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Nah, she was using the commercial version of the Yinhe guaranteed. Just like how the other pro players are also using the Butterfly and DHS blades they found off the rack of their local pro shop.

Luckily, Hayata was too dumb to realize she was supposed to lose. I heard the mentally challenged are less prone to anxiety in situations like this due to less overthinking (can't overthink if you're too dumb to think!). If you ask me, I feel that's an unfair advantage. Japan shouldn't be...

Pyong making it to the quarter finals and almost beating even Hayata proves that we as rank amateurs probably are okay just using cheap blades like Yinhe 😆

Very impressed with Harimoto's play today. He really made FZD sweat literally and figuratively. But FZD is an all time great on a mission. And doesn't look like he'll be stopped. Great match

Went straight for the yellow card without even a "please play" before that. Didn't feel like too long he was taking

This is getting ridiculous now lol From now on if you lose a game automatically just head for the lockers.

FZD employs the bathroom maneuver now. Lot of that happening lately

This Game 1 is probably the best game I've seen Harimoto play. FZD couldn't get a ball past him. Not expecting this dynamic to continue for very long.

I feel less dumb now that Bobrow made the same mistake I did :LOL:

Lebrun brothers getting into this form just in time for Paris Olympics is a boon for the popularity of table tennis. At least for one more match we get to experience this incredible crowd and atmosphere. I doubt we get to see anything close to it for a few years after that.

Damn Felix's FH is failing him in the 6th. Felix missed on at least 5 or 6 FHs that were intended to be winners. He lands most of those and that would've been an easy win.

LYJ is extremely dialed in and now Felix has to up his game in response. These guys are slinging the ball around in some amazing rallies at the moment. Not sure if LYJ wants to keep it a firefight.

Was really hoping Hirano could pull it off there. Down 3 games to bring it to even. Then down 5-1 in the 7th to bring it to even and then to earn the first match point. Felt like come-back was destined to happen. But SYB never let her spirits drop at all. If she had lost, maybe she would've...

And we're going to the 7th! SYB really needs to stop being so predictable going for deep middle. Hirano has adjusted and is looking for the ball there.

Hirano should've taken a toilet break a bit earlier. She's finally making it competitive. Some unfortunate bounces for her the whole match tho

She's not getting any spin one those balls that get to her middle either. Jam her up a little and she sends the return flying off the end of the table. Wonder if this is something the SK team identified or if SYB just found it just now and is running with it.

Don't think we talked about this yet. This Olympics must be one of the best performances for team USA in quite some time, correct? Having two players get to the Round of 16 is a strong performance I'm sure they're proud of.

Lol yes I did. There's less power dissipated from flex and vibration. Also makes you more confident to use your body to initiate your strokes. If you're a beginner you want a blade that forces you to use weight transfer to hit hard. Players that I've seen start on faster setups often form a...

It's difficult to judge the dimensions of equipment when some of these players are holding them. Hayata is using the same racket case I have and it looks absolutely enormous when she's holding it. She's way smaller than I thought she was. Similar thing with Hirano holding a ball before she...

Always good to hear differing opinions. For me, I ditched my Acoustic completely after trying a Fextra. My friend who had a Yasaka Sweden Extra also stopped using it the day I gave him my old Fextra. Fextra maybe a bad blade if you're used to flexy and catapulty blades. But for me it feels...