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Here’s me wishing Timo a blazing final.

Well, if Franz doesn't finish it I'd say Dima will.

There’s no such thing as no chance in TT. A touch of mid-game diarrhea would be more than enough to, erm, turn the tides.

LSS showed great resilience in the 4th. Respect!

Gross? Hmm. Merely human (even if it’s just shenanigans). In the former case, just human; in the latter case, human and despicable.

Yes. Pushing straight, or swiping at the ball. I think some call it “bumping”.

They stole that title by cheating rather than winning it in fair play. I have not forgotten that.

That last remark highlights a positive stroke. Pushblockers can do insane things to a ball, especially when fed with backspin. I understand (to some extent) the limits posed by arthritis. Hopefully the OP is able to twiddle; if not, it will be excruciatingly hard to deal with lobbing opponents.

Waldner (and company) broke the CNT dominance and more or less left it in the dust for a decade or so. In doing that, they pushed envelopes and accelerated developments already budding end 70s to fruition. They paved the way, as rolemodels as well as opponents, sparring partners and later as...

I really don’t hate being able to told-you-so once or twice the next few days.

I actually thought Ma Long’s performance against Dima was of the highest caliber. Impressive, especially in the decider. Still not counting him out.

I find the lack if public content appalling; there’s next to nothing out there. I wonder how this “milk it!” approach rhymes with the olympic spirit.

Now that’s an exciting design. I’m guessing it has a low balance, with a relatively heavy handle?

Chess. Bridge. Mahyong. Go.

Close, but no cigars.

FZD gave his all, but ML may not have shown his ultimate form yet. I think the pressure’s higher for FZD; he has everything to win, with ML having nothing to lose. Also, I expect if there’s any opponent out there that puts unrest in FZD’s mind, that would be ML. I’ll not count ML out just...

Just looking at the scores reveals a level match. Yet FZD was the one closing it; good for him. LYY will no doubt learn and grow even stronger from this hair-thin defeat.

W00t? Where?

Hard one for me, as both Evangelizer of the Church of Ito and Savourer of the Spice of Life that Is Xu Xin. Let it be gold for XX in XD and a proud singles medal for the Goddess herself.

It continues, even if the athletes have to climb over mountains of dead bodies to do so.