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I hate conspiracy theories, but this looked plain staged to me. Seriously. Truls was feeding Anton empty balls where he would normally spin like crazy. I dont' know…
He didn't use AI .... it makes a big difference...
 
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I hate conspiracy theories, but this looked plain staged to me. Seriously. Truls was feeding Anton empty balls where he would normally spin like crazy. I dont' know…
100% agree.
I was really hyped for the match (as I like Anton's playstyle), but I didn't see any "match".
And seems to me that Truls failed to "stage it properly", almost as he wanted to send a message to someone.
If you want to make it real, you get angry, shout, try variations or anything else....not training-like blocks on Anton's FH....
I'm quite disappointed :(
 
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100% agree.
I was really hyped for the match (as I like Anton's playstyle), but I didn't see any "match".
And seems to me that Truls failed to "stage it properly", almost as he wanted to send a message to someone.
If you want to make it real, you get angry, shout, try variations or anything else....not training-like blocks on Anton's FH....
I'm quite disappointed :(
It might very well have been staged. Anton has a lot of points from this event and needs them for his ranking.
 
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I hate conspiracy theories, but this looked plain staged to me. Seriously. Truls was feeding Anton empty balls where he would normally spin like crazy. I dont' know…
I agree 100%, this looked staged.
And I have the feeling that last year in WTT Frankfurt 2024, where Kallber beat Truls 4-2, it was staged, in order for both to qualify for the WTT Finals 2024. If Truls had beaten Kallberg, only Truls would qualify for Champions 2024.
 
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Did anyone else notice that Franziska flipped his rubbers after game 2?
Games 1 & 2 he had his red D09C on FH; starting game 3 he switched to his black Z03 on FH.
Taking a page out of ML's book of tricks?
He flips sometimes based on feeling he mentioned in one of Saarbrücken's videos. That was before Zyre though.

SXN said back in August that Kaufmann would rank up quickly if she comes out to play more often.

The last time I read Kaufmann was still not a full-time player.
She should be full-time after finishing school last year. That was her plan. I obviously don't know how much she trains every day, but she was in Japan a while back to train/play.
 
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You think AI is "precise"?

Maybe you should turn AI off too...
Hahaha - it works under human supervision. Never used it to do anything website related to table tennis, you are allowed to hallucinate as well, thank you.
 
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It's funny when people is still saying the results between Anton and Truls are fixed from last year until this year. Last year Anton was on fire with 3-0 win against Wang Chuqin, so definitely it was not "fixed" at all. This year when Anton is on fire again, people rise up and say "fixed", which makes no sense as Anton was the one who showed he really prepared for this match.
 
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It's funny when people is still saying the results between Anton and Truls are fixed from last year until this year. Last year Anton was on fire with 3-0 win against Wang Chuqin, so definitely it was not "fixed" at all. This year when Anton is on fire again, people rise up and say "fixed", which makes no sense as Anton was the one who showed he really prepared for this match.
These kinds of things/speculations are inevitable between teammates since the rankings have limits on number of events counted. In the end, the results are the results.
 
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