ABE Hifumi.