Russian Open 2014 Highlights: Koki Niwa Vs Liam Pitchford (Round Of 16)

[@ItzLilYumi]

That 8-7 battle in the last set was really good.

[@LeDrummerDu88]

Great fight !

[@TimoBoll22]

amazing stuff pitchford and drinkhall coming into there own!! fantastic table tennis, liam had a lot of chances , he is very offensive as well

[@zajtsohmoob3232]

I heard one crazy dog yelled so loud from other table.

[@arthas702]

who the hell kept screaming at anther table?

[@admin9707]

Somebody cho like crazy at 2:53

[@aa4362]

may be 森薗政崇 (Morizono Masataka)

[@ewooll]

That was a huge cho, and there is another at 2:29 although maybe not quite so big.

[@TheQuickest]

+aa4362 It's absolutely him. If I was the umpire I would absolutely warn and possibly fault Moron-zono for such ridiculous shouting. Being excited for winning a point in one thing, possibly disturbing others around you and being unsportsmanlike, that should be punished.

[@squatagrumpie]

Such a pleasure watching that British twig lose to a REAL table tennis player :)

[@ewooll]

Pitchford is English champion, he's a success. Why do you want to run him down?

[@Tristandacunha69]

Dude he's a great player in matter how many others are better, who are you to judge who is a "real table tennis player" or not?

[@oskarpukk4923]

+FluffY PenguiN what has niwa accomplished that Liam hasn't?

[@ewooll]

Pitchford and Drinkwater are fantastic pros now. Koki Niwa looks as if he doesn't give a sh*t when he plays...he couldn't care less if he loses.

[@lanawood2641]

Liam's not strong enough. None of his loops seem to be very powerful. At least, they're nothing Koki Niwa can't handle!

[@haiyingz]

Liam needs more training on his footwork. Niwa is much better on this.

[@haiyingz]

ty0ung0s The 9:11 scores don't necessarily conclude that Liam has a mental issue. You may be right, but the seriously castrated match flow make it hard to make such a conclusion convincingly. On the other hand, the flaw in his footwork is quite obvious.

[@TheAber97]

ty0ung0s So is it necessary to call Niwa a Japanese "midget" every time you refer to him?