WTT Contender Muscat 2023

[NextLevel]

That 2-2, 7-9 edge was killer - good game by Diaz - maybe she needs the points to stay in the top 20 and is inspired lol.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Miwa battling nerves and a failing backhand could not finish the comeback. Adriana kept her nerves in check to sign, seal, and deliver the victory.

 

[turbozed]

Think Miwa did a good job battling back from 2-0 to almost complete a reverse sweep. Saved a couple match points in Game 4 to take it to Game 5. From there it looked like she rushed her shots a bit. Promising for her if she can slowly learn to control the youthful exuberance.

Anyone else find her entertaining to watch because of the comical and exaggerated reactions she makes after missing shots? I often find myself chuckling at the range of goofy expressions.

 

[zeio]

Anyone else find her entertaining to watch because of the comical and exaggerated reactions she makes after missing shots? I often find myself chuckling at the range of goofy expressions.

A valid reason to start a thread with the title "Is Harimoto's reactions disrespectful to the opponent?"

 

[NextLevel]

All Japanese, all lefties.

 

[JeffM]

Nice game between Hugo and Simon.
Hugo is strong mentally and physically, that despite Simon having a coach, he was able to come back from 0-2.
Now that Lin Yu Jun and Tomokasu Harimoto are out, I hope Hugo can take this title.

 

[NextLevel]

Nice game between Hugo and Simon.
Hugo is strong mentally and physically, that despite Simon having a coach, he was able to come back from 0-2.
Now that Lin Yu Jun and Tomokasu Harimoto are out, I hope Hugo can take this title.

Hugo and Simon have been friends and club teammates for years, including this year in the Bundesliga. They even had the same personal coach for a long time. It is good to see Hugo winning these matchups but he is always vulnerable.

 

[NextLevel]

Pitchford is in amazing form. But he has been in amazing form before, the question is how long he can keep it...

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

LYJ is known for his return of serve, but Matsushima might be even better. Lots of brilliant returns to keep him and Miwa in that 2nd game.

 

[NextLevel]

LYJ is known for his return of serve, but Matsushima might be even better. Lots of brilliant returns to keep him and Miwa in that 2nd game.

That is something he shares with Niwa and Mizutani, lol.

 

[tackyfh]

still not convinced about Sora. I think he lacks power. He's not the next Mizutani, rather the next Niwa

His forehand is not as powerful yet but I'd trade it over Togami's brainless power shot everyday

 

[tackyfh]

The mixed doubles final is frustrating but understandable. Matsushima's mentality is too fragile, easily frustrated and zoned out after a missed shot and this also affected Miwa. The last game both of them repeatedly make mistakes in defense.

 

[Wrighty67]

Pitchford is in amazing form. But he has been in amazing form before, the question is how long he can keep it...

Hopefully long enough to get through Hugo!

 

[NextLevel]

The biggest thing I think is that Miwa has an XD partner that can grow with her and same with Sora - they are already one of the best XD teams in Japan.

 

[tackyfh]

The biggest thing I think is that Miwa has an XD partner that can grow with her and same with Sora - they are already one of the best XD teams in Japan.

Japan XD dynamics is weird tbh, past pairs like Yoshimura - Ishikawa and Mizutani - Ito have the male player being the backbone not only for scoring points but keeping the morale high. Now the roles are switched, Hina's forehand was the scoring machine and her strong will carries Harimoto. Miwa has it better since Matsushima technique is more well-rounded to score but again his frail will dragged the pair down.

 

[NextLevel]

Japan XD dynamics is weird tbh, past pairs like Yoshimura - Ishikawa and Mizutani - Ito have the male player being the backbone not only for scoring points but keeping the morale high. Now the roles are switched, Hina's forehand was the scoring machine and her strong will carries Harimoto. Miwa has it better since Matsushima technique is more well-rounded to score but again his frail will dragged the pair down.

XD is fundamentally about how dominant the male player can be and how well the female can defend the male opposing player's shots, even when the female is the relatively higher ranked player. I get the Harimoto/Matsushima optics but I don't subscribe to them. Those teams will only be as good as Harimoto can be vs the opposing male player, no matter how good Hayata looks in the rallies or how good Miwa looks. Harimoto also scores a lot of points on serve and serve return, people just focus on rally miss volume.

 

[John Birkin]

Pitchford's performance was remarkable. Where has this player been for the last two or three years? Generally sussed out by the European players (and Calderano), who relentlessly exploit his weaker FH side, and struggling to achieve top 50 level. But here his FH was suddenly fizzing and making him look like a top 20 player again. Whatever he took to aspire to this level he should bottle it!

 

[Wrighty67]

performance was remarkable. Where has this player been for the last two or three years? Generally sussed out by the European players (and Calderano), who relentlessly exploit his weaker FH side, and struggling to achieve top 50 level. But here his FH was suddenly fizzing and making him look like a top 20 player again. Whatever he took to aspire to this level again he should bottle it!

Couldn’t agree more, what a turnaround - he’s a different player! At this level he could beat Calderano and more!

 

[NextLevel]

Couldn’t agree more, what a turnaround - he’s a different player! At this level he could beat Calderano and more!

The forehands he made in that match were amazing. Completely unlike Pitchford to be honest. The movement to cover the angles hit a different level.

