2015 Seattle Open August 22-23 4 Star Tournament

fatt wrote: Yes cmets. The general feel is that the us open champion was too tense. A knowledgeable player told me all he had to do was to manage but instead went for gold too often on a bad day...somebody else told he had vision problems...not sure what credit to give to those comments.

Edited by cmetsbeltran15 - 08/24/2015 at 1:09am

Or we could give Goa Hao credit for great play.  I'll admit I didn't have high hopes for Hao mainly because he has no worthy practice partners.  If he was still fresh from China, then I would have called it an even match.  However, he showed great poise today and a lot of maturity in managing the match (and he had no coach, either).  If I knew how to reach his parents, I'd tell them they should be proud.

fatt wrote: Thanks vince64 and all the team for a great time. A few cool wins a few bad losses...another great ping pong weekend. Congrats to the green lake kid in a wheelchair who was 2-0 in games and when I was ahead 9-6 in the last and 5th game he managed to win 13-11. I really wanted to win. Good job Eric you deserved it.

Sorry about your lost, but it's not easy to play against a person in wheelchair, as you may not used to the restriction imposed, and end up giving an easy ball.

Thank you to Vince, Jerry, Jinlong, John Peng and all the others, who sacrifice the possibility to participate themselves in order to arrange an excellent tournament for us others to enjoy. All-in-all a great venue: excellent lighting; no drafts; good tables, nets and balls; sturdy floors providing good footing; good contrast; relatively little disturbing foot traffic, etc. Very good organization. The level of the players was very good, including at the very top. If you haven't yet, you should consider participating in next year's Seattle tournament !!