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#1 and #2 automatically qualified, but the point was that ML was not even being seriously considered for singles because he was not a world champion. That he showed the resilience to play well enough to play the teams is to his credit, but forget the ITTF rules, if he had won the world...

Had one of my best footwork and forehand days in a long time. Went 3-2 in the league, beat Big M 3-1, and pulled out 2 tight matches, one against a guy with the most powerful forehand in the club deuce in the 5th and one against the pips out penholder from 0-2 down (in both matches, I do my own...

It is official. I am an EJ. Nexy Karis is leaving my forehand at some point. Might stay on backhand. Rasanter R47 is paying the bills now. Well, not so fast. Lol. Will need to try a new Karis M sheet on a KJH to really compare...

We had this argument on mytt when ZJK was picked for Roo. A forummer produced stats showing that since 1988, no reigning or playing WTTC singles champ had been left off the squad, especially if they won in the cycle before the Olympics. He did this in part to prove to me that the only way Ma...

ZJK's speed and body was a concern. We all know that turned out. I agree with you, just small differences doesn't mean we have real disagreement.

Yes, and it doesn't matter. Which was why I said champion in the past cycle.

I Haha... when has China left a reigning champion or a champion in the past cycle off its Olympic squad?

If you like to see people play, then to some degree, you have to accept the winning and the losing. One of the ways I knew Ma Long as becoming more mature was the way he responded after Freitas pushed him. It was 4-1 with three easy games and two tough games at the end. After the match, Ma...

Closed for two days will reopen on Thursday with new floor. Still no bathroom but baby steps... https://video.nest.com/embedded/live/0PC1sy?autoplay=1%22

Ma Long had won the WTTC and automatically qualified to play Olympics in 2020 unless he is too injured to play. The question is can anyone win in 2019 other than Ma Long and FZD to deny FZD? Looks impossible to me but miracles can happen. Ma Long is still a beast.

People still felt Ma Long was the best even when ZJK was winning all those titles and Ma Long was losing all those matches to Wang Hao. It says something.

The more I think of it, the more I think this is why he thanked Zhang Jike. It would be interesting to hear what they say to each other behind closed doors. But I look at how Jike handles adversity and compare it to Ma Long and you can see that more recently, when Ma Long loses or faces...

No, it can't be unless Niwa does something to change his body, Niwa lacks the power to out rally most players at this level. When he played in France, I heard a rumor (not sure if it was TTFrenzy or from another source) that many players said the same thing, if they get to the rally, Niwa and...

His stock game is serve, receive and third ball, the problem is that he is not going to beat FZD at any of those things and he is not going to win the power battle either, FZD's power is highly rated, but his consistency is very underrated - he is probably the most consistent player with best...

The guy who beat him won the bronze medal. You can't do much worse than that. And ZJK actually played him the best other than FZD. He made Samsonov look like a beginner, and Wong Chun Ting look like he needed to learn how to play forehands again. Lee Sang Su deserves more respect than being...

I am having the same problem on a lower level. You have to find ways of containing the more powerful and faster players, Ma Long just has the control and enough power to do it. I am realizing that I have to resort to more spin variation and tricks like Ma Lin and Ma Long, otherwise, you will...

Reminds you of how good Zhang Jike was before 2015. People forget this. But it has to be said.

It is tough to go watch in all these knowledgeable TT countries where the seats will be full, that said, I will try to make that one as the teams event is probably more permissive and I know Nigeria will field a team.

It wasn't misleading other than "role model" - I understood exactly what he meant. He has always been trying to catch up to Zhang Jike and now he finally has. You will find the same dynamic between Nadal and Federer and even amongst non-contemporaries like Jordan and James or Nicklaus and...

You know, after seeing LSS beat ZJK, Vladi and WCT all convincingly, I asked exactly the same question. I mean, FZD beat LSS 4-0, but ML beat XX 4-0, and XX is CNT#3. And LGY, who almost beat CNT #3 was beaten by ZJK during Asia tournament. Bad days happen to everyone, for me ZJK should play...