Did you come here after Hou won the 2019 China National Championships? For some reason, Hou was completely under the radar for me. I've watched his matches the last few days. He could really hang with the best.
They both lost clearly to Hou in the Chinese championships I think 2020 or so. They both lacked a good game against Hous chopping, looping and sidespin.
I feel like Hou's style is between Joo Se Hyuk and Koji Matsushita, but with crazy side spin added. Very tough to play against this style, event if you have master your own attacking game. Great match!
Watched a lot of Hou Yingchou's games but never realised how much crazy sidespin he generates until I watched it from this angle. Timo is truly amazing he was playing it with ease.
