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Tell that to the guy who said Faraji should not have lost to 65th ranked Cho... @joshmak10 , you listening?

Prodigies don't lose 0-3 to Cho, they lose 1-3.

Look's ancient to me - wouldn't be surprised if it predated 2010 at least, likely older.

The saddest part is that he was up 9-4 in the 5th and lost 7 straight points. I don't think he appreciated the danger of the moment.

Huge for him - Craig Bryant service lessons - stocks are rising!

I remember him playing in the US in the 2010s when a Taiwanese national team coach was coaching in New Jersey. I thought his power was massive and he was going to be a big thing but it never came to fruition.

The most dangerous underdog lefty in the world lost to the most dangerous lefty server and backhand in the world...

Yeah. Thats the usual conclusion of any discussion about the technique of a non-Asian player.

Quite a few of the players he has losses against, he has beaten in other contexts. Let's see how it plays out, I am not a fan of writing off youth, it's something Asians seem much more comfortable doing. As an example of what context means, in the event he lost to Noah Tessier in the...

OK, he is not special to you given the group you are comparing him to. Let's see how his career shakes out.

A year is a lot of time. And Benjamin was born in December so make of that what you will, he turns 16 in December while Felix was 17 and a half at the time he won Goa a year later, though you are right, he was 16 and a half with the big run. But Felix was a super prodigy so I don't expect...

No, he isn't Tomo, Felix or Alexis. That said, you probably have your facts about the ages when these players made their first great runs (other than Tomo) messed up.

Yeah the same data that showed Wassim Essid as younger than Faraji Just about any kid who plays at that level is a prodigy. It is all relative. And usually, someone who is genuinely interested in the player takes a deeper look at a lot of things, and doesnt go out of his way ro list a player...

Good at least you hopefully didnt just trust chatgpt. Like I said I dont have time to check. The one player I know there for sure Essim is at least 17. Lee Seungsoo i do know is 14. But if you can put in Wassim Essid, that for me caused enough credibility doubt. In the end, everyone is...

Yes but you were wrong on the ages. Listing a bunch of older players gives a misleading sample to evaluate his strength. My point is that even Harimoto was beatable so that is uninteresting. He is dominating bis age group. He is not losing to players who are less experienced than him on a...

I dont have time to check all the ages of all those kids but ibam extremely familiar with Wassid Essim and he is at least 17, possibly older. Maybe your other kids are accurate but I dont have time ro check and it doesnt give me confidence to know that the one kid i am familiar with is already...

Those were interesting displays of potential and taking advantage of an unfamiliar game, they do not mean the kid doesn't have exploitable gaps. Same with almost any player at that age not named Fan Zhendong As juniors, when playing fellow juniors, usually you look at the age difference to...

Most of those players are significantly older.

He is 15, playing with a Mizutani SZLC, it's completely normal for kids at that age to have underpowered forehands and to struggle with them playing against top pros until their full strength kicks in at 17 and 18 with more growth and training.

Yeah, Lin Shidong also had a bad post Olympic mental state, he barely beat Faraji at the same tournament. The boy is 15, give him a break.