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The biggest thing I think is that Miwa has an XD partner that can grow with her and same with Sora - they are already one of the best XD teams in Japan.

That is something he shares with Niwa and Mizutani, lol.

Pitchford is in amazing form. But he has been in amazing form before, the question is how long he can keep it...

Hugo and Simon have been friends and club teammates for years, including this year in the Bundesliga. They even had the same personal coach for a long time. It is good to see Hugo winning these matchups but he is always vulnerable.

All Japanese, all lefties.

Thin 5 ply to thin 5 ply is hardly an upgrade IMHO, but to each his own. It is better to get a real upgrade unless it is a blade that you have tested before and like for some reason. At least you learn something about your game.

That 2-2, 7-9 edge was killer - good game by Diaz - maybe she needs the points to stay in the top 20 and is inspired lol.

Diaz trying to make a statement... can she sign the document?

Jun Mizutani beat Wang Liqin (a slight bit over the hill) in 2010 when Mizutani was 21. Sora has a lot of time lol.

As long as he is one of the top 2 non-Chinese, it doesn't make a difference. He would need both LYJ/Felix and Hugo to overtake him to get a Chinese QF as a possibility. And even then, maybe he would welcome the challenge.

Not having a national title is red flag for sure. But I am fairly confident that two years ago, Sora was the world U15 junior champion beating Felix Lebrun in the final. Though my memory could be wrong. They won doubles together as well I think. Early international senior results are...

This is a dangerously perfect analogy.

I have decided to test the blade of my favorite female player and some Rakza Z and Rakza Z EH. Will post pictures when they arrive. I have also ordered a couple of SDC blades from hipnotic that should be in the mail - will be my first handmade-to-order blades. People have dampened my...

I think the goal is also to become the Japanese WTT ranked #1 and that while Lanzhou was an unfortunate setback, she should be able to replace her lowest results with better performances.

All things relative, Lin Gaoyuan lacks power too. In the end, the whole package is the key, and Sora competed favorably with Lebrun and Wen Ruibo. And Niwa, who made quite a couple of WTTC and Olympics quarterfinals, is still far ahead where a lot of Japanese have gotten to.

Many people still grow at his age, regardless of what the reality is.

Just practice counterlooping with short movement. People like you and me, we play with large strokes and sometimes, this causes upward movement that is excessive for the incoming topspin. Just figure out how to shorten your backswing in response to topspin balls and most of the problem will go...

The finish was a bit nervous but he got it over the line...

This is live right now and features Ruibo Wen vs Milos Redminzki - it is insane how dominant again the CNT is at all levels that a boy that can beat Boll is not easily the best junior lol.

At least Duda survived! Only the first team got eliminated...