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Maybe be she is a little spoiled girl the way treating her coach. On the other hand, she may indeed need a coach, preferably a Chinses coach who usually is good at adapting her opponent with a particular style or equipment. I remember she had already been crushed by Sabine twice and somehow, she...

On men's final, incredible plays from both players. I don't know how Tomokazu managed to sustain such fast and furious firepower from Wang and somehow, he still ended up at the losing end. No doubt, both players were in beast mode. I'll say this match was at the highest level for the last couple...

Actually, I can say if ZYL were still in the national team, she won't be where she is now. Playing as an independent frees her mind from all sorts of pressures wearing a shirt with a huge 'China' printed on the back. ZYL's tech remains the same or below her peak in the past, and her physical...

A great win by LYJ. Tomo played like Tomo but it's LYJ who outperformed him, especially after his time out. In the victory, LYJ showed unusual resiliency he's not known for. The first point after his TO in the 6th game, he tentatively chose a push against Tomo's serve resulting low quality shot...

Looking at men's semi-final: LSD vs. JWJ, JWJ has been in good form throughout the tournament. Against Truls, even his backhand looked impressive. But that's against Truls. Now he will meet someone who truly is a backhand monster in LSD. JWJ's journey likely will end there. Tomo vs, LYJ. Tomo...

It must be the video frame rate, as this video mimics the real on site feel of ball speed and trajectory better than most table tennis video.

On women's side, in all likelihood, we'll see familiar final between SYS and WMY. It's reported that WMY had some injury earlier, SYS's revenge may be in play. On men's side, things are a lot more interesting. Truls is in great form and WCQ is not. This probably is the best chance for Truls to...

To be frank, when you are facing the most dominant female player and you are down 0:3 and trailing big in the 4th, some questionable serves won't change the outcome, not even making things complicated. By the way two players all laughing it out on the call, it's more like a light-hearted...

That might be the difference between him and Tomo. When LYJ is down in the trench, he needs more fighting spirit to get himself out the dip and Tomo has plenty. Technique wise, LYJ has more sound game than Tomo. So does Sora. But Tomo is a tough fighter, never yields to anyone.

No. That's not her. As I understand, Xiao Han in Chinese means 'little Han'. 'Han' here is the family name and 'Xiao' is a casual or nice way of addressing younger person, not part of the real name.

Sora is sharp and just took the first game with ease. If Lind can not disrupt Sora's rhythm, we'll see Sora in the final. But, with Lind in the game, anything can happen. We'll see.

For forum members who prefer flat-hit: Yeah, look at Mima Ito and see how she smashed HY with devastating power consistently in the quarter final! For forum members who advocate top spin on every stroke: Yeah, look at Mima Ito and see how she smashed and missed here, there and everywhere...

Not sure he'll win it all but I'll be rooting for him.

In contrast to the women's Asian dominant power distribution, men's power map is quite even. Two from Asia and two from Europe in the semi. The semi two matches are Asia vs. Europe, the perfect pairings. Let's see if the parity will be carried to the final.

Smashing backspin requires timing, power and racket angle. Ito is a master of that. Physically, if the racket hits the ball so fast, the dwell time on the rubber is so brief, the spin effect on the ball is greatly reduced.

Criticism is accepted. My laziness is the culprit. The name should be Dan Qiu. Being an American is not the excuse.

Seems women's power map has been restored as all semi space is occupied by Asian women, three from Japan and one from Korea, even with the powerful Chinese group absent. One Winter with anti is not nearly enough, European women need more strong players.

Han is taking a TO. Not sure what tech advice the coach can give her except some moral support.

Ito is demonstrating if you hit hard enough, you can flat-hit under spin ball and power over the net with devastating effect, thanks partially by large ball size and new material.

Chopper killer is in full action... Poor German audiences has to endure the slaughter.