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Thanks for the example. I discussed Duesseldorf extensively. I was wondering what relevance a comment about some teams not focusing on the Pokal had to my post. Thanks for making jt clear ehat the relevance was and confirming my suspicious that there was no relevance.

Looks like the big artillery is being deployed... SYS and WCQ activated... https://wtt-website-api-prod-3-frontdoor-bddnb2haduafdze9.a01.azurefd.net/social/article/5656?source=https://www.worldtabletennis.com/description?artId=5656

While it isn't perfectly applicable to the OP's post, I wish I could copy the video of Lebesson playing Angela Guan in thr golden game between Chicago and I can't remember the other team. Angela Guan is at best 2400 USATT. Lebesson is 2750+. Yet you could hear Lebesson cho after pretty much...

I guess it depends on whether Draymond Green is motivated to play the way he does without that personality. But like I said, for the idea of competing your best, I dont think there are any right or wrong answers. And in the absence of rules against it, it is important to do what you think is...

Not sure i would agree that TG3 is slower than H3. Skyline 2, maybe, but Skyline 3, not so much.

So how does what you posted apply to what I wrote about? Curious. Which of the clubs you know are not focused on thr Pokal?

Do you have to apologize for them? And what is wrong with celebrating them if they are a result of your risk-taking and effort? Not disagreeing with you as much as I am playing devil's advocate.

There is no correct answer here, it's more a personal and cultural thing because as someone pointed out, it is a zero sum game so you benefit from opponents mistakes and your lucky shots. In principle, anything good for you should be celebrated. The line between luck and your effort is thin...

BTW mixed pairs were extremely common in the 80s, were unpopular for a while and then brought back. They have never been a recent years tradition. In fact some great doubles pairings in European countries have been mixed pairs from Slavic countries. Of course there are players who play very...

I gave a specific example. There are pairs of players who register without partners and meet at the tournament. Are you claiming such players do not exist at the pro level, have always trained together for doubles and that I am making it up? Its not hard to just say in my specific example I am...

Thailand too strong for US. They clinch at least a bronze medal. The Thail girl was probably bigger than their male player. Made Irene's lack of size stand out. She (Thai girl) was tall and powerful enough to open on anything that landed short with her backhand. Congrats to Thailand.

Depends. Do pros who register for doubles and get ITTF/WTT to assign partners at the tournament practice together?

So India pulls it out after being down match point. Sometimes I wonder whether Ankur has a fundamental belief in his stability or whether there is some internal coaching that encourages high risk flat shots in his game....

I disagree, there is no single key in doubles. It is after the match one can give an explanation. Having the best player can be very important because they expand the options for their partner. However, if their partner is also the worst player, it puts pressure on the best player to cover...

In paper, India should have the best player in the U19 boys doubles matchup. In reality there is no guarantee that Ilzuka is worse than Ankur. India should still take it in the end but they have to play their best or they eill definitely lose.

Try to do a little less with the upper arm and more with the lower body to powrr the stroke. You are not getting maximum acceleration and quality because you engage large swings with the upper arm right than tighter and faster use from the elbow and forward powered by the body. Your consistency...

Anatoly has shown us that size matters but size isn't everything...

Not at all, he said I was behaving like "an idiot" for doing it while discussing a difference with him I had on the possibility of Gauzy being replace by Coton and Poret. So no, this is not something he is just making up for fun, it is something he strongly believes and I would like to know...

ESN doesn't make blades. But at the pro level, it is very hard to find a rubber in one brand that has no comparable performance equivalent in another brand. Possible but hard.

It's no more disrespectful than asking people to call you PoppaChubby or NextLevel. I will use my real name (which is in the public domain already) when you use yours... but maybe you can cite the source of assuming the practice is disrespectful so I can understand your culture better...