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But you forget that those training methods are not the same as this format. In the end, I know what you think. You know what I think let's agree to disagree. Alternate serving, no deuce, is unlike anything in table tennis. It doesn't mean that Lin didn't win or Ma Long didn't choke but that...

I think that there is excitement in variation sometimes and that the shorter games introduce a larger degree of variation. I suspect that they will play with the T2 formula a bit more before the next event. I think they might give more time to regulation as of they want more best of 11 games...

It is like saying that rule changes affect someone who had been playing for 20 years the same way your affect someone who has been playing for 5 years. The score of the real match was 2-2. Alternate serving without ending the match is a feature of expedite and Ma Long is not a defender. Ma...

I am a good friend of a national level coach so there is no need to patronize and just about everyone in my circle has connections of some sort to what goes on on the Nigerian national team. I was the first person to point out that Ma Long was upset and I have said he was outplayed by Lin Yin...

Yes but it is not a real match. I know you love the boy but that is the bottom line. When there is no deuce, it changes the match dynamics significantly. Lin outplayed Ma Long. But it is not a real match.

That is why he is incredibly lousy. He is obviously a professional voice with zero love for the sport, and I have seen him commentate many matches over the years with the enthusiasm of a fan and the knowledge of an inebriated ant. It is truly a marvel that someone can project so much fake...

The rules are different. The kid played well, but beating Ma Long in two fast 5s with alternate serving is not the same as beating Ma Long in a beat of seven, all to 11. 4-2. I have no doubt the kid is capable but he hasn't done it.

Ma Long is not happy with the loss LOL. But it was not a real match and they both know it.

This (ZYL-SYS) is a grudge match. I love it!

You don't have to buy it, but I have seen it myself in action and of course, I trust my knowledge of this issue. It is better to have distinctly different colors on each side so that even if someone changes the playing characteristics of the surface, you can learn that surface by knowing its...

It is an excuse. People can age one rubber and keep another new and create discernability problems as you describe them.

Even after all the Chinese drop out?

The Olympics are a year away.

Hirano, Harimoto and Ito were the only favorites who lost. Strictly speaking the rest were underdogs.

Depends on who on the staff traveled to Malaysia.

That could have been a CNT match. Seriously. Franziska has that power.

This event is not a big deal and this is not a team event. Their priority is Tokyo not T2.

Am I the only one who finds that guy annoying whenever he is a commentator, even for European League matches? Given all the money they are pouring into T2, why would they waste money on that annoying guy? Seriously. Get someone who actually understands the game even if they are just a fan...

I don't think it has any special meaning and the really bad sign for Hayata is Ishikawa's play in singles. My two cents... Six months is still a while.

A billionaire is funding this, you really have to be injured not to want to play.