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He's very young to be put in this spot because of Fans early exit from the team, not easy with his style still in development. All that said Shidong is the worst top2 player they've had in over 30 years

China hasn't lost a single match in 26 years. This being the streak ender is definitely anticlimactic. Beating China should be a crowning achievement for any team, these pointless group matches are just a buzzkill

China hasn't lost a team match in 26 years right? This would be a pretty goofy match to end that streak, as sk would still end 3rd in the group even if they beat china. Whole playing system is pretty stupid

If this can be ruled as "Ball not hidden" then the rules need to be changed.

Beating his biggest roadblock like that in the world cup semis at 18yo, wow. It feels just like when FZD was on the rise and destroying everyone as a teenager. But Sora is luckier, he doesn't have to worry about beating Ma Long

no one else has ever played like that and made it to the top, sora is just insane when he's on

Of course it remains to be seen if he'll actually play

Apparently Fan Zhendong was selected for team china, along with Wang Chuqin. I was starting to feel like Japan were actually going to win it this time after a couple of close calls, but with Fan back in the picture I have a hard time seeing it

The Jorgic issue only came up because he made the finals consecutively. He was beating most of the europeans with twice as much firepower as him in their backhands consistently. My point still stands, if you have glaring weaknesses and some outdated ideas, you can still make top 10 in the world...

Of course it's a weakness, but his other strengths were strong enough to propel him into the top10 even back then without a lot of the modern ideas

You can still get by with tricks and good predictions. Just look at Truls from a couple of years ago, he was able to beat everyone except for like the top 3 chinese players without a stable backhand

Fan Zhendong is the strongest table tennis player ever in what's supposed to be his prime, of course it's not a competition.

Isn't it funny how the world championship and the entire wtt yearly ranking cycle is a battle fought over who is the second best player in the world.

What's the gist of what was said here? Seems like they went over a lot in the interview