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No, he wasn't playing against LGY.

Yeah, cannot recall the last time having to use the VPN for this. Could've been some weird youtube app/caching glitch. P.S.: I hate geo-blocking with a passion! 😠

And now the livestream from the Infinity Arena appeared on WTT's YT channel without using any VPNs. Here's the link in case it does not show up for someone else:

Yeah. Hmm, tried USA/Japan/Hong Kong/Singapore VPN endpoints - no livestream for T1. Tried France - profit. Strange.

No livestream from the Infinity arena on YT?

Brushing under and side of the ball as you describe requires a long and low ball, probably even below table level. Try keeping the ball as short as possible on the table and attacking strongly first. Ok, so he's left-handed. If you were playing a right-hander who stood in the same spot and...

Contrary to popular belief, his bh loop is not too shabby at all!

Ma Long has just given us all a masterclass on how to play left-handers. This will be a classic match studied by everyone. Had I been a TT left-hander, I'd be reconsidering my chosen sport :-) Awesome performance from the GOAT.

For some reason, Tibhar decided to market most of the rubbers in the K series - K1, K1 plus, K1 Pro, K2, K2 Pro - almost exclusively targeting the China market. Only K1 euro and K3 had been officially sold through Tibhar dealers in Europe or North America. That is the real reason why K1/K2...

This so true and so underappreciated - playing at any non-trivial level with LPs (or antispin) is actually very difficult and requires a lot of skill - just as much as playing well with inverted - precisely because it becomes much harder to control the ball. They are not a magic silver bullet to...

No idea, it was just published on that YT channel. Found the rematch: Still think HZW got it ;)

Looking forward to someone saying that HZW won only because of his pips ;)

As a matter of fact, series of pushes are the surest way to lose to LP players. That sentence in bold is probably the most concentrated collection of misconceptions about playing against LPs. Like I wrote above, some people just don't want to learn how LPs work and how to play against them.

Fair points, Andy. And of course, I did exaggerate a bit to make my argument. To be honest, most people I've met in real life (and I suspect online) who struggle (and complain about) LPs/antispin are adults, not juniors. Some even wear it like a badge of honour. Uncoached juniors, like most...

IMO, it is a somewhat disingenuous argument to use "asymmetric capability" as a justification for the frustration some people feel when playing against {L|M|S}Ps. What about playing left-handed players, penholders (and don't get me started on left-handed penholders :) ) or younger/more athletic...

Thank you!

Is there no livestream for the semi finals on YouTube?

I was looking at Gewo's TT catalogue for 2023/2024 yesterday and could not help but notice that EF Pro's sponge is similar to K2/GT sponge. And at 40 euros it's a steal compared to all the other hybrids (except for K2/GT obviously :-)).

Pretty much same here - K2 is the best for me. Playing with it since at least 2019. I've tried to switch to K3 a couple of times and each time went back to K2. Last time played with K3 from Nov 2023 till late Feb 2024. No complains about K3's durability (keeping under a sticky protective film...