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You could just have stuck with the second part as Fan and Ding were unseeded and even are in the same half of the draw as Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin. The randomness of the draw and the seeding limitations are what they are.

Nobody bang bang hits at the top levels everyone plays with spin. It's all relative and more about taking the ball early vs taking it later and other compromises.

Well some colors need to be regulated against. I don't want to play against white sheets etc. The devil is always in the details.

His name would probably provide a lot more information than his playing style. Playing styles of any kind are hard to execute without the right kind of experience and opposition.

Amy Wang finding it pretty easy so far vs the old timer.

Hahaha... I am also on record as saying that Toriola needs to go too... I understand they need to be removed by upcoming talent but it needs to happen.

Hey, you have heard TTGuru's lawyerly defense of the ITTF. So they are doing the best they can. I would just put a cellphone there and stream it but what do I know.?

Amy Wang playing Ruta. Going to be a tough one for Amy dealing with Ruta strength to strength on the backhand. Olufunke is on table 1. Pillar of Nigerian TT but she needs to be replaced too.

Understood. And you believe that a match between Karaksevic and Maze won't generate social media content?

I get the lesser countries argument, but I think you (suspecting you have close ties to the ITTF) are rationalizing the ITTFs inability to work something out for situations like this.

Yeah. Just discuss what you want.

It probably is a function of assigning tables based on the draw. The ITTF should try to do a bit better as they try to grow the sport. Table and court reassignments to maximize eyeballs and take advantage of spectator interest are have common analogies in major sports.

Blocking video. https://youtu.be/Fl4RDcgpwIE This guy was taught in part by my main technical coach (Brett Clarke).

G-1 is pretty hard maybe like Vega Pro and around 47 degrees. C-1 is a bit softer closer to 45 degrees. But it is still a hard topsheet like G‐1. G-1 comes from the same generation as Barracuda, Genius and Hexer which I all liked with the plastic ball but which all didn't suit my game in...

I don't believe there is anything like passive blocking especially with modern equipment. There is soft blocking and there is hard blocking and both involve fairly active strokes. To block very passively, you need soft rubber and a guarantee that the ball will compress the sponge which only...

The transparency of the draw is nice. Otherwise, I would have thought there were some backdoor shenanigans.

$105 = 3 sheets of Fastarc C-1 or Fastarc G-1. That for me ends the discussion right there.

Dan gets Butterfly $1mm in sales with this review.

LGL continues to do what he is a master of, reframe the issue to get the best state of mind and performance out of his best athletes.

The Xu Xin commentary has to be one of my favorite of all time.