Recent content by Carina

This is indeed a fantastic compilation! I remember it when it was first uploaded (Dec last year?). One of the best. Thanks and keep them coming.

You can replace the word "joke" with "ridiculous". My original statement would have been "And mixing up the trophies for the Men's Singles and Women's Doubles was just ridiculous". Simple as that. Of course the ITTF did not intend to play any joke on anyone! I have no doubt about that. But the...

Yeah, at that rate, they might as well just restrict the number of players to just 1 per country and ensure every country gets a chance! LOL. Surely the spirit of the Olympics is about competition to the highest level. How would allowing more countries to get medals raise the level of play of...

Indeed, and I was watching the match on ittf live streaming as it happened. Wen Jia was right in front of the ball and must have seen it touched the edge of the table, yet she was so aggressive in her body language etc immediately after, as if she was the one being wronged! Goodness. And the...

I respect a lot Ai Fukuhara. The point in contention was huge as whoever took the 5th game would have a big psychological advantage leading 3:2. Fukuhara kept her composure, equalised in the 6th and went on to win convincingly in the last game. Wen Jia, on the other hand, must have seen it...

I see. It could well be the case in reality. Nonetheless, I would still say why have a rule in the first place if it is not meant to be enforced (and not stating clearly certain allowance is allowable if the server is throwing the ball within certain limits etc). The fact that we have generated...

Looks illegal to me. The rule states that the server should project the ball "near vertically upwards" and from the photos, we can clearly see he was throwing it backwards towards his body. Thanks Dan for posting this interesting thread!

Thanks Gaurav. Happy New Year to you too. Have a great year ahead, especially table tennis!

Depending on the performance of the Chinese players in the remaining tournaments in the run up to the Olympics, with WTTC 2011 being the big one, the final choice for Liu Guoliang can still change up to the very last minute. Judging on how the players are doing at the moment, I would still go...

I think for Chinese players at this level of play, the bigger improvement will come mainly from how they deal with pressure when it comes to crucial points in big tournaments. We have seen how the young female players crumbled in the final vs Singapore at this year's WTTC in Moscow and even Ma...

This is indeed a great video. Do post us with more!

The best, Dan!

Hello Dan, this is a great site for table tennis fans! Thank you for making this happen. Carina