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This might be choreographed to help FZD remain in the top, given he has been falling earlier in a lot of events. OKay, more seriously, Ma Long may just have his bad match and not lose.

All these results. Good stuff at the Japan Open. Getting Harimoto out of the top 4 is likely a big CNT goal.

Defensive pessimism? Honestly An has no chance. Ma Long can lose to him as much as Ma Long can lose to Harimoto.

Yang Haeun is back!

Shows how imbalanced some people's games are. A reminder of what it truly means to be higher ranked than another player as Mima Ito would kill Wu Yang.

Gionis still does.

Filip Szymanski uses this combination and he is one of my idols. He is one of the reasons I gave up on carbon blades. I don't have fun when I use then even though I know I play faster with them.

At 19 you are supposed to be uneven. If you aren't you are especially mature. When you are a former top tier CNT member with fluctuating results that are confusing, that is a different story. But you are right, maybe the result says more about WCQ than YA.

Yan An and Fang Bo are those guys who sometimes forget how to play and then remember when to play when they really should forget.

There are good reasons not to serve sidespin to an advanced pips player but even then I agree 100% with your post. I remember that I have some sidespin serves that when I use them, if the opponent returns my ball with the stroke I expect him to, he is toast. The problem is that an advanced...

Why not? In fact serving short to a defender is a great way of forcing them to come in and play over the table so they cannot get back as quickly to defend. The issues one may have to with defenders on serve return are not about the short serve. In fact serving long may let them get a bigger...

This is why I love amateur TT. Anything can work up to a certain level. The real issue is whether you are playing amateur TT with a view of getting better and playing at a semi-professional level or with a goal of looking like a semi-pro. Because I'd you want to have a chance against a...

Depends on your game. Paul Drinkhall serves long a lot but it suits his style. In general, short topspin and short no spin are strong.

No doubt about this, when I was first responding I hadn't seen the match. After I watched it, I felt Ito had nothing to bring that would have fixed the score. I do feel that returning long backspin serves with pips is fixable, and she is going to have to make her pivot more aggressive - maybe...

The level of the forehand determines the level of the player is not old fashioned at all. It has its limitations but I think you will get general agreement amongst all good players that you can only go as far as your footwork and forehand will carry you at the top level. Even the good backhand...

This is true, but the final was Ito trying everything she had but it just didn't really work. Maybe she had an off day or something, but people should kill this idea that she wasn't trying hard. You don't pivot to return serves if you are not trying hard.

I don't see that as indicative of her not trying though. Getting to the finals says something, the rest is all what we read into certain things.

My profile is usually up to date. Korbel+C1.

Does Lin Yun Ju have the best Chiquita in the world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfR0K22ZSk

I was at a camp recently with a high level coach and he used a TBS with H3 forehand (boosted at one time, but since he coaches, he doesn't really care) and some T05 (probably old as well) on the backhand. When I grabbed his racket for blocking during one drill, I just remembered why I don't use...