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I don't think you are being entirely fair to Ito and yes Chen Meng has that Li Xiaoxia extra power thing working for her. Sometimes it is annoying to feel like nothing is working and at a certain point it hurts your mood regardless of how calm you are because you do care about the results. I...

I dispute it. She will play singles only if they believe wh wa t she did against Ito is something only she can do. She was probably the favorite for teams anyways but the Ding Meng combo needs work.

The difference is that he won. XX lost. If Pitchford wins, we can discuss. FZD rises to the occasion under pressure.

I think FZD this morning reminded me that he has grown a lot. He managed to do things that Ma Long couldn't do and it open ed up the one weakness in Wang's game. If Liam does it, more power to his elbow and wrist.

Amazing victory. Anyone still singing Xu Xin for Olympic Singles?

It looks like Gauzy has show that Europeans can't use standard technique at their height vs Chinese balls and they need to learn to come across their bodies with their arms as necessary.

I can't blame them. Pitchford clearly had to get his confidence back from all the prior bashing that Xu Xin had given him. But I would never have believed Pitchford had improved this much, like I said before, Gauzy has put something in Pitchford's water. Victas and Japan must have helped a...

Gauzy inspires Pitchford for sure.

That Fan Zhendong can find the wide forehand of Wang Chuqin with almost every shot is preternatural. You can't fo that even in computer games.

Not the kind of thing you should share since it sounds so obviously unreliable. That said, the quality of the match that Meng plays against Ito will dictate a lot. And I still believe that any of the top Chinese will do better with specific internal preparation. The loss of Ding Ning though...

That was annihilation.

Gauzy is doing some amazing things but it is almost a year too late. I am still upset with him for not beating Falck.

Wang: Play me when I am fresh

Am I the only one who finds it crazy that possibly the best player in the world is warming the bench for the CNT?

Ma Long looks healthy. That is the most important thing. On the CNT they can all beat each other on any given day. But a healthy Ma Long just doesn't lose to foreigners for the most part. Both Ma and Wang are incredibly great frontrunners. Winning game 1 will be huge.

No that is not how it works. The only guarantees are that 1 and 2 are on opposite halves of the draw as well as 3 and 4. Whether 1 plays 3 or 4 or 2 plays 3 or 4 is determined at random.

With great power comes great responsibility...

Yeah Wang Chuqin will replacing him as #5. But he is still on the A team and ready to jump in should anyone retire or slip. Other than Xiang Peng, none of the other juniors are showing special promise.

Samsonov just beat two top CNT lefties in a row. Yet some of us want him to retire already and compare him to Fang Bo. Shaking my head....

I understand your desire to put the problem in a certain context but I think you are underestimating the need to assess and prepare for new threats in their specific context . If you are a causal thinker, as opposed to a statistical one, you will know that the reason why something happens...