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That would be very unfortunate but I don't think in terms of the people that the players deal with on a daily basis that they felt they had a real choice. It would be very sad if this resulted in something more than straightforward bans and LGL diplomacy.

Lots of players using the HL5, including the Japanese. I wonder how I could have had one and traded it, LOL. The Carbonados in the 0 and 200 range are pretty popular. Looks like Stiga did something useful. Stiga is mostly dead to me.

I think it just says a lot about the team and how well bonded they are. This is psychology 101, you can't go up against people who are used to fighting outsiders together and not get a bonded opposition. There is also likely an element of unfairness that is emboldening the players and the hope...

It's in the Saive podcast, so any hearsay is from the horse's mouth. Saive is comfortably up 3-1 on Chen Qi. Unfortunately, LGL, who had just finished coaching another match, shows up to coach his guy. The match changes momentum and Saive loses 3-4.

Come on, unless Ma Long broke his back, you think he will withdraw from a match against a foreigner on home soil? I wasn't hundred per cent sure either when I Said "mass protest", but it was a reasonable conclusion. Of course, if Fan had played, I would be apologizing for being a rumor monger now.

Come on, I started it, no need to apologize.

Injury.

LGL was "promoted" to a role that has multiple people holding it in CTTA. It is a fast track to retirement according to some on mytt. No one really knows why. Friends of LGL have been protesting, just not-CNT players before now. Now, there is a CNT message on Weibo voicing protest and the...

Wow, Ma Long pulls out. Is there a mass protest in the name of LGL?

9-3 to 11-13 3rd set meltdown from Hina Hayata. That's all she wrote.

They gqve Xin and Harimoto their own special time when no one else seems to be playing - is the kid really that special?

Kids are miracles, it is not so much about winning but about improvement and whether the result is better or whether the CNT have planned for him more aggressively. He has the right game to beat Xu Xin (LGY style blocking and countering), he just doesn't play against that level of spin often...

Straighten your am for backspin and point it downwards. That should be enough for your topspin stroke to work against backspin. Think helicopter.

A famous athlete with a loud bark said Father Time is undefeated. He could have added that Time is undefeated both in helping young youth get better and helping older players get worse.

My point exactly. Other than world ranking, all other recent stats pointed to a Harimoto victory. Samsonov played well and it went to 7 games. Samsonov could have won. What else should we be asking for? Samsonov beating the kid like a drum when Xu Xin could not?

Your coach could have been Brett Clarke advertising the benefits of straight arm forehand over bent arm forehand.

The boy made it further than he did in the WTTC. It went 7 games. Is it not a reasonable result?

Come again? :D

My streaming stops working and all of a sudden, I use my cell phone and it is 1-1. Good job, Vladi!

The opponent has to fight back though. It looks like Samsonov is not even pushing himself. No noises from him.