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Harimoto almost won. He had leads in the sixth (9-5) and the 7th (7-5). Boll went on runs in both games to take it all. Togami is a better athlete but again looking at who Boll beat this week (Jang, Noshad, Lee Sang Su, Lin Yun Ju, Harimoto), there is no guarantee that Togami would have had...

More context. ML made his first WTTC singles medal at the age of 21 (2009) and then two more bronzes (2011,2013) and first title in 2015 (age 27) but of course cleaned up until the age of 31 (2017, 2019). Fan Zhendong won his first WTTC medal in 2015 at the age of 18, got a silver at the age...

IMHE (in my humble experience), age doesn't mean you don't have good days or good weeks, age means they get fewer and fewer. One thing that was evident in this tournament is that his spin is still incredibly heavy when it needs to be and he doesn't miss if you don't make him move.

This was my favorite Boll match. Making a top 10 player look like he just didn't belong on the table.

I have arthritis and lots of lost tendons and ligaments in various joints due to autoimmune arthritis so it isnt that straightforward. But yes, I am trying to push the limits of exercise but as with all things, the results are mixed. But the only way out is through so I keep going.

I agree with the caveat that writing off a 20 year old when even the greatest player of all time won his first world title at the age of 27 is a bit much. That said Ma Long and Fan Zhendong and other members of these great Chinese generation have had a consistency of good results not known in...

There is a lot that can be said here, but the disclaimer that past performance is no guarantee of future results applies here. Moreover, one of the things that is well known in table tennis amongst experienced coaches who have developed young children and why the Chinese have traditionally...

The Chinese are tough to beat. Do not underestimate the Chinese. Other than that, I agree with the thrust of your post. He is becoming a more complete mid distance player and he now has to catch up to the kids have been doing this for a few more years and stay ahead of Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng...

Both penholders have been eliminated. Amazing. So we should have tomorrow morning Moregardh vs Levrun A and Jorgic vs Freitas.

So the European top 16 Cup is on. Ettu.org for matches and results and live streams on ettu tv. What made me write this post? Alexis still exerts a psychological dominance on his younger brother lol, winning 4‐2 !against Felix, Felix who gives nightmares to just about every other player in the...

I believe the biggest reason my game has been locked is that my knees make me resist movement and therefore I am struggling to dynamically adapt my playing distance to see the game as it gets faster and players hit with more power. Hard to accept and I will continue to look for solutions but it...

It's incredible how he acts as if everything you are saying isn't fairly obvious.

He is still clearly the best non-Chinese in terms of WTTC results for the last 6 to 8 years. This is a statement of fact, not sure what you are trying to say. He is also the best Japanese player. And the kid is freaking 20. He isnt even 24 or 28 which are supposed to be your prime years.

You don't realize that even whe Harimoto was doing well, his foundation was sometimes so creaky on forehand that even the top Chinese coaches really were not afraid of of his game. He is going to suffer a lot to fix it. You will be making these posts for a long time. No these are not...

Nah, I expect the opposite from Harimoto, even in this match he was 2 points from winning. And Boll played excellent table tennis throughout the tournament. he can't sustain this level for age related reasons but the level itself made many top 30 players look like amateurs. We are all...

A 42 year old player who beat Jang Woojin 3‐0, Lee Sang Sun 3‐1 and Lin Yun Ju 3‐2. See where this is going? Again, anyone who can't see that Harimoto is working on his game after watching that match is just blind. Whether the results are perfect is a completely separate story.

TBH criticism time....

Yeah, the Boll-Lin match, Timo did complain for a second. It didn't seem to be anything more than a second though. These people play in Qatar almost every year, this is unlikely to be a venue change, it is just the cameras since it affects almost every WTT event.

The whole tournament has been beautiful to watch, he made Jang Woojin look like an amateur and made Noshad Alamiyan look toothless.

No way Togami threw that match. Harimoto was in morbid fear of being criticized by TBH if he didn't win so he upped his forehand game.