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WH is trying to save the TO. He may regret it.

Seems the tide has changed. I'm actually rooting for the comeback story for an old soldier, Now, Alex's mental status is fragile.

LJK is down, injured, tired and out of gas, but one thing you can be sure this guy has the resiliency.

It's sad the third best player China can come up is LJK who is increasingly looks like a drained, tried and uninspired player at less than 50% of his normal level.

Alex took the first game without breaking sweat. If WCQ can score another point by beating Felix, then, it comes down to LSD again, a chance for him to redeem himself.

If I were Chinese coach, between LSD and WRB, I would lean heavily on WRB. Even still young, LSD, I believe has reached his professional ceiling. WRB, on the other hand, has a high ceiling than LSD and he is still only at 75% to the ceiling. Another swept shows Felix is just cleanly better than...

A hesitation in executing a banana flip resulting in an error cutting LSD's come back short in the second game.

In the last game, at 9:8 with Coton serving, WCQ executed a long push, the rarely used serve return by him throughout the match. Coton certainty didn't anticipate the push resulting an outright error totally missing the ball. That's the experience in decision making at championship level.

The clean win in the 4th is sign of turning point for WCQ

Beating the world number one, you need to be fearless and take high risky shots, hoping these shots may land on that day. And today is that day, so far, Coton has landed the most of these shots. The question is, can Coton play this way to the last point?

Coton is stressing WCQ in WCQ's own game, which is short game. No one will imagine that 18 years old Coton can beat WCQ in the first 4 shots. At this time, WCQ will have a better chance in long rallies.

I'll say ZJK also toned down his power and aggressiveness later in his career as he was consistent enough in mid/long distance rally. Agree Ma Lin never changed due to his playing style as his weak backhand couldn't sustain long rallies.

It's always tough trying to knock out the champion, especially a cornered, doubted and injured one. Korean men's team can tell you all about that. After they resisted in a meaningful way in the first tough match, they simply collapsed and got swept the rest of the way. The key match was the...

We are talking relative power here. Nowadays many players are hitting harder than FZD, Hugo is an easy one, many young players like WRB are another, whether it happens in a rally or opening loop. In a more quantitively way, many players apply higher percentage of power in their shots at the...

Well, the ball slowing effect applies to all players. What Kanak said was compared to current players, including German league players, FZD's shot was not considered powerful. I can see his point; many German league players do hit ball harder.

If Kanak played the young FZD 5 or more years ago ago, he sure would change his view. Just look at the upcoming youngster WRB, most of us will be impressed on how powerful his shots are and the young FZD exerted more power than WRB. The fact is as a player matured and established through years...

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Sora just needs a couple of more big event wins to add to his confidence and mental strength; he well be the number one guy for the team Japan. Sora is one of the very few players in the world who possess the speed, the balanced technique, the consistency and the aggression. Team Japan with...

Shin Yubin and CXT are trending in a opposite trajectory. One is reaching her prime and the other is aging rapidly. Shin has developed a power game, sweeping Han Yin showed that. CXT is slowing down and losing power, especially in her forehand visibly. CXT should have retired couple of years...

The posture and face expressions shows a mixed feeling of invincibility and relief, a great photo capture of the moment. I give WCQ 85% of his peak performance and Felix 110%. Give credit to Felix, his incredible play forced more unforced errors than his usual level from WCQ. Only a peak...