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You mean Ma Long choking was a small sample size? And Zhang Jike winning 2013 was a small sample size? The thing is that there is an argument that you can disagree with that some people play to.peak at big events. And maybe it was just matchups but Ma Long had his Wang Hai issues. He also...

Btw Zeio, on your analysis, maybe it is the translation but results after 2018 are results after 2018. And I think on the final analysis of potential, Hayata playing the way she did in a variety of situations including Portugal, T-league and the internal trials should have opened the coach's...

Not if you think that the ability to win the biggest events says something apart from recent performance (the Chinese do value peaking for big events). I have spoken to coaches about it and I am open to both perspectives. But you saw what happened to Ma Long in 2013 as well so it gives you...

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He needs to win to keep his ranking up guys. Or else he is a dangerous floater to his compatriots in the WTTC.

That 51 match winning streak got Ma Long the 3rd position on the team even if he couldn't play singles. So let's keep some perspective. Before that it was expected that Ma Lin could get the nod as defending Olympic champion even if he didn't play singles.

Winning the WTTC in 2009. That is usually the first singles qualifier for Olympic team in China. It is if for some reason that player can't go that the spot opens up.

Definitely try an older ESN rubber on backhand, they behave more like Hurricane than Tenergy 05.

HAYATA is at least on par with TOP10 players. And she won also LIU Shiwen in Portugal. Unfortunately because WTTC gets players lots of ranking points, its nearly mathematically impossible for her to get in front of ISHIKAWA HIRANO (ITO) before the Olympics. Sorry - had to fix it. Just because...

There was one pre-designated wild card, but there was another wild card as Ito qualified twice in two of the official spots.

Hirano also got a wild card for nothing, people should remember that. The blame is not on Sato or Kato, it is on the coaches for not wanting everyone to play the trials who did not qualify through an official path.

Cheng beats Sato and Hayata beats Hirano Waiting for Hayata to beat Cheng and rekindle the Japanese debate. The possibility that the best female player in Japan is not going to the WTTC. This is why trials generally suck, though it is the coaches' fault for picking the wildcards before the...

It definitely is the case with pros, pros who don't believe their reverse is good enough just don't serve it. Waldner never had a feel for it, for example. Everybody wants to hit at close to the sweet spot for optimal ball quality, hitting not quite there is usually accidental.

I think before the plastic ball, women competing with men was easier and made more sense. Now it can obviously still happen but the physical disparities are now much more pronounced in their effect on the game.

A composite with the same stiffness as Stratus Powerwood is usually thinner.

The gap between players who can't block and 1700 is huge. There aren't any easy solutions here other than to find someone willing to come over to hit. You could train someone too or learn to loop slowly enough to practice your form. That is what I do when I hit with players rated under 1000.

Why not wait until we see him in Qatar and the Asian Cup before prognosticating hyper confidently?

My exact view as well. I think of those issues as the province of meticulous players, but having little to do with actual TT performance. As long as unevenness is not so severe that there are obvious elevations and depressions, I can use it. And obvious usually means a ball of glue is...

I don't hit around for fun and I do exactly what that vik2000 said with few if any complaints. Just saying. I usually just put glue on the blade and leave the glue on the rubber. Not saying your solution isn't better, just saying the other one has merit.

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