KM was DESTROYED in other words or as I say KM was Shi'd hahaha. What a Champ Shi Is...what a blessed day this has been for all the shi fans.
Have you been watching the tournament since Day 1? No problem whatsoever with the JPN players physicals. I suspect his relatively easy route toward the final kind of giving him a false sense of security. While SYQ had been struggling and alert most of the time. But SYQ had been in control from the start. Not easy for Momota to get back to his game.
I may be wrong, but I observed that SYQ played a lot of shots to the front court region, either net shots or shots to around the service line. He (SYQ) only lifted when Momota came forward to retrieve his shots making it difficult for Momota to mount his attacking smashes. Momota only won a few points through his smashes. Basically SYQ won because he played Momota's game against Momota. Just my opinion.
I concur, Shi Yuqi is certainly the better player than Sameer Verma, just that SYQ is prone to one of those shaky moods sometimes. Hope that's a thing of the past from today onwards. Self-confidence and inner belief is what Shi Yuqi needed to be atop the summit as he possesses all the technical skills already, I believe. As he gains more experience as he ages, he will get even more consistent.
He could not smash as many as possible as the match with Son wan ho yesterday, I see Shi yuqi was tired, but Momota didn't increased pace, he could not
Well, Momota had won many tournaments being very very tired. So I don't think that's the main problem today. It could have been the pressure of away crowds and all. Just like how he lost to Ginting in AG individual event back in Jakarta. Or it could just have been SYQ day. SYQ was more prepared.
Yes, that's the other half of the equation for SYQ's success today, I emphasized his pinpoint accuracy smashes to the lines with tight margins which were set up by what you described forcing KM to lift. Well said. It's just that I was more impressed by SYQ's decisive smash winners today, which was mostly absent in their previous matches as he was somewhat hesitant or tentative to go for it then. I repeat, if you don't go for the attack and rally with KM a bit too much, he will dictate the rally and finish you off. Just my humble opinion.
Matsutomo playing a lot of these cross court block defense lately, been watching a lot of lyd match I guess
Yesterday when I was asked to rate SYQ's chances against Momota, I answered 'at most 40%' - that's because I was influenced by how he played Sameer, his mindset seemed a bit negative until G3 after barely surviving G2 , and, I thought, no way can SYQ withstand against the even more dangerous, steady and consistent Momota who looked unstoppable all the way to the final. But today we saw a different Shi Yuqi from the get-go and I was soon forced to reassess my opinion of him. To be frank, even after SYQ won G1 handsomely, I still wasn't sure, at most 50-50, that he could pull it off. In the end, that SYQ actually did so in two straight sets, comprehensively and in style, was more than a pleasant surprise for me. I gladly eat my words.
