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So we have played two more team matches. The first was against the team two above us and in sat out that one. It was 3 kids from Atlanta and they were coached by Cazacu of Romania (I believe)and MLTT. I.cheered my teammates on and while they played valiantly, the hill was too high to climb...

I agree, I tried it once and as crazy as it may sound, I preferred 40+ degree Hurricane on my backhand.

There are onerous waiting rules for changing association and playing in major events. He would at best be able to do basic WTT events but ITTF events and possibly the Olympics would not work.

So he is a German permanent resident? That's weird to me, I thought you had to be a citizen of an EU country not to count.

I suspect the HAL will make its debut in a match i am certain to lose lol...

Sp just finished my first team match. So we have 4 matches today. We are currently in division 4 and we will play a team from each of the other divisions. We started our with the division 5 team. They had a 2000 player, and 1800 player and a 1600 estimated player. We fielded out 2000...

Haha... I am a man of my word lol.

Alamiyan in a battle with Kobayashi, a Japanese lefty.

He underestimated his opposition which was why he didnt play his A game. He wanted to win. And again, this is how many good players play against lower rated opposition. Obviously the match had no real consequences so nothing to really motivate him. But no, he would definitely have preferred...

Anything that can spin the plastic ball is a game changer, the question is how much effort will this rubber require, 09c requires quite a bit. Hence I think this should be taken more seriously.

How do you know?

Got to the venue today. Saw some players from the North East that I havent seen in a while (I took a 2.5 hr flight from Texas). After hitting with a guy from NY for a few hours, I went to hit with my teammates. I almost didnt attend the tournament because of my job search and I have to miss...

It's obvious he wanted to win as well. What you mean is that he didnt bring his A game all the time, but he was clearly trying to win. Pros often play lower rated players in this fashion for various reasons, but it is not because they are not trying to win. It has more to do with their games...

Tested the blade today, I like it a lot, the issue is had against the player i played is that sometimes, the ball just died on the block in a way that felt inexplicable vs my Viscaria SALC. I put that down to lacking the Carbon kick. Will give it a whirl tomorrow as promised but likely to uaw...

He may not realize it will be my first time playing with it and it might raise his odds tremendously. So I will take the forfeit.

I am going to play at least one match with this blade at the tournament I am attending.

It was initially the women, was curious why Sally was the only really seasoned player in the U19 girls. Then was puzzled that Darry played the 3 and Tran the 2, but maybe we just blame Nandan for losing lol... but I am probably overthinking out of ignorance...

yeah - I think some of the team selections are interesting... https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE3158/results.html#/results/2025-08-27

Going to play this event: https://butterflyonline.com/we-are-butterfly/2025-us-open-team-championships/?srsltid=AfmBOopqEnYgbFjU3Vd10Wyqyhms7mT5_ciuq4v43fuz6S_ctyzDJFCt Since I will have a hotspot on my phone, I might upload matches I play and share here. We will see how it goes.

The issue is more the gap between what these players have done and what they want to do. No one has an issue when FZD or LYJ targets lofty goals. Togami and Winter have to do more to persuade us.