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Dan Que has iron nerve. The come back from 1:9 in 4th game is just textbook.

More likely, he asked his dog bite off the extra rubber.

If Lind plays this way, he'll be a problem to Sora.

For most players, the mental boost from getting much highly priced blade/rubber is far more than the actual upgrade. For a touchy sport like table tennis, how you feel has a great effect on how you play.

Tough luck for Ying Han as one of few sure chopper killers is waiting for her. Surviving a hard hitting Hugo is a big surprise, now, Simon faces another Hard hitter in Lee Sang Su. It may be too much to ask him to repeat. I'll be paying attention to Sora and see if this time he can finally do...

First all, you need to play some tournaments where there quite a few 1900 to 2100 rated players to serve as your step stones, of course, you need to beat a few of them. U1900, U2000, U2100 events are the main avenue you need to target. Don't play U1850, U1800 events as playing against players at...

Yeah, cut him some slack. There is a thing called personality and individual trait. You can not expect everyone behaves the similar way. Some people act like duck swimming, calm and stable above the water but peddling like crazy under the water.

Especially in the last set where he tired up the score at 7:7. Then he served casually twice and lost both crucial points casually giving back hard earned potential turning point. After that he surrendered and gave Truls last two points without much fight. But, giving Truls all the credits he...

Sora against Truls? Hard to pick. I'll give Sora a slight edge with way he's playing recently. Remember he did beat WCQ in recent Asian games. If Sora can secure this win, it will do a lot to his confidence. For a young fast rising star, a big event win is a validation to his moral.

Next: Sora vs. Jang. Interesting match up: Two wing player vs forehand oriented heavy hitter. Sora, represents the current most advanced style, balanced fast loop attacking from both wings. Jang, a deadly forehand attack with a get-by backhand, basically, a junior version of Ma Long

For women's table tennis, Winter is coming! Lol. For a player already in her twilight zoom, being brave enough to change equipment and playing style, achieving remarkable result to become the first Euro woman to appear a WTT Champion final, is inspiring. She's proving the saying: 'You never too...

Simon's magic ran dry against Sora. Sora is just too quick and powerful, an emerging power force if he is focused with a little more resiliency. A good overall result for the aging French magician. His way of winning matches is just hard and grinding, taking heavy physical toll. Today, facing a...

Winter's forehand has the power but lacks good footwork and recovery support.

DHK is having forearm cramp? That happened to me a few times during play in the past.

Unfortunately, this is probably the best a chopper can do. Modern day table tennis is heavily favored top spin attacking style and very unfriendly to choppers.

Wow, Joo displayed chopper like calmness in the decider grinding out a narrow win. If you don't have loops with SYS's power and WMY's consistency against a great chopper, you better have Joo's loops with great pace control and spin read.

When it goes to the game 7, I usually bet on choppers for their stamina and mental calmness.

You mean defectors? Joo does have the best loops and pace control among Korean female players, even though not the most powerful.

The winner of WYD and Miwa will likely enter the final round and win the whole thing if either of them can pass Honoka which is not a given. If Honoka can chop down either WYD or Miwa, she has a very good chance being crowned.

Good to know. Korean didn't give him Ma Long treatment for an aged player even though he is still one of the better players among Korean elites. When LSS is on, he is a treat to any players including top Chinese.