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In KNY, Korea has a player that can beat Miu, Odo, and arguably Mima, and can give Miwa a run for her money. I believe once Joo Cheonhui is fully integrated into the team, and Shintong develops her capabilities, they would threaten Japan. They still need one more player to step up though.

There's no need to hone into that tbh. They're a work-in-progress and things are getting better. China was once at this stage not too long ago ( maybe no bird droppings but overall quality of events/life).

The issue isn't whether a system is centralized or not. Chinese or NKorean Centralization is not a doomed or inhumane project apriori. In fact, any sport organ or parastatal working under a federal/central government is already centralised. The very existence of bossess, HODs, and hierarchy is...

Feng yi-hsin was amazing. Congratulations to him He beat my guy, but he did it brilliantly.

Man that's sumthin serious I thought it was the glare from the central lights or some reflection coming from the crowds. Is the stadium an open one?

In the male section, definitely. In the female section, someone has to stop Shasha

Now this is taking it too far. Somber and seemingly sincere apology from him though, and he's missing two major tournaments to boot. Let's hope he re-emerges as a different person at the WTTC.

Shouldn't she be peaking at the WTTC in late May? Unless she's resigned to losing to either SYS/WMY which would cast a long pall on Japanese TT itself. Or she probably just thinks it's best to always try to cash in on big tourneys that the Chinese are not playing. It's also a huge confidence...

I'm sure he's still very motivated to win. If China locks him out of the top 2 in the Olympics in 2028 and 2032, then maybe this would matter. Probably nothing more than a glorious investment from Toyota.

Who's that powerful enough to call and effect such a drastic change in things despite unanimous agreement among the team members? Must be a godfather sort of person. Color me surprised that despite the veneer of independence, things like this still happen.

Sad, she was a pretty good player

Cool story Hari bro 2-11 tells a different story unfortunately.

I don't know man, I don't dispute other parts of what you said, but I've never felt like Shasha carried WCQ in mixed doubles I'd be honest. He may not have been in his top form but that doesn't mean he was carried. I didn't see Shasha finishing points and telling WCQ to put the ball on the table.

WCQ would be 27 this year Who knows what the future holds.

Outlasting opponents also highly depends on form and fitness, unless FZD was on Creatinine or gear. But I get your point though. We'd see how things go. WCQ may not end up being a GrandSlam Champion but he should have a lot in store when he draws the curtain on his career. Now that I think of...

Interesting that WCQ usually only plays like this against righties btw, against lefties it's usually a BH Vs BH slugfest with the occasional all out forehand rallies. I think he's developed a style that just completely overwhelms right-handers when he's playing well.

Wang Liqin and Ma Lin also had subpar backhands. Wang Hao was the one with the good backhand . I'm not confusing cause and effect.

People, Me included, said the same about FZD's lack of versatility and trying to outrally everyone's style but look how his career panned out. In the best way. WCQ doesn't just outpower everyone, I don't really think he's even as powerful as Ma Long, FZD or Hugo, He's also scrawny. I think it's...

Waldner, LGL, WLQ, ML, even WH laughing at this opinion tbh

WCQ, LSD, LJK, HYZ(when he matures more) + another youngster can still lead China to win everything or almost everything for the next 5-10 years if the coaching team optimises everyone's conditions well. Now, that'd be a nightmare for those who think with ML&FZD out, there'd be a huge gulf in...