Tokyo 2020 | 2020/7/24-8/9

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looks like Singapore twitter discovered Adam Bobrow today

People whine that Adam is "unprofessional" all the time, until someone "professional" enters the booth and people immediately start whining that they are dull and boring. Also no one among the pro commentators is as up to date with the scene and the athletes as Adam.

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Originally Posted by Atas Newton

People whine that Adam is "unprofessional" all the time, until someone "professional" enters the booth and people immediately start whining that they are dull and boring. Also no one among the pro commentators is as up to date with the scene and the athletes as Adam.

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Adam is great for the sport. I was watching with a friend who doesn't understand table tennis at all and they were enjoying every second of it

I think Adam is brilliant at what he does – much prefer him to anyone else atm. Brings good humour and fun to the match and is genuinely interested/understanding to the table tennis world

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Originally Posted by NextLevel

She isn't going to win in November. I think one of her teammates will get her, likely Wang Manyu.

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CXT: Aren't you forgetting me? I'm the latest CM nemesis. Oh wait, I might not even get a slot. Bummer.

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Originally Posted by driversbeat

Adam is great for the sport. I was watching with a friend who doesn't understand table tennis at all and they were enjoying every second of it

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Who else are you going find in any sport that spends as much time and energy getting to know the players, coaches, .... even the umpires? Nowadays, you have multimillion dollar sideline reporters in more popular sports that don't put in 1/10 the effort that he does. He lives and breathes table tennis. Adam is who he is... quirks and all. He's knowledgeable, engaging, and absolutely great for the sport.

Anyone knows where to catch the archive of the semifinals?

I watched it from NHK but the stream is so lagging that it ruins the experience for me.

I missed 5 games from ML vs Dima and I am very curious how the match moves in that way

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Originally Posted by TTLOVE

I'm hoping that Chen will win this match.
This is probably her last chance to play in the Olympics, she's 27.
On the other hand, Sun is younger she is 20 and she has at least one more if not 2 Olympics to play in the future.
On the men's side, I'm rooting for Ma Long to make history and to become the first double grand slam winner

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I get the belief and Sun is a special talent, but the lesson of Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen and the pandemic is that don't act too much like there is something other than the present.

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Originally Posted by Janard

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CXT: Aren't you forgetting me? I'm the latest CM nemesis. Oh wait, I might not even get a slot. Bummer.

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Who's next in the pecking order after Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning?

Chen Meng
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
Zhu Yuling?? Wang Yidi?? CXT??? LSW???

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Originally Posted by puregold

Anyone knows where to catch the archive of the semifinals?

I watched it from NHK but the stream is so lagging that it ruins the experience for me.

I missed 5 games from ML vs Dima and I am very curious how the match moves in that way

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assuming you use VPN, here's ML - Dima in awesome quality (skip the first 30-40 minutes, match started late), requires German IP

I don't recall hearing this before the Olympics, but I noticed that in this Olympics, LYJ sometimes does a pre-receive vocalization.... Something like 'chay' right before receiving serve. Maybe he no longer wants to be the 'silent' assassin. In any case, his receive is phenomenal.

What's interesting is that there's always a chiquita guy on the tour, but they all seem to drift away from using it on every receive as they mature. FZD used to be one, but now favors touch play. I dunno why it happens but it does. Maybe as you get studied by the opponents, they find the serves you can't flick (or flick predictably, giving away counters); or maybe as you get better at pushing it becomes a better play percentage wise; or maybe it's just psychological and the OFF+ mentality of the young changes towards ALL+ with experience

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Originally Posted by NextLevel

That has to be the best table tennis match I have seen at the Olympics since 2010 for sure if not all time.

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Indeed, epic match, especially from Lin with his incredible BH, but don't forget the match Gionis P. vs Jeoung Y. Two of the best matches in this Olympic Games.

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Originally Posted by NoFootwork

Both Women's semis were duds. Both Men's semis were matches for the ages. Amazing tension throughout both matches. Great tactics, execution, and nerves by all 4 players. It's a shame anyone lost either match.

For me, Tokyo Olympics have totally delivered.

ML does look visibly past his prime. I'm predicting FZD 4-1 or 4-2 over ML.

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For sure, more 4-0 then 4-1. ML didn't play very well this OG.

I haven't been able to watch the matches...by the comments it seems ML is not in his best form like he showed in Grand Finals last year.
But he almost always gives a hard time to FZD, so there is still a chance. I hope ML can make history once again!

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Originally Posted by Atas Newton

What's interesting is that there's always a chiquita guy on the tour, but they all seem to drift away from using it on every receive as they mature. FZD used to be one, but now favors touch play. I dunno why it happens but it does. Maybe as you get studied by the opponents, they find the serves you can't flick (or flick predictably, giving away counters); or maybe as you get better at pushing it becomes a better play percentage wise; or maybe it's just psychological and the OFF+ mentality of the young changes towards ALL+ with experience

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The reason behind the change for FZD, from 7 years ago.
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum...and-fzd#844809

I find the lack if public content appalling; there’s next to nothing out there. I wonder how this “milk it!” approach rhymes with the olympic spirit.

Prediction time

Lets do our predictions for today's matches:

Lin Jun-Yu vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Fan Zhendong vs Ma Long

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Originally Posted by TableTennisDaily

Prediction timeLets do our predictions for today's matches:Lin Jun-Yu vs Dimitrij OvtcharovFan Zhendong vs Ma Long

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Prediction
GOLD Fan Zhendong
SILVER Ma Long
BRONZE Dima

desire:
GOLD Ma Long
SILVER Fan Zhendong
BRONZE Lin Jun-Yu

Why do u guys think Ma long has dropped off so much since the last time him and fzd played (that i know of)? Surely he was already well past prime then, so what have u guys seen thus far that makes u think fzd's so far ahead of ML now?