 

[zeio]

At WYC 2021, Felix Lebrun lost to Milosz Redzimski (after a 2-1, 11:10 lead), and the latter went on to lose to Sora Matsushima. China didn't send anyone to U15 events as they didn't even have any U15 players, except for Qin Yuxuan whose ranking was too low to qualify for GS.

Notable wins and losses in MS (who cares how good you were in junior events if you can't win later on):
2006/5/26 Izaac Quek
3-2 Chen Yuanyu/3-2 A. Lebrun/2-3 LJK at WTT SCT Lanzhou 2023
2-4 Hodaei at Asian Games 2022
1-3 Park Gangheyon in MS/2-3 No. Alamiyan in MT at ATTC 2023
2-4 LYJ at WTTC 2023
3-2 O. Ionescu at WTT SCT Bangkok 2023
3-0 Achanta/3-2 Falck/0-3 WCQ at Singapore Smash 2023
2-3 Niu Guankai at WTT FEE Dusseldorf 2023
1-3 Duda at WTT FEE Doha 2023
3-2 S. Kulczycki/3-0 Saleh/3-0 No. Alamiyan/1-3 Liang Yanning at WTT CT Doha 2023
4-3 Gnanasekaran/3-4 Feng Yi-Hsin/0-4 Liao Cheng-Ting/4-2 Desai/4-0 Ho Kwan Kit/2-4 Togami at Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023
3-0 Zeljko/1-3 Rassenfosse/3-1 Liao Cheng-Ting at WTTC 2022

2006/9/10 Milosz Redzimski
3-1 Boll/0-3 Olah/3-2 Nuytinck at ETTC 2023
2-4 Stoyanov at European Games 2023
0-3 Xu Yingbin at WTT FEE Doha 2023
3-0 Robles/3-1 Ho Kwan Kit/3-2 Aguirre/0-3 LSD at WTT CT Doha 2023
0-3 Gerassimenko at WTT FEE Dusseldorf III 2022
1-3 Rolland at WTT CT Nova Gorica 2022
0-3 Pitchford/2-3 Falck/0-3 JWJ at WTTC 2022
3-1 Bobocica/4-3 Olah/2-4 Falck at ETTC 2022
1-4 Groth at WTT FEE Panagyurishte 2022

2006/9/12 Felix Lebrun
3-1 Bouloussa/3-1 LSD/3-2 Ma Jinbao/2-3 ML at WTT SCT Lanzhou
3-2 Jorgic/3-0 Moregard at ETTC 2023
3-0 Gardos/3-0 O. Assar/3-0 Jorgic/2-3 ZQH at WTT SCT Ljubljana 2023
4-2 Lind/4-2 E. Ionescu/4-0 Gacina/4-3 Freitas/3-0 Lind/3-2 Kallberg/3-1 Karlsson/3-0 Geraldo/3-1 Freitas at European Games 2023
4-0 N. Alamian/4-0 Kao Cheng-Jui/2-4 QD at WTTC 2023
0-3 FZD at WTT CS Xinxinag 2023
3-2 Majoros/3-1 Bouloussa/3-1 Gauzy/3-0 LYJ/2-3 QD at Singapore Smash 2023
3-1 LSS/3-1 Moregard/3-2 JWJ/0-3 LSD at WTT SCT Goa 2023
3-2 Jon Persson/1-3 Geraldo at WTT CT Amman 2023
2-3 Aruna at WTT CT Durban 2023
3-2 Cho Daeseong/1-3 Oikawa at WTT CT Nova Gorica 2022
3-0 Gerassimenko/1-3 QD/3-0 Gnanasekaran/2-3 Pitchford/3-0 Walker/3-1 QD/0-3 Duda at WTTC 2022
0-3 Jorgic at WTT CT Muscat 2022
1-4 Karlsson at ETTC 2022
2-3 CCA at WTT CT Tunis 2022
4-0 ZZH/4-1 Meng Fanbo/4-0 Achanta/2-4 Sun Wen at WTT FEE ESS 2022
3-0 O. Ionescu/3-0 Apolonia/3-1 Gerassimneko/1-3 ML at WTT SCT ESS 2022
3-0 Polansky/3-0 Meng Fanbo/1-3 LYJ at WTT CT Doha 2022
3-4 O. Ionescu at WTT FEE Dusseldorf II 2022
3-0 Shinozuka/3-1 CCY/0-3 Karlsson at WTT CT Novo Mesto 2021

2007/4/29 Sora Matsushima
0-3 Habesohn at WTT SCT Lanzhou 2023
3-0 Bobocica/3-0 Monteiro/3-0 Perez/3-1 Freitas/3-1 LSS/3-2 Ovtcharov/3-2 CSM /2-4 Falck at WTT CT Rio de Janeiro 2023
3-1 Hidalgo/3-0 Allegro/3-2 Aguirre/2-3 Monteiro at WTT CT Lima 2023
3-1 Peng Wang-Wei/3-1 Meissner/3-0 Picard/2-3 Meng Fanbo at WTT CT Zagreb 2023
3-0 Hmam/1-3 Meissner at WTT CT Tunis 2023 (1st senior event in 2023)
1-3 Park Gyeongtae at WTT FEE Otocec 2022 (only senior event in 2022)