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That is wrong (tennis rules/not table tennis). It is impossible to win a point if you don’t hit the table, with just a few exceptions(free hand on surface, moving table, penalty point). Disturbance etc is not included in how you score a point. Shouting or etc is maximum let and yellow. (If there already was a yellow here, it might have been let, yr+1 and game over. But here only let). (So two possible outcomes of the rally, point to Singapore or let).
Again, the umpire is not allowed to just call a let because they feel like it. And the opponent is not allowed to hinder your hitting the ball. It is one of those things that isn't as consistently enforced as it used to be so when someone does it, they become the villain, just like umpires that enforce serving rules.
 
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Finally what I am saying about not giving lets is not something easily understood by pointing to specific items in the rules. If you read the rules as a whole and have spoken to experienced umpires, it is easier to see and something they will bring up when asked why they didn't replay a controversial point. Without umpires, players replay controversial points fairly often so the feelings of players about this are often not aligned with umpires.
 
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Again, the umpire is not allowed to just call a let because they feel like it. And the opponent is not allowed to hinder your hitting the ball. It is one of those things that isn't as consistently enforced as it used to be so when someone does it, they become the villain, just like umpires that enforce serving rules.
No, not «just because they ask». I agree on that. The ump must descide a rally as a let or as a point. If the ump sees a disturbance, it is let. If there is no disturbance , it is a point. (Hinderance is tennis, and direct point. Disturbance (takling, shouting) is table tennis and let.
 
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Finally what I am saying about not giving lets is not something easily understood by pointing to specific items in the rules. If you read the rules as a whole and have spoken to experienced umpires, it is easier to see and something they will bring up when asked why they didn't replay a controversial point. Without umpires, players replay controversial points fairly often so the feelings of players about this are often not aligned with umpires.
Typical edge/side. As an umpire you must see edge/side, and select point to a or b. Let is not an option here, so you can’t replay the point. «Point» and «Let» are (together with «Definitions») the most important part of the Law to read and understand.
 
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No, not «just because they ask». I agree on that. The ump must descide a rally as a let or as a point. If the ump sees a disturbance, it is let. If there is no disturbance , it is a point. (Hinderance is tennis, and direct point. Disturbance (takling, shouting) is table tennis and let.
The umpire is allowed to claim that the talking/shouting to interfere with the opponent's shot is a foul. In table tennis.
 
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Finally what I am saying about not giving lets is not something easily understood by pointing to specific items in the rules. If you read the rules as a whole and have spoken to experienced umpires, it is easier to see and something they will bring up when asked why they didn't replay a controversial point. Without umpires, players replay controversial points fairly often so the feelings of players about this are often not aligned with umpires.
If the rules do allow for a let (2.9.2.4: because the conditions of play are disturbed in a way which could affect the outcome of the rally.), then the umpire has the discretion to use it. She did not. BTW, there is a separate rule for disturbances outside the control of the players (2.9.1.3 - if failure to make a service or a return or otherwise to comply with the Laws is due to a disturbance outside the control of the player; ).
 
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No, you don't have to give warnings in table tennis for misbehavior. It is at the umpire/referee's discretion.
Agree. You don’t have to. But for 2.9.2.4 or 2.9.1.3, let is the only possibility (not point). You can not give a point for shouting or throwing bananas or towels, hinderance or not. Points in tt are not given that way. But you can of course give a yellow, or of it is severe call the referee.
 
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The ref didn't call it. Kallberg made a fuss about it and the ref just meekly went along with it. In such high pressure moments it's normal to make noises as a reflex. If you want to complain about noise making as a distraction there are far worse examples and I don't even have to list them here because they're just that common. If anything Sweden's third singles player should have been yellow-red carded for smashing the ball against the table and throwing it around.
So the ref took the input of the player that was distracted by the noise in making the decision, and you are faulting Kallberg for speaking up and the ref for listening? That's kind of a bizarre take, and only makes sense if you already 100% believe that the distraction is unintentional.

I have watched hundreds of hours of TT in the past couple of years and I've never even once seen a player shout out something while another player was trying to receive, much less during a match point like this. I've seen players cho early because they thought they won the point, or grunt when they hit the ball, but I've never ever seen the "my opponent is about to make contact with my critical serve" shouting reflex. What I have seen is people doing illegal things hoping they'll get away with it (illegal serves, stomping feet to distract a serving opponent, etc.). In my brain, there is no other explanation.

Of course, I know nothing about this Singaporean player. If this is common with her, then you can show us some other moments she's randomly making noises. Otherwise, I'd put money on it being intentional and, therefore, an attempt to cheat.
 
