MATCH HIGHLIGHTS Seungmin Cho vs Wei Wang MLTT Week 13 Hollywood FL

Was able to win against Emanuel Leveson in season 2 Still has some good wins. I mean at his peak he was around 80 in the world Has had good results in the US Open. Yeah Yeah, well won the US Open in 2016 See what he can bring to the table revolution would certainly like a Strong performance here from Cho as they trail three points to six Every time I think of Wei Wang, I go back to the match when he played Daniela Pinto of Chicago who was injured at the time, but figured out a way of Playing perfect position. I'm just really surprised Wei Wang and also yet another match against Marco Duran their former teammates in Spain. Yes, Marco Duran played Brilliantly against him. So when that happens if you are practice partners teammates it really gives so much more of an advantage to the offensive player because they learn your spin as well as your Tempo as well. I think this is gonna be I mean Wang's gonna have to play Really? I think heavy chops in the initial stages of the rally Because if Cho can get in with those more powerful forehands off the first forehand then Wei Wang is gonna be Certainly on the back foot, but also struggling to figure out how to turn things around There's a nice third ball attack from him Does have a more modern defensive style. So like you said there are attacking options for him from both wings Certainly confidence plays a big role in an attack versus defense match. So If Wei Wang's able to sow some seeds of doubt kind of similar to what we saw in the first the first couple of games of the entire team match between Ola and Eugene Wong just a little bit of doubt would help slow him down, but Can't really that's Compounding interest really. I mean the technique and the power By Cho you see him just taking the ball wider and wider and there's no hesitation whatsoever again, I credit in Korea same in Japan the number of choppers that elevate the offensive players when they play against that style of play because they See it regularly But Wei Wang he has beautiful offense And he was able to sneak it in the difference is when he's trailing two or three points is when It's not as big of a surprise He has to go for it against a player like Cho Seung-min Looking for that forehand opportunity Cho 8-4 in the lead here in game one Big backswing on that one That ball didn't come out as far as I think Cho expected it. There was a lot of spin Just reaching up for it, but still really good body position good footwork It's these shots right here that are gonna be so difficult on Interesting sure. I'm sure he could have covered that ground about 20 years ago, but it's those drop shots are pretty tough You could see how long he held there waiting for Waiting for the next smash. Yeah, and never came. He had to cover both directions of this smash also Nice work by Wang there just getting some separation between placements certainly a Cho Seung-min on the move a little bit harder for him to create that power foundation at his feet and not under him Pay some point there 11-6 first game goes to Cho Seung-min of the revolution Tam Wang Wei bounce back and figure out ways to break down that powerful forehand The top two teams from the West season 3 we have 10 teams in total So a little bit harder to make the playoffs for each team but the revolution and the gold rush certainly in contention to make the playoffs and Their biggest roadblock on the way to that qualification is each other Last time these two teams met at Alameda County fairgrounds Princeton won 13 to 8 over the gold rush Right now the gold rush lead 6 to 4 The pressure is really on the defender Wang Wei Cho Seung-min just looking very confident very decisive it seems Matt that if Wei Wang would just literally say forget the defense. Let me just constantly put offense Now he's winning a point here and there like we saw on that last one, but with a two-point lead he's got that Behind him helping him And just taking these strong attacks Much easier to say that sitting up here We're not choppers by any stretch of the imagination but knowing he does have that second gear of offense that he could go to Why not just come out with that and put? Cho in a whole different position length instead of letting him open up on the first and second shot with so much spin Yeah Has been able to play some stronger offensive shots But I guess the question for him is whether he feels confident that if he does play offense can he win the points Cho Seung-min's a player that can Probably overpower him in the offensive rallies as well Ultimately, I think for him. It's just getting really heavy rotation on the first ball Stan looking T.S. Harbison on the bench there yeah, unless there's something that where one can do to slow down the forehands from Cho or to make him kind of a little bit off balance. I Think it's gonna be an uphill battle. It's just there there are some players that are just great against defense and Cho has that advantage of being left-handed where he can play a safer cross-court angle into the pipside But also that the amount of power in that contact is Even if Wong can return the ball. He's Still at the mercy of the next follow-up shot Service clocks counting down and he might get a warning here My hand goes up as the clock reaches zero Even in the serve return game The placement from Cho has been really good and you can see him Just working that wider backhand. I think he recognized early on that if Wei can step around and play forehand third ball. Those are really the best opportunities he has to win the point He's not shifting the ball out to the forehand being so obvious, but he's kind of presenting it saying here's the ball that you want but It's not quite exactly where you want it Kathy Lane, as I said last time here in Broward, it's the boss and the boss's boss. Exactly That was an incredibly quick game there 11-1 for Cho Seung-min 2-0 lead to the Princeton Revolution. They're just one point behind As they look to tie things up Putting his best foot forward for the Princeton Revolution Winning game to 11 points to one just a Masterclass a drubbing and how to yeah how to thump a defensive player Cho is one of the highest rated spindex players in the league 2789 a hundred points of separation between these two players Seems like there's at least in spindex every 50 points. There's almost a level of play. So You're seeing the difference between That difference but it has been all revolution as they're just fighting to come back At this rate, I don't think we'll see a golden point here In game three. I'm shocked that we haven't seen a single golden point yet The closest games have been 11-8 we haven't even seen 11-9 And it's not a one-way traffic. It's very back-and-forth between both teams. I think it just comes to the the style matchups here and it's why these Tactical team lineups is so important for the coaches yeah, other than Eugene Wong after dropping the first game coming back and Dodging a slight bullet in game two where he was up a number of points and then it was tied up with Ola at six all then he sprinted to the finish line first and Then took game three comfortably This is gonna be a great one. Yeah, Koyo Kanemitsu and And so always this is a one that could be a little bit closer than some of the other ones I almost like to think of a match like that is a playoff level match where you're taking points from the opposing team Which is already important, but it's so late going into the golden game that if you can just tweak it from 7-8 to 8-7 This is the first time out that's actually being used there's definitely a lot of Almost a cheekier persona. Yeah a lot more personality and Hopefully one of the things we are able to do with MLTT is Bring a lot more of the personalities of each of these amazing players. I Like the new you've been served Content that we're serving up and giving you a chance to see players do something That is I'm waiting for the you've been backhanded edition by Ola You've been stomped right now is going on with yeah Yeah, I mean the difficulty with defensive players is that at a Certain point when a player is that comfortable with defense There's really not many places to run. You're kind of backed into a corner, you know, you don't have the luxury of You know, unless you can come out and flip the racket over and swing a massive backhand loop like De Santillan If the play is comfortable with defense, even if you attack they have ways of getting you back into that defensive mode, so It's it's not an easy position to be in and I think for the gold rush Really about as far from a matchup style matchup that they would want but That's the reality of these matches and just gonna try and get some points on the board Wong had managed to close and get a couple Cho's still pretty far out in the lead here. Just two points away from the sweep Would have been very interesting If all I had been playing this match and Cho playing up top Because I think Cho Would have done well against Eugene well ironically enough last time they played he lost to him in the opening match So so maybe that was the logic With moving Cho to play singles after doubles 11 points to 4 pretty clean run there from Cho Seung-min And we are tied up the Prince and Revolution have bought things back and it's six points each