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WCQ looking back in top form and Felix showing some that same emotional outburst of his brother. Don't see him get that frustrated and lose focus like that very often. Maybe Alexis can be the calming force this time and get the team back on track. Looking rough though.

Hirano looked incredibly focused and rock-solid all tournament. The way she carries herself on the table is quite intimidating, despite her being so tiny that the ball looks like a baseball in her small hand when she serves. For a while she experimented with different ways of carrying herself...

Your two examples don't really inspire me in the sense that "it's literally everywhere," especially if one example is as niche as Norwegian skiing. But let's say it is everywhere as you say. What's wrong with talking about exactly how it's happening while we're in a forum devoted to talking...

How do you figure? In our original argument I said that SYS probably should have implied odds of winning of 80% of the time. That is a -500 favorite. If Hayata wins it'll mean she's beaten the odds. You committed to Hayata never being able to win, so you'll have to wait until one of them...

I think they should also be sponsored by a designer eyewear brand. They are definitely representing us glasses-wearing TT players on the world stage.

Amazing performance by Felix there. How is he so rock steady in his mentality at such a young age? I feel like the Lebrun brothers are like an experiment in sports psychology to show the world how important mentality is in success. It's crazy how big of a difference the two are in that respect.

What other sports does it happen in? And why do you want Tony to stop talking about it so much? He's not saying anything offensive or spreading misinformation. You can always scroll past his comments. Is what you're doing the 'grown up' approach? I'm pretty confused about your motivations here...

No your original argument was that @Tony's Table Tennis was whining about China having access but they invest more in table tennis and therefore they should reap the rewards. I'm pretty sure he's aware of the fact that China invests more in table tennis, and we all know that they produce the...

He looked way more nervous than I've ever seen him. Wiping his palms a lot on his shirt and on the table. Left a pretty visible streak of sweat on the table. Sweaty palms is not what you want in big situations. Not sure if this is common with him or not though.

This is a completely different argument though, and which realistically has more merit than your earlier argument. China is bankrolling the sport of table tennis basically. The fact that we can watch so many WTT events streamed live, despite the small audience and the fact that it looks like a...

Team France really hoping that Gauzy and Felix win their games and there's no decider with Alexis who has a bad case of the yips.

You don't agree that it's unfair for the CNT to have access to balls and tables to be used well before other countries? Are you arguing that other teams have had access to pay for tables and balls but didn't want to spend the money? I interpreted his comments to mean that, even if other...

This is an absurd argument. Clearly the Chinese invest a lot more money into their TT program than everybody. And they reap the benefit of that by having the very best players and the deepest lineup. That doesn't mean that the playing field should be further tipped in their favor by allowing...

Was that 8 straight for LYJ at 10-4 to come back and steal that game? Going to be hard for Alexis to recover from that for this match and maybe even the next.

Alexis doing better in the serve and receive game now, which is what lost him Game 1. Another interesting thing is that he's purposefully slowing down the pace of the game a bit.

LOKI is getting some free advertisement for this event due to sponsor name similarity.

Credit to the Korea team for taking it CNT and giving them a bit of a scare for their hometown fans. Was nice to watch a competitive series with an actual crowd atmosphere.

Yeah Jang looks deflated for most of this match so far. Maybe used up too much of his mental energy on that first match.

It's one of the problems of having oppressive GOAT level talents like ML or FZD. They can't rotate in the new crop to get experience (Mima Ito style) in the bigger high pressure events out of respect for their stalwarts and otherwise face huge fan pushback. So the younger guys are sidelined and...

And LSS does it! @TensorBackhand @longle I get your guys argument that on any individual day, variance can give you good results. But don't you guys think it's a little coincidental that the Korean team suddenly looks competitive with the Chinese team when they are comfortable at home, enjoying...