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Nice adjustment by Hayata to mix things up with slow spinny shots when her high power shots werent working. Now she's more confident hitting full power too. Either the adrenaline or pain killers kicking in. Wonder how long it'll last though.

Hayata is way off with her shots today. Clearly the arm is bothering her.

Okay, sorry if I said you were an idiot. 'Useful idiot' is a specific term reserved for people in the West spreading authoritarian propaganda. I have friend and family members who are useful idiots in this regard, even though they are actually otherwise capable and normal people. If you want...

They say that table tennis is just like boxing but with a racket and a table. Actually nobody says that. Any update on Hayata's arm injury?

For some reason, I expected you to look more like the anime girl in your profile picture 😆

It's not hate and it's a good topic of conversation. Especially for combat sports, there should be strict controls and standards set for what athletes can compete. I am extremely uncomfortable with trans athletes that have transitioned late and have significant structural and hormonal...

I've checked the receipts. They all point to this being fake drummed up outrage for political purposes. I follow boxing and combat sports closely and have for decades. I'm acutely aware about PED issues since I'm forced to analyse it for professional purposes. The woman has a 37-9 record at...

Trans boxer is fake news and you fell for it. Don't get your news from Facebook folks

Another amazing win for Truls. Hugo was looking amazing playing fast and powerful in this tournament. The tricky disruptive style he's been criticized for constantly during his recent slump was used effectively to win this match. Not sure how much of it works against FZD but I guess we'll...

Come on man, nobody has a problem with Truls serve. Contact is completely visible and he's got one of the most vertical tosses among the pros. Whatever he's doing it gives him no unfair advantage.

Man I love the mixed timing rallies in this match so far. This one actually feels like high speed chess match. It's less convincing when they use that phrase to describe when two players are just throwing their bodies into topspins loudly grunting.

Maybe the refs trying to teach Truls a lesson about not complaining about serves like he was doing against WCQ. Keep your mouth shut or you'll be the target kinda thing.

Truls brought first game to deuce by doing his tricky chop blocks and not engaging in power rallies. It's actually working for him and not against him against a high level player!

Calderano styling on Truls in the first game. Some fun stuff so far.

SYS not dropping a single game yet is wild. She fought off at least a dozen game points between Akula and CIC. Imagine being so solid at game point that you basically bageled a whole game worth.

Any details about the arm? Overuse or acute injury? Looked fine just yesterday against the North Korean

Man what a beatdown. Wonder at what game Hayata mentally threw in the towel and decided to just speedrun the loss so as to prepare for the bronze match.

Is the Chinese team instructed to have as neutral a facial expression as possible in public during the Olympics? I've seen the camera pan over to them dozens of times and it's always the same stone faced expression from every single one. It's almost unsettling once you know to look for it.

Lot of new French fans got their initiation to the world of table tennis today. You're not a fan of TT until you've seen your favorite player have their hopes crushed by a Chinese superstar. CNT fans excluded of course (but that side is no fun).

Felix needs to turn things around soon. Another Chinese blowout is going to be disappointing after the high drama we got yesterday. TTD forum members annointed Felix as clearly the biggest threat to the Chinese a couple months ago so he needs a win here or people are going to feel a bit silly...