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So I planned to have a hit today with my friends before my comp tmr. While I was on the freeway, a major accident occurred and I was stuck on the freeway for 1.5 hours not moving... My friends ended up cancelling the session. So I had my lunch at 4:30pm. Guess that is it for the comp tmr...

If it was Boll that Quek lost to: I don't have time to google/look into the history of what they have achieved individually but my impression/memory is that Boll achieved much more. But then age is a big factor, Boll isn't who he used to be when he was at his prime. I don't doubt anyone's...

I like Tiago's style alot, and at one point I was nearly going to buy the Tiago Apolonia ZLC, so there is no disrespect to him at all. But Tiago is also 20 years older than Quek, he is from the same era as ZJK, they were good friends.

Tiago beating Isaac Quek 3-0.. I remember some people were talking highly of Isaac not long ago.. Hugo vs Kao Cheng-Jui will be an interesting one.

When I was using penhold, I would sand alot more. But it is up to personal preference. The first time you do it, you would be scared to sand 'too much', and it is true as you cannot 'un-sand'. But after a few more rackets, you will know how much is sufficient for you. You can also use different...

I played today with my double's partner. It wasn't a bad one session but it just shows I am not in form. I don't feel my forehand loops as confident as they were a month ago, and I think alot of it is due to the lack of practice. We practiced fhs and bhs, then serve receive as he...

Thanks, what do you mean by close the wrist? what angle of bat do you impact the ball? I tried doing that today actually, with larger swing but didn't raise my elbow. Maybe that is why.. I raised my bat but not the elbow

After 6 hours, I am back in the city. Ready to train tmr, have a hit with friends the day after, then comp the next day.

Good point! I will try to get one and upload it.

How do you do bh backspin serves? I have trouble putting backspin on my bh serve yet I have no issue putting backspin onto my fh serves.

If your friend only started playing table tennis since July, I think using wood blade will be more beneficial for him as he is more likely to be able to hit a full stroke with wood blade and get the stroke movement right, rather than having to hold back with a carbon blade. He can also choose a...

I miss Xu Xin. I miss the days he ruled. He left too early. :(

Happy for Hugo. The comeback king for this tournament.

His ingame problem solving skills

I got a little surprise from coach today. I only knew I was going to play with coach, then when I got there, I heard there were sounds of balls bouncing on the table.. I thought, that is odd, coach doesn't normally play / practice by himself. As I entered the shed, I saw coach with another...

Nice game between Hugo and Simon. Hugo is strong mentally and physically, that despite Simon having a coach, he was able to come back from 0-2. Now that Lin Yu Jun and Tomokasu Harimoto are out, I hope Hugo can take this title.

Yeah they are just the highlights, but at his high level, the fact that he is choosing to do that than to say, counter loop, means that it works well for him. I don't get to practice against high slow loops much but when I do and I try to 'counter loop' them, i often miss the ball completely...

Thanks for linking that video. I am really amazed by his smashes too. What a nice way to shut down the loops. I was struggling to deal with spinny loops in the last tournament which costed me my losses, and this guy is just putting them with ease and accuracy and consistency! To smash like...

I'm going with WCQ. The most potential one currently.

Alexis lost to Isaac Quek. I couldn't see where Alexis' racket go after the match point but I heard a loud thump and it wasn't in his hands afterwards. Very likely another racket thrown. Funny (and sad) thing is I told my non-tt friend that a racket will be thrown if he loses, and it happened