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So having passion for the game is restricted to professionals?

Not sure what you mean by the tone of the matches but India never stood much chance in match 2 and 3, Ankur winning the first so he could take 2 was key here, and hoping for pressure to go in their favor in match 5

So TLDR some ESN products are better than others at the commercial level which everyone knows, but the custom blades and rubbers that go to top pros are the made in the same factory with the same technology by the same people?

I'm not so sure its less than 16cm. Definitely close, but not clearly less than if you look at the slow mo.

Timeout called at 12-11 in the first game of Bhattacharjee/Kawakami - clearly they know the importance of this match too.

Japan over India, match 1 Kawakami and Bhattacharjee will be important in how deep this contest goes, but I think Kawakami takes it and it goes 3-0 Japan. If Bhattacharjee wins, probably goes to match 5 because I think he would also beat Yoshiyama in match 4. I like an underdog and newcomer and...

I've seen worse not get called lol

Someone needs to talk him into pulling it out in a match when he's got a big lead lol

What is his success rate making this serve?

From last year...

Yes we all know that. That is why we are all suggesting you focus more on doing that instead of getting your schoolteachers to petition your parents to let you move overseas, when they aren't even willing to drive you a little extra to help your goals...

Current US team members Alex and Isabella Luo had their families move from Minnesota to Bay Area to pursue better training. Sid and Nandan Naresh moved from Chicago after they had surpassed the level of competition there, to a few places around the country and then Germany before the Bay Area...

They don't really need to come to this forum, I am sure they can talk to his coaches and the fact that they are not even willing to drive (according to KTT) to a relatively local club that is known nationally for helping people reach those types of goals, speaks volumes.

Is this in any way useful to real game situations if the racket is stationary?

As some others on the thread are saying, playing club tournaments is one thing, playing US Open, USATT National Ranking tournament or WTT Youth is another. You haven't really even seen any of your competition and much of it is coming from the West Coast :) Play one of these tournaments and your...

Seems like your parents aren't committed to your TT journey

Given that he pretty blatantly lied about his around the net shot occurring in a match, and the wrong information about his coaches now includes multiple coaches, I am inclined to believe that he is the source of the false information. It almost feels like there's a good chance his coaches...

It is common for coaches to give encouraging assessments to their students about their level, and things can fluctuate a lot. KTT did in fact have some close matches (but not wins) against 2000-2100 players back in the summer, and then in his handful of tournaments since then has been completely...

According to USATT and his prior posts about his coach, yes.

One thing I don't think anyone has mentioned to you yet, and you won't like to hear it.... but a visiting 12 year old 1800 American player is not going to be the focus of coaches when you go to an international academy. You see this happen all the time and often end up with situations where...