United States (US) Smash 2026, Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2026

[NextLevel]

Wow.... @Takkyu_wa_inochi is vindicated.

 

[Janard]

All hopes on... LSD?

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Nope

 

[NextLevel]

All hopes on... LSD?

To get to the mountaintop, he has to beat Felix. How do you feel about that lol?

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

The men have had something like this for a while now since LJK disappeared. On the women's side, WMY lost to Sato, that's the only real thing that changed. What will be interesting is whether they can get Kuai Man past Sato and Miwa.

Wang Chuqin losing to Anders Lind is not a surprise I can give you that

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

this event is heating up!!!!

 

[JackJohnson]

Wang Chuqin losing to Anders Lind is not a surprise I can give you that

2 times now. Wtf. Anyone know if Wang Hao was coaching him or not for that match?

 

[staysmart]

Alexis!

 

[NextLevel]

Wang Chuqin losing to Anders Lind is not a surprise I can give you that

Well, no Chinese men in the quarters - that's a new feeling....

 

[pingpongnerd]

Well, no Chinese men in the quarters - that's a new feeling....

Maybe the chinese hurricane rubbers have been surpassed by butterfly rubbers and no longer give the chinese an advantage . The rest of the world are catching up.

 

[staysmart]

I am watching this with renewed interest

 

[Kopp]

WCQ and LSD are out! No Chinese players in the 1/4 finals.

So is it the other countries getting better or is the Chinese men's team just getting worse?

 

[NextLevel]

Maybe the chinese hurricane rubbers have been surpassed by butterfly rubbers and no longer give the chinese an advantage . The rest of the world are catching up.

I was thinking something alongst those lines when I saw LSD repeatedly fail to gain an advantage on Alexis while Alexis was well off the table. Feels like you need really special technique to get away with Hurricane on the forehand at that level.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Chinese team went to US just to watch football Live without the jet lag

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[DrBean]

I was thinking something alongst those lines when I saw LSD repeatedly fail to gain an advantage on Alexis while Alexis was well off the table. Feels like you need really special technique to get away with Hurricane on the forehand at that level.

To me there was never an absolute advantage to the hurricane, but a combination of a variety of factors, possibly a synergy between the way they approach the game and how hurricanes support it. Perhaps the last generation played first with the celluloid balls and had to transition, it's a little different than growing up with the ABS ball. The commercially available hurricanes are a bit more hybridy now, and maybe that's also the case on the team side, and they're having a hard time adjusting. Who knows.

It also seems like LSD has been working on some things through the last few events, so winning might not be a necessity right now. I have no idea how it's going in terms of progress to where he wants to be in his game - his forehand has never been a strong suit - it's actually a bit of a wonder to me he was ever ranked #1.

 

[TenPercentWinRate]

I bet there would be an uprising in China if either Matsushima or Harimoto wins this US Smash.

 

[dingyibvs]

Maybe the chinese hurricane rubbers have been surpassed by butterfly rubbers and no longer give the chinese an advantage . The rest of the world are catching up.

Neither Alexis nor Lind uses any BTY gear though.

 

[andymagata]

To me there was never an absolute advantage to the hurricane, but a combination of a variety of factors, possibly a synergy between the way they approach the game and how hurricanes support it. Perhaps the last generation played first with the celluloid balls and had to transition, it's a little different than growing up with the ABS ball. The commercially available hurricanes are a bit more hybridy now, and maybe that's also the case on the team side, and they're having a hard time adjusting. Who knows.

It also seems like LSD has been working on some things through the last few events, so winning might not be a necessity right now. I have no idea how it's going in terms of progress to where he wants to be in his game - his forehand has never been a strong suit - it's actually a bit of a wonder to me he was ever ranked #1.

For some time he was unbeatable - he looked GOAT

 

[Sali]

I predict the final between Hugo and Felix, although I wish Sora to win. Anyway no chinese in final is a big surprise, but non in the semis and in the quaters is an earthquake.

 

[NetProphet]

He's 2:2 in h2h against Truls, and Truls had to reach deep/get a little lucky to beat Bertelsmeier; but I'd still pick Truls most days. Kanak has played well but not what I'd call lights-out. Truls has some good combinations and an unpredictability that I think makes him a tougher matchup than Togami or Jarvis. I'm more than ready to eat my words, though. ❤️🇺🇸

You've summed it all up well there and I agree with all except I'm going with Kanak at 51/49.
I know Jarvis played poorly and didn't create much pressure at all but the way Kanak played V the way Truls played makes me think Kanak will take him.
I don't buy the Moregard line about being exhausted mentally for having to try so many things v Bertelsmeier, I think he just played below his best, as he has done recently.

On Moregard tho, I personally believe he is frustrated at not being able to close the gap to the top of the rankings since winning Europe and Montpellier.
He has stuttered since then and hasn't consistently beaten those below himand I think that is eating him up.

It's been qtr final and semi final losses to JWJ, Sora (Sora was inspired and unplayable at the WC that day!), Anton, LYJ, W Ruibo etc.
He reached one final due to WCQ being injured for SF, and lost it to Tomo...
I could be wrong but my reading of it is that these losses seem to be effecting him and his ego seems out of control and is actually a problem now.

Anyway, I do hope he sorts himself out because he can be great to watch but he seems unhappy.

PS: cannot believe the Anders Lind result !!!!
I k ow he had beaten him before but still 🤯