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I had a credit at a store that I could use to buy the Hadraw. And I generally don't like custom stuff as I can't benchmark it.

A bit disappointed that Darko couldn't finish the job but it is okay.

Congrats, DE. Long overdue and well deserved.

That is still enough. You need to strong singles players to win a teams matchup. The third player can lose matches. Chen is much stronger than people have noticed, I have been impressed with his backhand improvement.

Amy Wang isn't very good at doubles so that will be interesting.

The idea of precedent is interesting but I guess people don't want to look at the big picture. China does such stuff all the time.

Looks like Brazil is going to win as Ishiy comes back from 0-2 vs Kumar to dominate Kumar in the last 3 games. Tsuboi likely too experienced for Kai Zhang.

USA vs Brazil now tied 1-1. Even without Calderano, Brazil is still very dangerous. They won the doubles and Jouti is capable of beating Kanak. So the match between Kumar and Ishiy is critical but no guarantee.

https://youtu.be/viUjGZC0uYA Link to today's live action.

The sad thing is that even without CCY, Chinese Taipei still has a strong enough team to medal. They should really be more willing to think broadly. Chien Chen An is now really strong again.

The Panam Championships is going on right now (surprised you have no thread) and may be a direct test of your theory as 4 players are playing singles (Juan Liu is the only one not playing).

If you gave as much context to your shocking statements as you provided in this post, then you would come across as more in tune with table tennis.

Shocking fact of the tournament - Juan Liu, who has no world ranking, wins it all (let's ignore that she has by far the highest USATT rating of all participants).

Sure. Facts like Amy is young and improving escape you, don't they? Or that she had a 3-1 lead the last time they played as pongfugrasshopper pointed out?

Yes, but the event that matters is the Olympics. People need to find the right compromise.

You have to know the poster before responding to such comments. He acts like you don't need to put the results in context to understand them.

https://www.ittf.com/2019/09/02/chuang-chih-yuan-leaves-team-chinese-taipei/ I hate it when internal politics causes these issues. They finally have a really strong team too.

Exactly. When Kanak was the #1 in the U18 rankings, no one seriously believed he was the best U18 player in the world but it still made it clear he was an elite player and talent.

I watched the Amy vs Lily match live. Amy pretty much attacked Lily's serves to the point it became a joke to watch. Amy pushed Juan Liu as well in the first 3 games. Her forehand has improved but I am not sure why exactly as the technique still doesn't look right. Unfortunately I didn't...

The Master but I shaved it to make it more Korbel like.