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This was pretty obvious throughout the tournament, much more counterlooping especially on forehand and less blocking. Like I said, he just needs to catch up to people who have been doing this for years, when and if that will happen is anyone's guess. But of course, until and when this...

While Hayata deserves her number one seeding, it would be a stronger team if she played doubles with Harimoto and left Hirano in singles. A doubles team without a lefty is a bit expensive.

Very unlikely he will be posting anything at mytt anytime soon. So enjoy!

The Canadian girls and boys do play on tour and in American/Panamerican events. Edward Ly was almost definitely one of them, this result is just a huge jump compared to the past.

Kanak plays on tour, no? Just about all the people that Edward beat in the tournament play league somewhere in Europe, I was really surprised that Edward beat some of those players - I was thinking it didn't add up but it was a great performance for a Canadian citizen not obviously imported...

USATT is similar to TTR + 300 to 400 points. Not a precise science but that helps. Canada (which is where the original video match is played) is a completely different animal.

Edward Ly is an interesting story that has me puzzled. Continental story aside, he performed extremely well at the tournament and was clearly the best player. I am curious as to how Canasa produced such a pop layer and what it might mean if he played on tour.

Zeio wishes the win was more confident lol.

I don't know enough to answer certainly - some of their income comes from coaching, but coaching is not the same thing to everyone especially if you can own your club - even Timo Boll coaches, but more as a practice partner for the higher level players. But maybe someone better connected like...

Ma Jinbao went down 0-3 to Eugene at the US Open before mounting a comeback. Two "average" players I guess:

World level is world level, there are no average players at the world level. Eugene has beaten a lot of players in the top 100, you can decide whether you want to use the word "average" for that or something else, there are no average 2800 players IMHO.

That's inevitable but part of it is also that the lower rated players are generally expected to be handled by overall playing level and usually don't get specialized prep or coaching tactics used on them until after the first game. This is very different from the enemies of China who get...

Sample sizes of one with all the caveats there in. Mishel is a lefty with really great serves. Sarah just took some miracle potion, such things should not be happening - but more seriously, I have always felt that the CNT players sometimes play matches with deliberate instructions to handicap...

The highest level part of Gaston's game is his service and his blocking - that is what I see him doing well when he beats strong players (of course serving is really serve and attack). He isn't a counterlooper per se. Using ITTF ranking today to evaluate a player is misleading - Gaston was top...

Again, not exactly taking it easy, as Gaston Alto's superpower is service and blocking. But of course, the difference in level means the game is so slow for him he doesn't really need to try. But he is another guy who can make you look bad without seriously spinning any balls.

I don't know whether that is balance so much as the usual result vs Wang Chuqin.

He used to play in French League as well, he is probably somewhere in Europe playing and training this year, anyone who acts like Eugene wasn't a top player who just couldn't play for Canada in the kinds of ITTF events that would have made him famous is not really serious, if he had been able to...

Because you don't watch (enough) table tennis. This guy was the best table tennis player in the Americas for a while, he used to either win or come second in the US Open almost every year even with all those German and Japanese people coming in. Old ITTF rules didn't let him play for Canada...

Trying is a relative term. But I agree with you on some point. He missed a shot in the first game that he made in the third game, but he also took many aggressive shots that he didn't have to take and I am not entirely sure he would have taken those shots against a better player either with...

The Japanese guy did it in best of 5 and he couldn't beat Ma Jinbao, it would have been interesting in best of 7.