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Just for people who are not tennis fans who need to know much of an idiot TBH is: Prior to 2008, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer faced each other 17 times, with Nadal leading the head-to-head 12-5. Nadal dominated on clay, winning all five encounters at the French Open, while Federer led on...

In 2008, Federer had a winning record against Nadal? Huh? You really are clueless about everything just not table tennis.

You have a way with words, I never said the historical records are meaningless, in fact, I have used them to propose a bet that is favorable to you that I can take the other side of. It just isn't so favorable to you that if Harimoto has genuinely and significantly improved, you still can't...

Don't forget Felix, losses to AJH notwithstanding. Don't forget Felix lol... I think Hari-boy will inspire Felix even more.

I reject your offer - can I get a formal response to my offer about $50 and next 5 matches?

If it wasn't a forum where he could be used for laughs, I wouldn't engage in this honestly. It is waste of mine and everyone else's time without the laughs.

IF you believe in long term odds, then you wouldn't propose at 50-50 bet on an 10-1 record, you would propose a 30-70 bet, and expect that you would win because the 10-1 record gives a good expected pay off on a 30-70, just not as good as a 50-50. No one is taking a 50-50, but someone might...

Yeah. I'm using to story to illustrate that even I myself didn't think Harimoto had a chance - in fact, I thought the match would start at 5:30 and not immediately after the women's trophies were presented so I actually started watching it late when Harimoto was already up 2-0. It's funny how...

Obviously, i agree with you, and I gave the examples of Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong and even Ma Long vs Wang Chuqin to prove the point. Did anyone see Ma Long beating WCQ 4-0 in the World Cup (let us leave aside the equally stunning LGY 4-2 win over FZD) and was it all about WCQ having a bad day...

When I forward the video of the Harimoto win to a friend and called it the best argument for Zyre 03 ever and followed up 2 hours later, he said he hadn't watched it. And then said oh sh*t, he didnt realize Harimoto won. To which i replied that it is hard for us to realize things we already...

I think in this match, the decision to push was deliberate but I also think that some of those pushes were against hidden serves.

Harimoto won 3 games, Wang adjusted and won 2, Harimoto won the sixth. That is hardly destruction. Harimoto out played Wang clearly on this day, but as we know table tennis about adjustments and we don't what each player and his team will come up with for the next matchup. The historical...

That you are placing the odds at 50-50 for a World Champion vs a #4 player shows you really arent confident. Since the historical record is something on the order of 80-90% wins for Wang over Harimoto, you should really be offering $10 for every Wang win to something like $20 for evey Harimoto...

You can be angry Hulk, even all the time. The problem is wherher you can gather the information to read and adjust to the ball playing like angry Hulk. When I play pips, some peole are surprised by how consistently I am playing positive topspins, but I play at a speed and with technique that...

This is true in a superfluous way. Technique has to be good enough to put the ball on the table, but whether that means the technique has to be textbook optimal is a different story. Ultimately, for the level a player plays at, suboptimal technique that puts the ball on the table is more...

BTW, Ma Jinbao winning the LA Open while struggling more with Kasahara than Oshima - the LA Open doesn't bode well for those high picks...

I heard. Koki being Niwa...

Since Togami has a superior head to head vs Harimoto over their careers when one factors in domestic matches, that is incredibly weird.

There was someone on WhatsApp who I was speaking to about Kanak after his win over Dang. He said that Kanak managed to beat Qiu Dang despite his low power game because of his fine touches. And I tried to point out that Kanak's power level has significantly improved. And then the guy said that...

I think you can attribute the 3% to being surprised by the Harimoto changes in strategy and improvements in consistency - again per zeio, he admitted to actively trying to take away the Wang chiquita and say whatever you want, Harimoto was burned badly by it in Vegas but here, the Wang chiquita...