Great match! Good to see Samsonov still going strong after so many years. But this time Kenta deserves to win with his fantastic footwork and his great fighting spirit.
1:19 this shot saved Matsudaira. Up until this point Samsonov played a very analytical calm game aiming for an easy 4:0 or 4:1 with winning the first set pretty decisive and being in a 9:5 lead in the second. But insteady of 10:5 it was an 9:6 with Matsudaira barely snatching away the second game, warming up his forehand backhand switch making this match a beautiful slugfest of 7 sets.
incredible match!! super fast and full of crazy shots! kenta's backhand is like a punch, I love when he counter-attack far from table with his backhand to almost every shot of his opponent
@@torneycarblos9140 At least I don't have knee injuries lol.There has to be a reason almost no pro player uses the tomahawk serve.It's very hard on the knees and difficult to keep short and low.
Kenta already proven to all players who has complete technic. From offensive to defensive all covered. He played very intelligent game. Completely different from all other players. He will go for every ball. Of course, age catching up will slowdown in the matter of time. Overall, you never get bored watching his matches esp. against Ma Lin s match.
Vlad doesnt usually cho until the other guy does, it's hilarious, then the other guy stops choing cuz clearly it just motivates your opponent to crush you
would name this match something like Clash of Blocks and Placements. i know these two are very different players but still very much comparable in many ways, in similar category like Waldner, Samsonov, Kenta and Koki Niwa to some extends.
Beautiful match, good fight from both of them. And, as others have mentioned, that totally should have been Kenta's point at 1:16 (though the block from Samsonov was pretty sick)
