Thaihot CHINA Open SS Premier 2014 : QUARTERFINALS (14th November 2014)

That's it. Done and dusted. Bae to the semis beating yihan in 3 tough games.

This tournament is really a surprise to many.
 
rajat_remar said:
I think that the road to final for Mark is more or less clear (we must never underestimate Mamota/Srikanth) though. I hope the final would be interesting. It would be a welcome change to see LD battle MZ instead of CL, his usual opponent in China.
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CTC vs LD in the Semis would be a very very interesting match.

LD in the final vs MZ would not be that interesting I think - even if I like to see MZ in the final for sure. Momota vs LD would be interesting because Momota is very young and a nice fast player but LD has soo much experience...we will see what will happen tomorrow :)
 
nokh88 said:
The crowd are so vocal that I could hardly hear what GC and MF was commenting.
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Ya! And Wang Yihan seems to be very famous indeed! I think there was even more than Lin Dan! Though arguably the crowd may have increased, it is the optimum time around 9 pm.

But I will blame the broadcasters, or the video mixers. They should have increased the volume of commentary a little bit.
 
CHN has one representative left in WS and it is not WYH but Liu Xin and I think it's hard to beat Saina. Any past H2H between these 2?
 
nokh88 said:
CHN has one representative left in WS and it is not WYH but Liu Xin and I think it's hard to beat Saina. Any past H2H between these 2?
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1-0 to saina. But that happened 2 years back. But you very well know saina has put up weight and struggling to regain her past glory. She is sluggish in her movement . Still finding for a correct treatment to it. Hope she play carefully. Liu xin is not an ordinary player. She eliminated Ratchanok easily today in straight games.
 
I have a feeling, Saina is going to win this. She only faces problems generally against LXR, WYH and occasionally against WSX. Others very occasionally.

Saina! Go do it! A golden opportunity!
 
speedyJT said:
CTC vs LD in the Semis would be a very very interesting match.

LD in the final vs MZ would not be that interesting I think - even if I like to see MZ in the final for sure. Momota vs LD would be interesting because Momota is very young and a nice fast player but LD has soo much experience...we will see what will happen tomorrow :)
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As much as I like MZ to win this tournament, I think it is hard for him to beat LD should they meet in the final.
I remember Marc lost tamely the last time they played.
 
scorpion1 said:
1-0 to saina. But that happened 2 years back. But you very well know saina has put up weight and struggling to regain her past glory. She is sluggish in her movement . Still finding for a correct treatment to it. Hope she play carefully. Liu xin is not an ordinary player. She eliminated Ratchanok easily today in straight games.
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Devendra said:
I have a feeling, Saina is going to win this. She only faces problems generally against LXR, WYH and occasionally against WSX. Others very occasionally.

Saina! Go do it! A golden opportunity!
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Sorry for grouping both of you together.
But I too hope Saina will win it.
Perhaps RI was a little off form today.
 
Devendra said:
No you are not. Your comment was totally fair, and I replied to it. Even you acknowledged that Saina has a propensity to make excuses and complaints. Not that she isn't a great player. Obviously she is. In my personal rankings she ranks at around 4. Yet, I think her attitude, had it changed could possibly help her.
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I also admire your comments and I agree with you. I think Saina ought to handle some of her interviews without appearing a snob. I also fond of your game analysis that you post sometimes :).
But its upsetting to know that people call you a "narrow-minded nitwit". Its judgement on their part to call me that, I dont think any of my 66o or so comments over three yearts can lead to that deduction.
 
nokh88 said:
As much as I like MZ to win this tournament, I think it is hard for him to beat LD should they meet in the final.
I remember Marc lost tamely the last time they played.
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Of course! No doubt about it. That's why I said that a final between LD and MZ wouldn't be much interesting :D
Maybe the "new playing style" of LD suits a bit more for Marc but...LD...is just LD :D
 
WYH struggled against Bae YJ who is owned by WSX. And WSX underperformed to be ousted by Akane Y. That's why I said when LXR withdrew from the tournament due to injury, she is doing everyone here a big favour because, other than her inexplicable massive meltdown once a year on the big occasions, she is practically unbeatable, esp versus the ROW.
 
Meanwhile the 2nd seed Ma/Xu lost to the unseeded KOR pair Eom/Yoo.
Eom was very good at the net and was under a lot of pressure but she handled it very well.
 
today all the matches in WS were between China and ROW. Its interesting that china won 1 and ROW won 3 matches. It's even more interesting that the only Chinese to win was Liu Xin, and her higher ranked compatriots lost.
 
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