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LOL I have heard thar rumor also by some greek players. I dont know if this is true or not but the "urban legend" says that ZJK owed lots of money through gambling and ma lin helped him out. One crazy guy I play with (he loves exaggerated stories) told me that ZJK tattoed his back when he was...

Oh and the infamous girlfriends incident in 2004. Ma lin's and wang hao's girlfriends were kicked out from CNT and from then on players who havent reached 24 years of age were not allowed to have relationships/

Couldnt agree more. In europe players are not "forced" to compete and they certainly wont play if they feel like it. ronaldinho had disappeared for days/weeks when he was playing in barcelona and the consequences were very light because he was a superstar. In china an ex world champion like Guo...

Fines and being kicked out of the team just for not waking up early is a totally different thing. Do they stand on "attention" in barcelona or any western sports team? No. Coaches do have military ranks if you check it out. They are not soldiers wit hthe dictionary term yes. I dont understand...

hmmm he was punished not to play in singles. although he earned a spot through trials. Im not overstating anything. Dont compare western culture with chinese to prove a point. 2 different things ZJK only played in mixed doubles, not singles. I dont remember if he did play in doubles I think...

One more time : I didnt label them as soldiers with the dictionary meaning. The philosophy,punishments,behavior,respect to superiors, program is almost like in the military. Total different situation than in the west. If timo boll is not sleeping by bedtime then no one will punish him, not the...

im interested also :P

Well it depends on what era do you compare it to. In the 90's 00's there was a table tennis frenzy (lol) across the world because sweden belgium germany korea france could cope up with china, so the chinese had great interest in watching TT games. In malaisia WTTTC 2000 the stadium was full...

Actually they are. They even stand attention and coaches have military ranks. ofc i dont mean soldiers like in a battlefield or with regular army training. but military philosophy applies in discipline and behavior aspects. punishments etc are also a part. PLA for example "people's...

Hmmmm, I wonder if you can spot it. The CTTSL had far less attendance than the trials. Only in semifinals and finals the stadiums were almost full. I dont consider 500-1000 people (max) in a stadium satisfying attendace in cities with million citizens. TT in china is suffering a slow death since...

group A XX FB LJK XCH group B LGY SK YAN ZQH group C ML ZK LDS ZY

So ZJK is out according to this video BY ittf https://www.facebook.com/ITTFWorld/videos/1680892081940788/ Smart thing to do , he should have taken a break in 2015 instead . The chinese really push their players beyond their limits when there is no need to. Franziska ovtcharov and Han ying...

You ask too much :P ITTF should first buy a camera. This type of statistics and real time coverage requires money/personel and a lot of hardwork/management to deliver

Statistics show that FZD vs ML was extremely close in all aspects. FZD won 18-14 in rallies which is expected but probably the only crucial factor in such a small margin in the last set

p.s. first thee boards= first thee balls. stalemate = rally, which is considered every point played after the 3rd ball, so even push exchanges are considered a rally

Actually, I totally forgot about that aspect I was overwhelmed by FZD performance. ML still looked like he outsmarts FZD till 10-8 , WJP advice probably played a big role. It would be great if the last phase of the trials is without coaches, just let the players kill each other

Actually he implied his usual variations / tactics and tried his best but FZD was simply a monster in the last points. They were both very anxious till 10-10 but after that FZD went crazy. Great performance indeed

Some bits of fan zhendong's translated interview after the match "We are quite familiar with each other, LGL told us before the match that one of us will go to the basement. I dont want to go there any more, its dark, cold and the food is crap. I turned my despise for the basement into...

GReat win by fan ding dong. He hold his ground firmly and looks like he does not get affected by ma long's variation in opening phase and short short pushes. Definitely a boost of confidence , ML was constantly outsmarting him till today

low level?the only match he didnt play well was against zhou yu.Internet forum psychology analysts, gotta love them