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FZD lost last year to Koki Niwa in this tournament I believe. And just as interestingly, both LGY and FZD lost one of their first round matches, again ensuring they can only meet in the finals if they meet again. Take away nothing from Harimoto, but these CNT Asian Cup losses in consecutive...

No. The top 6 go straight and the last 2 get matches against the intercontinental cup players or something like that.

This is exactly what happened the last time and both still made the finals though the margin of loss of LGY is a slight cause for concern.

How many players do you know who practice 3-4 hours a day? That is professional level no matter how you down play it. The verbal report also lacks credibility as it doesn't reflect intensity or how he decides when he feels like doing more or less...

Poor LGY, he may now get FZD in the semis or an earlier round...

Wang Zhen from Canada is always a dark horse... so far no surprises in the team event.

https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/entries-by-event-men-s-singles.htm

The top teams on the men's side are England, Singapore, India and Nigeria. I think it will be hard for Nigeria to medal this time. I do think Singapore will not win this time as I fully believe that both England and India are very capable. But of course, former CNT players are still former...

Reading no spin as spin and making mistakes is more common than you think it is. When someone is returning my spin serves well with short pushes, I go to no spin versions. If I have game point, more often than not, you are getting a no spin serve to the short forehand. I used to serve no spin...

Went to the club on Saturday to pick up some Tenergy 05 rubbers I paid for a month ago. I really haven't missed playing because without the addiction to fuel my playing despite the pain, I have actually gotten in touch with how my body really feels. Or maybe because the muscles no longer play...

The kid is about 2500... just to put the level in perspective.

After only being on Facebook Messenger for a while, I logged onto Facebook from my cellphone. And then I realized I couldn't log out. I looked for a way to log out and I could not. In frustration, I deleted/uninstalled both apps again. It's amazing that they can do that - make it so hard for...

Because seeding affects your draw and who you meet in earlier rounds, and this is quite important for China's strategic approach to the WTTC. With the current world rankings, Ma Long can meet Fan Zhendong in the quarter finals of that event.

He may not. He is older and will play less. The new ranking will at least force him to play more.

I have used tacky rubbers on backhand (In fact I broke USATT 2000 with a tacky rubber on my backhand) and the main thing is your stroke size and the limitations that come with it. If you are like Ma Long able to get into position and play fuller strokes, tacky rubber is great because you can be...

Yes. At the very least, any list that doesn't have Calderano in the top 5 is fraudulent.

Nah, that would have been truly fraudulent. I think Quadri Aruna is clearly the best player in the world, why is he so low on the rankings?

Agreed.

He didn't win the point - you need that for immortality.

This is true for most things in life though. Sports, business, working in a company etc. Hard to find anything where there isn't a significant gap between the very best and those that follow. Almost like life is a pyramid scheme...