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If the rules do allow for a let (2.9.2.4: because the conditions of play are disturbed in a way which could affect the outcome of the rally.), then the umpire has the discretion to use it. She did not. BTW, there is a separate rule for disturbances outside the control of the players (2.9.1.3 - if failure to make a service or a return or otherwise to comply with the Laws is due to a disturbance outside the control of the player; ).
Again, when the player causes the disturbance, it isn't necessarily considered a let. A lot of it goes to intent, but there is rarely a good reason to make noise while the opponent is hitting the ball and if it is not accidental or a let, and it is stretching the definition of let to make noise while the opponent hits the ball. This is really more about umpiring inconsistency than umpire error. People get away with these hindrances way too often, you only get let's occasionally on early apologies with a forgiving umpire. Usually the point is called against you.
 
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Agree. You don’t have to. But for 2.9.2.4 or 2.9.1.3, let is the only possibility (not point). You can not give a point for shouting or throwing bananas or towels, hinderance or not. Points in tt are not given that way. But you can of course give a yellow, or of it is severe call the referee.
You can give points for misbehavior. The yellow card is not necessary, it is just an opportunity for the umpire to give a warning. You don't even have to warn a player before faulting them.
 
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Hirano says she thought Ashtari's long pips was just like short pips but it turned out it took her a long time to adapt. She says she should've played to Ashtari's FH from G2 but her FH is also very powerful that it was scary. On blowing the 5:2 lead in G5, she says she thought about ending it there but that's exactly when the ball changed and so it didn't go as planned. Even though it was scary, she had no other options but to send shots to Ashtari's FH at that point. She was about to give up halfway but because she emerged victorious from the painful selection trials, she couldn't lose there and she had the feeling that it could be done. CNT players also lost, and so more attention must be paid on combination players.

今大会でシェーク異質攻撃型がブレイクか?! 世界ランキング709位に大苦戦の平野美宇だが、最後は強気で打ち切る
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/161218
 日本女子はイランと対戦。1番で伊藤美誠がシャフサバリをストレートで下して迎えた2番で平野美宇はフォア裏、バック粒高の異質攻撃型のアシュタリと対戦。初対戦の相手に対してあまり情報がなかったのか、平野は「(バック面は)表のようなラバーかと思っていたら粒高で慣れるまで時間がかかってしまった」と試合後に話したように、アシュタリの粒高の切れたブロックと切れていないナックル性のブロックに苦戦した。

 平野はアシュタリのバック側にボールが集まってしまい、ドライブを粒高でブロックされるとそれをツッツキで返球。そのツッツキをアシュタリは粒高プッシュで平野ミスを誘った。普段ほとんど練習することのないプレースタイルに苦しんだ平野は1、2ゲーム目を失う。3ゲーム目は回転量の多いループドライブを入れるなどで奪ったが、4ゲーム目では打ち急ぐプレーが出てマッチポイントを奪われたがそこから逆転。5ゲーム目はスタートで点数を離したが、アシュタリが変化ブロックに加えてフォアのカウンターが決まり出して追いつくと、9-10を再びマッチポイントを握られた。それでも「怖くてもフォア側にもっていくしかない。最後はやるしかない」と強気のプレーを見せて13-11で逆転勝ち。終始押される厳しい展開だったが、それでも最後に勝ちきったことは明日以降を戦っていく上で大きはずだ。

「2ゲーム目からもっとフォア側に(持って)行くべきだったと思います。相手はフォアハンドもパワーがあったので怖かった。(最終ゲームは前半でリードしたが)決めたいと思ったんですけど、そういう時こそボールに変化があって簡単に行けなかった。途中あきらめそうになったけれど、苦しい選考レースを勝ち抜いてきているのでここでは負けられないし、できるという気持ちもありました。中国選手も負けているので異質の選手に対してもっと注意しないといけない」と平野はアシュタリとの激戦を振り返った。
 
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On her defeat at the hand of Ayhika Mukherjee, SYS says other than CXT, they had not played her before and she was not familiar with her spin and style. But losing in the end still comes down to her own problems, that she didn't handle the crucial points well enough.

https://weibo.com/1618051664/O10PvgnOO
孙颖莎表示尽管遇到了很多挑战,但能赢下比赛就是一个好的结果。不过作为世界第一,孙颖莎奥运年首场外战失利备受外界关注,赛后她也表示对印度队员的一些特殊打法不太适应,“像我第一场打的对手,我们几个都没跟她交手,也就陈幸同跟她打过一次,对她的旋转和风格没有那么了解。”不过孙颖莎也表示,首场失利主要原因更多还是在自身,对关键分的把控和处理做得不够好。

SYS's post-match interview with Table Tennis World
https://weibo.com/1498760141/O0R3jwGwb
 
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I watched the highlights and the match turned on SYS thinking she could overpower Ayhika and the consistency of Ayhika's smash. That could easily have been Sun Yingsha's match under less pressure filled circumstances. But Ayhika had a match where she just saw the ball really well and smashed and countered at a high level. It is not a common result. Very different from Wang Yidi being tightly outplayed by Sreeja who can definitely be in the top 20 as long as she maintains her forehand and expands her backhand a little. Would like to se Sreeja play Cheng and Chen of Taiwan to see her range.
 
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