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I think Wong Chun Ting is one of the greatest and most inspirational stories in TT history.

I thought she was done, but somehow, Giulia hung in there and Sarah fell apart.

Will probably still be futile unless Gulia does something special but it was a good win.

I watched the highlights and the match turned on SYS thinking she could overpower Ayhika and the consistency of Ayhika's smash. That could easily have been Sun Yingsha's match under less pressure filled circumstances. But Ayhika had a match where she just saw the ball really well and smashed...

You can give points for misbehavior. The yellow card is not necessary, it is just an opportunity for the umpire to give a warning. You don't even have to warn a player before faulting them.

Again, when the player causes the disturbance, it isn't necessarily considered a let. A lot of it goes to intent, but there is rarely a good reason to make noise while the opponent is hitting the ball and if it is not accidental or a let, and it is stretching the definition of let to make...

No, you don't have to give warnings in table tennis for misbehavior. It is at the umpire/referee's discretion.

The umpire is allowed to claim that the talking/shouting to interfere with the opponent's shot is a foul. In table tennis.

Finally what I am saying about not giving lets is not something easily understood by pointing to specific items in the rules. If you read the rules as a whole and have spoken to experienced umpires, it is easier to see and something they will bring up when asked why they didn't replay a...

Again, the umpire is not allowed to just call a let because they feel like it. And the opponent is not allowed to hinder your hitting the ball. It is one of those things that isn't as consistently enforced as it used to be so when someone does it, they become the villain, just like umpires...

Yes, and that is the same way that many calls are initially wrong until they are brought to the attention of the umpire. My main point is that the umpire is not allowed to call for a replay. She could have maintained her original position that Zhou won the point. Generally umpires are...

If the disturbance comes from neither of the players, sure.

I have seen similar calls in tennis. Novak Djokovic once made noise when his opponent was about to hit the ball at Wimbledon and the umpire called it and the commentators complained just as some members here are complaining. Novak still won the match so oh well...

The ref should have called it. It is a problem when a player makes a noise either when the opponent is about to hit the ball or makes a noise irregularly that trails into the opponent's contact with the ball. It is unfortunate that it happened at match point but these are similar to the...

There are rules about how to proceed in such situations and unfortunately, umpires don't have the ability to order players to play let points on demands. If the umpire felt that a hindrance was caused by the actions of one of the players, the player doesn't get a let. The player loses the the...

A good reminder that perception is not always reality and things happen that you may not be aware of.

So I would go in a different direction. I would try one or the Butterfly Balsacarbo blades, the X5 or the X7. They allow for easy controlled blocking because they are stiff but they don't rebound the ball much. And you can play an offensive game with them if you put in the work.

Like I said elsewhere, they need to introduce some kind of stress motivator into her life, maybe hold her dog or mother hostage if she doesn't win, she can't continue this Zhang Jike indifference if she can't rise to the occasion at will.

Did you read the article that the Japanese journalist wrote about how we imposed stories on the athletes based on press releases and assumptions that paint an inaccurate picture of what it is like to be on the Japanese team?

This thread may be too long, but it might give you some ideas about why it takes so long. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/backhand-topspin-tutorials-are-useless.32684/ Just remember, if you are still going to be playing in 1, 2 , 3 or 4 years time, any work you put into your...