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Well, mind seems win again against heart. WCQ is clearly in peak form and simply unplayable, unfortunately for Hugo regardless his form. A peak WCQ beats everybody, Chinese or non-Chinese, period! The fact in two games Hugo could only score 5 total combined points shows the match is one sided...

Good observation, although world champion carries much heavier weight that world cup.

It's hard to repeat yesterday's form for Hugo if your opponent is WCQ, not only that, a peak, unplayable WCQ. WCQ is at least a grade higher than LJK.

For tomorrow's final on men's side, my heart says Hugo but mind picks WCQ. Regardless what tomorrow brings, both men are deserving world champions.

It feels odd that the usually talkative Adam taking a back seat let his female partner do all the talking on the match between WMY and CXT. Poor CXT, who just seems too nice to fight for the crown.

Hugo is real. Is he gonna be the first non-Chinese who can reclaim the Worlds after Schlager did it last time in 2003? No doubt, Hugo in now in the peak condition of his career and has all the tools needed to reach the top. Only thing is, will Chinese WCQ let him? Now with almost parity...

The table tennis is really a sport of moment. The last game of Hugo and Liang shows that: 3:0, 3:10, 9:11, just three pattern changes. From 0:3 down, Hugo entered the beast mode and Liang resisted with his might and couldn't do anything. Then, when the victory was just one point away, the human...

Haven't seen WCQ in a high animated state for a while. No doubt he was inspired for this match. He must have sensed it's his time to start capturing major titles and declare officially WCQ era is here. Again, he was in unplayable form executing unbelievable shots one after another. In the last...

Good move as long as it worked out. Otherwise, Oh would be heavily questioned and criticized. The merit of this type of TO call depends all on the result.

Not defending this practice, but the urge of peeing is not a uncommon biological reaction under the stress for some people (including athletes)

Good comparison. Hugo is the younger aggressive Fan with big shots from both forehand and backhand minus some refinement. The current Hugo fears no one, only control master Ma Long may be able to make him uncomfortable. Not sure did Hugo ever beat Ma Long?

Three times Jarvis served wet ball. Interestingly, the wet ball didn't affect his serves. I guess the water didn't come from his hand. My theory is the sweat dropped from his forehead to the top of ball. When he serves, as long as he doesn't spin the ball with his toss, he would be able serve...

Jokic just committed a service error at the worst time with a match point in hand, along with the whole match. With a sport psychology granny at his corner, he still choked. Maybe his misery is a blessing for Togame who seems always help non-Japanese players stop his teammate Tomo from...

A classical British gentleman with sweaty hands?

Frankly, I feel the intensity, quality of shots, pace and consistency, WCQ and LSD are better than all former Chinese greats including the ones you mentioned. All they lack are mental strength and big game experience. The real break through for these two will be when they capture one or more...

By beating the top two Chinese, it's about time someone can break years of Chinese dominance. But that someone from south American rather than table tennis heavy Europe and non-Chinese Asia is a huge surprise. Hugo played like possessed, most of his shots were high-risk shots, yet the majority...

Duda is in his prime beating an aging Dima should be a surprise. The lefty is quite competitive in the pro circle unless he is against a CNT member. Good thing his next opponent is not LSD, but not much better as WCQ is standing in his way.

Power of love? It'll be magic illustration of this power if Hugo and his gf both stand at the trophy podium at the end.

That's partly due to his playing style. Like Xu Xin, Gauzy doesn't play fast pace game. In stead, they often patrol the middle or far distance from the table, i,e, sacrificing space to buy extra time. The extra time enable these two guys who possess magic touch to put up lots of highlight...

Knack is making game interesting and exposing some human side of WCQ.