Brian Pace vs. Fang Bo

Man that serve of his is killer.  That long damn arm of his distracting from the spin.  Is it under, is it side under, is it hard under?  Who can tell?  Net.  Net.  Off the table.  Brian couldn't figure it out.  Watching it when Fang was facing me, I couldn't tell either.  The view from behind made it pretty obvious though.  

Brain was playing good TT.  Way to go man!  Why didn't Fang get into a looping battle?  Brian won nearly every forehand loop battle.  Even so, Fang's crazy defense makes Brian keep coming up for monster slam after monster slam.  That takes the wind out of your sails after a few battles like that.  

It was obvious that Fang recognized the Brian was having difficulty with the backhand during that match and exploited it quite often.  Brian won some of those backhand point away from the table, but he had no answer at close range.  He put every offensive backhand shot off the table.  

I watched the Japanese player destroy everyone at Highland IN a couple of weeks ago, and suspected that he is world class. This proves I was right. He kicks out tons of power out of that small frame. I bet his serves gave Zhang Chao trouble in the first 4 games. Had a short conversation with him and he said he plays for a University team in Japan and will be in the states for a month.

 exactly my thoughts, how can a match at that level go ahead without an umpire? 

Brian Pace had no chance at all, and his constantly trying to smack sh/pip winners with his b/hand probably pissed off the other guy, and certainly made for an erratic bitty game, if his opponent is taking points at will off his service, he's hardly going to need to apply himself, just go through the motions and into the next round. Some people just don't know what its like to play a world class player, you have no time to think, even when they at half pace, you always are playing your shots under pressure.

 Nothing to do with it, they are just not in the same class at all.

 And therein lies the answer, if its 'common' when being outclassed to snatch, why do you think that is?

RR is right in any case, If Brian had been more of a threat, he would have just stepped things up slightly. If a player of that calibre plays for every point, it becomes difficult for a player of BP's class to win any.

It's rare for an elite player go all-out to destroy a lesser player. It's just not worth the effort. In fact they struggle a lot with lesser players regularly, but class usually wins in the end. I think it's because, say 2300 players, are so relatively inconsistent as compared to their 2600 brethren.

I hope someone will post that match too :)

 

Brian Pace played well. In fact it was fang who played more umcomfortable than what it was supposed to. BP played calm and tried to play his play.

 

He could not win because his playing level is not high enough to beat Fang.

 

About failing in receiving service is something not to be surprised. high level players have harder services.

 

and let me tell, their shots (and services) are from another world. a higher level world.

 

playing in the garage sa01, everything is easy. 

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Ratings Central rated Fang Bo at 2942 and is ranked as #26 in the world.