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Truls also doesn't have a real backhand topspin, which is an important thing to have when facing a complete two-winged lefty.

Yes, obviously they make "unforced errors", and it is often subjective, but it is really self-serving to pretend that all the unforced errors came out of nowhere and that when Wang play Truls or Togami, all the unforced errors magically vanished because Wang was on form but when he played...

Okay, you watched a very different match from me - you act like unforced errors are some magical thing and not a result of misreading the opponent or being under pressure to play outside your comfort zone. Many of the games were really close and illustrate that both players were playing at a...

Have you ever checked Fan Zhendong's win rate vs Ma Long when making that statement? Would you consider all the wins from FZD to be bad days from Ma Long?

He was doing better with the Zyre 03 angle... he is just being plain silly now.

Or like this at 14 as well?

He was playing like this at 14????

I'm trying to remember a match where someone countered so aggressively and consistently against such a high level opponent. @TensorBackhand , please unharden your heart, and let my people go!

Don't worry, when Butterfly releases Zyre 03, your prognostications will be proven right!

Yes but the Hayata situation was about no coaches but then access to a trainer who happens to be your coach. Chat GPT is or LLMs are cool to ask but no one prevents you from speaking to other people during those periods, so you can't tell what a person is doing once they are around

Who knows, maybe he might wish he could now lol.

Oh I have never heard no coaching during medical timeout, the one thing I remember being questioned was why were coaches always allowed to follow the players to change shirts. I don't think it is a big issue as long as everyone has access to coaches fairly.

Even if so, this method of exploiting the loophole even if technically correct/legal is still the issue worth discussing. People make it sound as if it was all about timeout not about the ability of Hayata to talk to her cosch during the timeout even if accidentally.

This is my opinion as well, but everyone is allowed their own opinion.

What I respect about Tomo, Felix, Truls and even to a lesser degree the other younger greats like Alexis, Darko, LYJ, AJH is the refusal to believe that everything is set in stone and their willingness to try things that will manifest over a long time to improve their game. Which is partly...

Nittaku balls are definitely not spinnier and in my opinion they require more power to get good effect. I really think they should be taken off thr market but Nittaku has the reputation of quality so...

If they had played an event just before and transitioned to new tables here it would be a bigger deal. But by the finals, while I hate the Nittaku ball with a passionate think the DHS balls and DFish balls are better, at this stage, having beaten so many players, it will only be a factor if the...

@TensorBackhand , President of the Harimoto Haters Club, your comments are welcome in the moment.

Wow with the medical timeout assist, he does it. Amazing.

Yeah but Hayata added a different level since her trainer/masseuse was her coach as well.