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Quadri was up 1-0, 10-7 in game 2 and proceeded to lose 5 points. He is going to feel bad enough.

Anyone following? Some interesting results so far. Not sure whether to be sad or happy that Quadri lost to Sora... (okay I am lying but you know what I mean)

I understand how you feel about the harder rubbers, that said, it is more a mindset than a skill level thing. There are 2600 players using Tenergy 05 and there are scrubs like me using hard rubber like Golden Tango. For me, hardness just means when you loop very hard, the spin is there...

Big Dipper is a great starting point for Chinese rubber

How do you *feel* about the stroke? Do you think it is any different?

So did I, when I tried to add power, I thought I was playing with a power dampening pillow.

Maybe the Fang Bo, but in the price range that you are looking at, you won't get most of the best inner carbon blades, that said, they might be more than good enough for you. It's all personal perception anyways - good luck!

I was mixing up 2019 and 2020, so yes, he was arguably ready by 2020, though the 2020 World Cup was well after the Olympics on the original calendar. Whether he would have beaten Fan in 2020 is neither here nor there, but my main point is that his recovery from knee surgery needed time and the...

He lost the World Cup and multiple matches in 2020. His health was a red flag. It is easy to forget how much the delay helped him.

I have tried this approach. The truth is that winning pretty isnt really about being pretty as much as it is about doing the things necessary to beat better players at the level you aspire to play. If you compete in tournaments with a coach guiding tour play and development, this becomes very...

Nah, it isnt just about maintaining the best players, it is also about keeping the upcoming players in other countries from gaining confidence. And Ma Long is a special player but even he had a period of injury to his physical form that threated his career. Had the Olympics not been postponed...

It will be hard but it would be great if a Moregardh and a Lebrun showed up in the CNT QF draw. And maybe Aruna in the round of 16 and a Tanaka lol.

I actually think this is the best year for things to change and there are enough signs things can. Great players are showing up all over the world again. 20 years is a long time but it was the last time thr Chinese slipped. The CNT is clearly not as far ahead of the rest of the world as it...

That's hilarious. Liang Jingkun didnt have a better forehand at the same age. Please let's kill this CNT inspired result distortion.

Played for the first time since last week Sunday today. Finally got coaching from the Swedish guy here: It is funny watching that video, the way that guy is smashing his loops is crazy, those are 2600 level spin loops, definitely not the kinds of things mere mortals can smash but that guy...

Felix Lebrun and Lin Shidong are coming and Harimoto and Lin Yun Ju and Truls Moregardh are still growing. Interesting times on the horizon...

WCQ is that different and just about everyone outside the CNT especially Harimoto has acknowledged that he is that different. He plays the most low trajectory heavy topspins consistently out of any of the top players.

Share the video of what you can do so that people can understand your capabilities with data, not with abstractions that don't show what you can actually do.

I will not table what I have heard because there is no upside to me doing so. Especially when dealing with someone who takes pride in arguing as if he understands how the world works without providing any insight beyond what is publicly available and without any insight either. That someone is...