Table tennis defenders are getting weaker!

Shiono Masato, a not so young prodigy of Japan, a "younger brother" of Matsushita, got defeated early. Again. A little reminder, he lost in Czech Open 2015, that was 3 days ago to Aleksandar Karakasevic- veteran, backhand pro from Serbia. This time he faced Kim Donghyun from South Korea. Maybe it was because all Korean players know how to play against defence - since they have a great sparring partner for that type of training - Joo Sae Hyuk. ,nevertheless Shiono lost 4 games to 1 and finished another tournament really early. I really hope that Shiono will find his way back to the top level of table tennis since he is, and you must admit it, a entertaining player to watch.

Will Shiono Masato play like he did in 2013?

In the round of 64, Chuang Chih Yuan had to face Adam Pattantyus, a player from Hungary who recently eliminated him already in the 2nd round. At least i expected that this match would be 3 all and 9 all, but no. Chuang destroyed Adam 4 games to 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8). It seems that Chuang found a tactic against defenders.