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I think he had questions on the timing given that it came when Harimoto wad broadly on the positive. That said, Harimoto can't be entirely blamed for Quadri playing extremely well, that is the best i have seen Quadri play on tour. And I watch him a lot. It was reminiscent of the form he...

Quadri played a fantastic match, Harimoto didn't choke, he just needs to continue to take more risks with his style and stop trusting his defensive skills so much. In table tennis, the best defense is hood offense.

Germany limits you to playing in one league. Aruna has a lot of league contracts now.

She had been playing a bit worse recently as well. Maybe an injury?

The Chinese have already taken 2 SF spots and they are the favorites in the 2 not yet taken. This might end up like older days on the men's side.. On the women's side, they have a chance to do it but likely much more resistance especially with Odo vs He... this will be interesting...

I went to both when I visited Canada last year. They seemed to both be in good shape.

Looks to me like someone ordered the CNT players to sharpen up. There is a lot of red all over the pairings.

The first chopper i ever met used Grass D Tecs.

The Acoustic inner carbon lol...

With their level, they don't need to peak to win those events. And training in TT is reduced in times of tournaments. Whether they play or not they will be fine. It is having to play peak events every time that causes issues.

If you read the post in the context of my prior posts in response to those who sat Harimoto has already superseded Hayata, including yourself, my point is that Odo's win and the asterisks all over the Chinese team at the Asian Champs place Harimoto's achievements in a context. She still has to...

So is Odo now at a level where Harimoto who beat Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi and surpassed Hayata should be losing to her? Youth is an interesting thing, that is the best I can say in Harimoto's defense, More so because playing your teammate takes away your coach and when you are younger, that is...

True but it comes with the asterisk of Wang Manyu"s absence and Sung Yingsha's injury/overplaying making her more vulnerable than usual. Such asterisks don't go into the history books but we as fans know them. The loss to Kim Kum Yong who also beat the whole CNT when she played them (and more...

Again, not so fast, doing better doesn't mean that there are no issues in the head to head. Ask Felix Lebrun if you doubt this

Not so fast. She won the first against KKY and lost going away. At best you might blame the ball helping KKY smashes. But dismissing KKY is not so easy.

Some of the serves are clearly hidden as well. Just saying...

.So look at Odo. Would you seriously argue that there is sufficient difference in talent between Odo, Hirano and Ito that justifies their equipment choices? Or is it more likely that they just evolved into doing what they do? In fact Odo recently opted for a more offensive playing style under...

She's not beating Miwa.

Let's remember that even amongst inverted rubbers, there was a time when the world and Olympic champion only used DHS or Butterfly or some combination of both. ESN has reduced the gap now, but it still exists a tiny bit. I personally would prefer a return to something like hardbat in order to...

He was probably still recovering from injury then. It seems that Kanak's days as Schwalbe Team #1 should be over now.