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| Anyone thinking Maruo would actually pull a comeback has to be delusional. The sheer difference in physical capacity was just too big a gap for Maruo to hurdle. Sadly too predictable, but at least Maruo got something out of it, and Arata, despite being the winner, recognized that. Too bad the match had literally minimal intensity visual-wise, as with practically every other match from this series. |
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| Such an awesome episode, and the end to an awesome match. With no tiebreakers followed in this tournament's final, going for a 2-game differential for the winner, the match was a classic as a whole. Maruo caught up to Araya a lot with his much improved serve, returns and overall quality of his game but Araya's endurance in the end survived against Maruo to end the match at 6-3, 3-6, 9-7 in Araya's victory. The match felt exhausting to watch, in a good way, I could feel the pain Maruo went through as he looked to find desperate ways to victory, even relying on his instincts for a little bit that looked like it could help him reach the finish line, but Araya's just that damn good and trained for that long to overcome everything in the end. Great match put by the both of them, worthy of the final of a proper tournament in front of a big crowd. And while this match was a long one, nothing compared to the 11 hour classic that happened 10 years ago between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner at Wimbledon in the very first round. 9-7 really does feel like nothing compared to 70-68. How those men survived after those games, I will never be able to figure that out. Still, competitive as hell between Maruo and Araya regardless. And also, at least Maruo's now established his name in the scene as someone everyone should watch out for, being the unseeded player who took out the second seed, third seed and took the first seed to the brink and nearly pulled off the ultimate upset without any flukes whatsoever. Excited to see what's going to happen next! |
animejasNov 27, 2020 7:15 PM
| Maruo is losing his cool ;'( |
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