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At this point, I think some things have become so legendary in TT they are grandfathered into the sport regardless of whoever is umpiring - 1) the Ma Long toss behind the body, 2) the Lebesson dance into a serve with contact behind the head, 3) the Maharu Yoshimura contact behind the head, 4)...

Many people take breaks to change shirts/clothes. It is no longer sporting (especially during the pandemic) to make the change in front of the cameras. Obviously, it can be a pep talk/coaching opportunity and the Chinese take advantage of that as well. If the ITTF sees it as a problem, they can...

I sometimes get this impression that the CNT A players enjoy playing Lebesson. Not just the usual TT fun, but they enjoy playing him because of his style.

Sour grapes all over the place... Takkyu, relax, they only beat your country...

Was lobbing down Fan Zhendong worth losing the match? Definitely not but I am sure Bobrow will debate it....

Gauzy is legit, I hope his day comes soon. He should really have beaten Lebesson in that European final and gotten over the hump then. He has real chances of winning this match, I don't want to jinx him but I have to say it,

Man, Gauzy did it in the freakiest way possible - well done! Now can he win two games?

China vs France... Can France win games unlike Egypt?

German Men's Team have an absurdly difficult draw - getting through that draw should deserve a medal just for doing it.

It is easy to forget that Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are the world doubles champions.

The problem is that a lot of things are read off one match. Losing 3-4 to Jorgic who Lin beat 4-0 easily. ML struggles to beat Dima 4-3 and is not in form because he is losing a game here and there, but for some reason in the final, FZD forgot how to do a backhand down the line consistently...

They should wait to the semifinals or finals to implement this - it just might work, but for the problem that Ito hasn't done that well against any of the Chinese ladies other than LSW, who the Chinese will definitely hide, and Miu Hirano has nothing to offer as well.

Ma Long has beaten all those players, except maybe Pitchford, but I am not in the mood to check. Ultimately, Ma Long always has a lucky draw when he wins and an unlucky one when he loses - he creates his own luck. Maybe Dima should be thankful that Japan sent Niwa and not Mizutani?

The biggest thing in favor of Waldner for me is Europe was much more competitive during his era. The sad thing is that Europe's top players remained top players for too long. Even now, many of Europe's top players belong to a previous era (Samsonov, Boll). So we can debate how strong Europe...

I haven't seen the draw but the best candidates are Taiwan, Germany, Korea then maybe Sweden - I think Taiwan are the darkhorses. Japanese men are a mess. They would have to play Mizutani in singles and Harimoto and Niwa in doubles to make sense.

All is fair in love and war between teammates in an Olympic final. This is the rule I tell you,..

I kid you not, the first time I head a noise, I was like where is that coming from - it can't be Dima...

Didn't become timid - took more risks and didn't convert. After someone has beaten you so badly so often, it becomes a form of Stockholm Syndrome.

Most of the "Ma Long is not the GOAT" arguments before this were largely trolling or emotional or based on the belief he is competing in a significantly weaker era. By the numbers, there really is no argument. But he took Dima's best and that is the best Europe had to offer no doubt. The two...

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