Korea Open 2010 - Kenta Matsudaira vs Jeong Sang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdJHNE8OLuU

Stef wrote: Videos from the Men's Qualification rounds:   Round 1: Jung Young Sik (KOR) - Feng Xiaoquan (AUT) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=069CK2BO     Round 2: Kenta Matsudaira (JPN) - Jeong Sang Eun (KOR) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2US5AATJ   Vitaly Nekhvedovich (BLR) - Pang Xue Jie (SIN) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F0MUTUH1   Jung Young Sik (KOR) - Emmanuel Lebesson (FRA) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WA0MABGZ   Kim Dong Hyun (KOR) - Li Kwun Ngai (HKG) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CRT038TD

OMG,how can you get these video?It's brilliant.Did you record it from TV or Satellite signal?lol

kasumi wrote: OMG,how can you get these video?It's brilliant.Did you record it from TV or Satellite signal?lol

Videos from the 2nd day of competition:

 

Men's singles group matches:

 

Jeong Sang Eun (KOR) - Cai Xiaoli (SIN)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9UVIN9KJ

 

Jung Young Sik (KOR) - Mattias Översjö (SWE)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TAX5TPFV

 

 

U21 boys singles group matches: 

 

Cho Jae Jun (KOR) - Kim Hyun Soo (KOR)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TGRDF5UU

 

Chen Chien-An (TPE) - Kim Hyun Soo (KOR)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4CKN54LT

 

Mattias Oversjö (SWE) - Shin In Cheol (KOR)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G626DOFN

 

Chen Chien-An (TPE) - Cho Jae Jun (KOR)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WD1PA2OF

 

Hwang Jin Seo (KOR) - Shin In Cheol (KOR)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3D2518K7

 

i don't think it was a case of matsudaira playing badly at all.  it's just that jeong played him perfectly.  everybody looks bad when they play a better player...

jeong angled him off perfectly on the return of serve and that's why he had to switch to a regular fh serve.

also, i don't see that matsudaira loops very well off the fh for someone at that level of play, so he tends to block on the fh side as much as possible.   if his opponents manage to hit thru the block and he has no choice but to counterloop, then he loses most of the points.

anyhow, i feel like matsudaira is basically a one-trick pony.  it's that serve, the "oji service" as they call it in japan, i believe.  if he can't fool you with that, or (counter-)rip you off the table with his quick backhand or quick blocks, then he basically has nothing else to go to.

also, i think that the novelty of that serve has worn off and, as time progresses, he's gonna lose more and more points off it and he's gonna drop down in the rankings.  i would not be surprised at all if his (twin) brother passes him up on the rankings within a year.  that is, of course, unless he changes tactics...


Edited by takaaki - 08/12/2010 at 11:08am

Everyone's bashing on Kenta.  I'm so loving this 

ohhgourami wrote: Everyone's bashing on Kenta.  I'm so loving this

I like Kenta, but I agree with TTNoobie's post that Kenta is overrated. After his close game with Ma Lin, I think people assumed that he's Japan's new rising sun. However, my old Korean coach said immediately after that match that Kenta's days are numbered. He said that after that match the Chinese would watch all his tapes, dissect his techniques and strategies, and inevitably consume him. That seems to be the case... although, I'd argue that it really was probably just a case of Kenta having a really good day at the table and Ma Lin having a bad day. Although I want to like Kenta, very few of his performances outside of that WTTC are terribly impressive.

My two cents.

Anton Chigurh wrote: ohhgourami wrote: Everyone's bashing on Kenta.  I'm so loving this  I like Kenta, but I agree with TTNoobie's post that Kenta is overrated. After his close game with Ma Lin, I think people assumed that he's Japan's new rising sun. However, my old Korean coach said immediately after that match that Kenta's days are numbered. He said that after that match the Chinese would watch all his tapes, dissect his techniques and strategies, and inevitably consume him. That seems to be the case... although, I'd argue that it really was probably just a case of Kenta having a really good day at the table and Ma Lin having a bad day. Although I want to like Kenta, very few of his performances outside of that WTTC are terribly impressive. My two cents.

Yup, my thoughts exactly.  It was just his day and it was just the match up of styles.  If Kenta had to move as much as Ma Lin did, he would have passed out on the floor.  Never saw Kenta as a real threat to the Chinese team.  I just like how people are bashing on him now cuz it will bring his reputation back down to where it should be.

He just won Japan Open doubles.Anyone remember or..? Btw,life is rollercoaster

how come the matches aren't on ittv?

Not to be a downer but what has Matsudaria done to prove himself since the worlds last year? He had a very good tournament and beat some good players but what has he accomplished since? As mentioned earlier he had a hard time in the Euro leagues and hasn't come close to winning a major tournament. The problem is his success created a bandwagon and because his serves have been the weirdest and most creative since Schlager lots of people thought he would be the next phenom. All in all I don't find him all that impressive outside of last years worlds and his doubles win at the Japan open.

bull_harrier wrote: Not to be a downer but what has Matsudaria done to prove himself since the worlds last year? He had a very good tournament and beat some good players but what has he accomplished since? As mentioned earlier he had a hard time in the Euro leagues and hasn't come close to winning a major tournament. The problem is his success created a bandwagon and because his serves have been the weirdest and most creative since Schlager lots of people thought he would be the next phenom. All in all I don't find him all that impressive outside of last years worlds and his doubles win at the Japan open.

Beat Oh Sang Eun in World team Cup in Sep 09, and in November he beat Xu Xin and Li Ching in Asian Champs

MENS SINGLES ROUND 1

Boll Timo(GER) vs Kim Nam Soo(KOR)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V2FVGIQF

They usually select a table, setup their cameras there and from then on only show matches play on that table (or two). It takes a lot of time and effort to set up everything for the broadcast.

For this tournament there have been bwin cameras on two tables: 1 and 8. This means that they will normally show the highest seeds in each part of the draw. Some host associations choose to move matches around to get more "attractive" matches on the TV tables, but apparently this isn't the case here :-(  

Edited by Stef - 08/13/2010 at 4:49pm