a big factor was axelsen caught his 2nd wind before he lost.Viktor has improved from two years ago. I thought he was rather predictable with his attack. Stamina wise he is fitter but lurching mid match is a concern.
a big factor was axelsen caught his 2nd wind before he lost.Viktor has improved from two years ago. I thought he was rather predictable with his attack. Stamina wise he is fitter but lurching mid match is a concern.
no guarantee he would've won those points. all it means is the rally continues.
That kind of misjudgement is not part of anyone's game. Misjudgement is yes ofc. But not the misjudgement of Momota 2021. I'm guessing people who are commenting on the 'misjudgement as part of the game' haven't been watching any game of Momota since he came back. Go watch the kind of misjudgement he did against Tommy.
I'm sure he will correct it - It just seems to be an over willingness on his part to leave these shuttles. But I just hope it has nothing to do with his eyes. I hope his defense can be brought back up again with training and it is not due to his eyes. Maybe his eyes are perfectly fine and he just needs more time to adjust.
The misjudgments by KM in this game were most likely a result of him being tired as it typically is when players make this kind of misjudgment. VA did it many times in the past. When KM regains his stamina from two years ago, he won't make those errors. But you also got to give it to VA that it is his game that is able to tire (this version of) KM. VA's game is a running game at a high pace; much different than two years ago. Lower the pace a little and KM can run forever.
Misjudgment is not "part of anyone's game".. of course. It is part of the game. The misjudgments by KM in this game were most likely a result of him being tired as it typically is when players make this kind of misjudgment. VA did it many times in the past. When KM regains his stamina from two years ago, he won't make those errors. But you also got to give it to VA that it is his game that is able to tire (this version of) KM. VA's game is a running game at a high pace; much different than two years ago. Lower the pace a little and KM can run forever.
Momota by a slight margin, but Axelsen most probably gonna surpass him by early next year as he is the best MS atm
Read my post 1056 fully and grasp whatever I am saying fully before you make this comment.
Also watch all of his matches first then you comment.
Momota is making these misjudgements even when is not tired and fully relaxed.
The Indonesians performances were hampered by a tiring two weeks prior to DO. Despite my earlier reservations Kevin - Gideon pair is still a very good high quality men double. Other pairs may have caught on to their style. Kevin may have been less creative lately, but that is to be expected in any player whose style was refreshing but as he grow older and played more matches the feel for the game would no longer be the same . Good top players would evolve so Kevin may not be the Kevin yall know earlier anymore but would still be a force to be reckon with whoever he partners. There maybe new Indonesian MDs coming up.
The MS department is little bare. JC and AG has been around for at least 5 years now and are dependable single players. But I doubt they would evolve into a Hendrawan much less a Taufik.
No need to be arrogant with the "fully grasp" as if I am some kind of imbecile. I fully read the post I quoted. I agreed with most of it (and left it out of the quote). And I watched pretty much all of Thomas cup and all of Denmark open because I was home sick, including all of KM's matches. The only reason I entered the discussion about the misjudgments was because you in post #1021 made it sound like it was the only thing that decided the outcome of the match.. like the good old "did KM lose the match or did VA win it" kind of discussion.
Three tournaments in and there have been too much talk on whether the KM of the old would have done this or that. This to me is pointless because:
- Only in time can we tell if he can go back to his previous best, judging by whether he can consistently beat everyone out there
- If he couldn't, how could we tell that it is not because the other players have caught up or found him out? Are we just gonna keep saying he is a shadow of himself?
On to the match yesterday, I had KM to win it in straight sets but it was rather shocking that VA had more stamina playing til the end with the attacking style that he is playing, given that both had COVID. Can't wait to see them play each other again in the upcoming French Open.
Read my post 1056 fully and grasp whatever I am saying fully before you make this comment.
Also watch all of his matches first then you comment.
Well that's the fun of having a forum to talk about these things. Whatever we say here won't matter on the actual performance of the players but it matter to us.
But I also said if VA attacked non stop from the start he would have won in 2 straight games.
However, in the situation it was yesterday, Momota was in a position to finish the match in game 2 if he didn't misjudge these shuttles as he has been doing consistently since he came back whether he was tired or not, pressured or not!
So you cannot ignore these parts and comment on only 1 part of what I said distorting everything.
Btw - if you read my post on Momota's thread you will see that I already said Momota was not on a level to beat Axelsen. So I am not taking anything from Axelsen's win. I am only commenting on what could have made Momota win.
Read my relevant posts in the SYQ thread. Don't assumed you understand where I stand. Please take the trouble to read with an open mind (quite a bit of reading to do) before you shoot as most have done here, attacking a straw man as I never once excused SYQ's action (esp that inane remark).If you didn't find the retirement just one point from the end of the game annoying, you either don't really compete or you're biased as hell. It was a bulls**t move.
The sportsmanlike thing in that moment would've been to just let Momota's last serve drop in to prevent injury and accept the result, not make a big circus of the fact that he technically didn't beat you, you retired....
Additionally, briefly criticizing someone for their actions isn't 'picking on them'...
JC was clearly suffering from an injury (apparent from his drop in performance and discussion with his coach) and retired way before the end of the game because he couldn't carry on, and to avoid injury, nobody should take issue with that. Completely different circumstances.
Quite telling how you're the only one to bring nationality into this imop.
A couple may be due to the drift at first , the rest is as you've said.Misjudgment is not "part of anyone's game".. of course. It is part of the game. The misjudgments by KM in this game were most likely a result of him being tired as it typically is when players make this kind of misjudgment. VA did it many times in the past. When KM regains his stamina from two years ago, he won't make those errors. But you also got to give it to VA that it is his game that is able to tire (this version of) KM. VA's game is a running game at a high pace; much different than two years ago. Lower the pace a little and KM can run forever.