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He is slower now, but he has always been a touch player relative to his level. Eugene has dominated NA for over a decade and a half, virtually all the time I have watched TT, you have to make him play physical to see his physical, he wants to junk you to death.

Canadian 1900 is not the same as US 1900, Canadian 1900 might be really 2000‐2100 USATT.

Agreed, I stil ln remember Hao Shuai coming for NA Teams in 2013, and it was the first time I saw 2500 players unable to return serves as if they were 1600 players.

Nah, Eugene has always had a lazy looking style, it takes a high level player to bring out his best game. Even when he was younger, he looked a lot like this, though what younger means is relative.

Of course Eugene was never trying, but if you watch Eugene, this is his style, you have to hit a certain level of speed and consistency to make him look like he is trying, if you can't even return the serve, what is the point?

Japanese Champs for Hari.

Some of it is style based but I hear you. It is hard to know how much these world class guys don't miss unless you play them. But it was interesting to see Eugene consistently loop lill the ball at will when he wanted to do so without really trying. And then able to just serve to the guy and...

I would go with Felix, Dang and Jorgic. Calderano has to catch fire though he tends to have a mental edge over Jorgic because he moves better.

Canada.

Oh, you can watch the whole match, he definitely was trying. I have played Eugene before and trying doesn't really matter against certain kinds of players (Eugene has a very variation and mental effing style that you can keep respectable only if you play at a high/fast mental level), if Eugene...

What happens when Eugene tries to win every point vs a roughly USATT 2200 player...

It's amazing how the actual results tell such a different narrative from the eye tests and the internal narratives that drive us towards "excuses". Looking at this, we still have another 4-8 years before a realistic assessment of Harimoto is possible.

The semi between Bernadette and Jia was equally insane.

His blocking has always been crazy (which is why he and Dang like to play each other), but the backhand countertopspin went to another level. At some point, the Freitas match, Freitas probably thought he was playing Timo lol.

It isn't easy to spin topspin consistently short even when you are Timo Boll, so if it is happening over and over again, then look at what is leading to the shot. Blocking the ball by covering it early tends to keep it on the table and that is the beginning of wisdom.

Hard to make predictions, especially about the future....

Given how badly he also beat Freitas, I suspect he had seriously prepped for both of them. His kryptonite is Dang but Dang didnt show up obviously... would have been nice to see what would have happened against Felix but I guess the Alexis problem takes precedence for now.

Is there some accelerant in the venue or on the bats? The ball is getting smacked ridiculously, it sounds like anime special effects for punches and hits. If they can replicate this at most your events, it would help make things more spectacular.

Alexis should just default when playing his brother. Seriously.

His only chance is that one of Franziska, Dima or Dang get injured. It will be incredibly hard for him to get one of the two spots the last two already have. The one thing in his favor is that he is a lefty and a great doubles player, but I don't see it regardless.