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  1. Qatar Open 2017

    1. Chen meng refuted wang's serve, gu yuting had problems with it 2. CM also dictated the short game, 4/5 balls she was the one who decided when to open up the point , regardless if she won it or not 3. She pinned wang in her BH side, probably because she thought she was better or maybe she...
  2. Is Samsonov finished ?

    Yes, we cant be 100% sure but most likely Sammy will be ready and on form. It wont be surprising though if he gets disqualified in the early rounds facing a young korean or japanese youngster
  3. Qatar Open 2017

    Losing games is not a strategy. He just changed his approach towards FZD in the 6th. ML is not playing on his own, he has some formidable opponents against him who also try to outthink him, trap him and bring him to their own gamestyle. What happened in the losing sets is that FZD prevailed and...
  4. Longest Tournament Rally of all time!

    then why do you wonder that they didnt ask for it? SAtomi obviously didnt want no expedite rule, she was winning so far and expedite rule was not in her favor
  5. Qatar Open 2017

    Gee, prause's commentary makes you realise how smart fang bo is and FZD trying to bully him with BH exchanges.
  6. Longest Tournament Rally of all time!

    bECAUSE It was a tactic from li jie, and they both must agree to go directly to expedite rule. Psychological factors come into play, up to this point li jie was losing 0-2 and satomi's plan was clear, make li jie lose on her own. So li jie forced the expedite rule to put pressure on satomi and...
  7. In or Out?

    Ah crap you need to DL the image to see with better zoom. Im pasting adam's words anyway The umpire later saw the video and apparently couldn't sleep. He realized he had made the wrong call. It is human to err and the umpire made an honest mistake. I spoke to the referee and what the umpire...
  8. In or Out?

    Yes indeed that is what happens (still it takes 1-2 seconds for the umpire to raise his hand immediately I dont consider that as an immediate reaction I dont know if my eyes fool me but I see some slight hesitation in body language...I know im probably going to scientific with this but a reflex...
  9. In or Out?

    Actually it was not immediate and the umpire that changes the score clearly has his doubts, both of the umpires didnt have immediate reaction like in a real point. And even at that angle you can clearly see that the ball trajectory is downwards Anyway LJK won, but the point should be at least...
  10. In or Out?

    No. Dima's was out also.
  11. So ITTF make us feel ashame again...

    What does ITTF have to do with this ? and no , what you describe is not only in Asia. In many western universities, teachers get the credit, student gets nothing. It's the NTU'S FAUlt in the first place and the students should of course be more careful. ITTF has copied and pasted many photos...
  12. Adam Bobrow VS World's Fastest Serve!

    Bobrow said in an FB comment under the video that the serve has very low success ratio that's why he does not use it in matches. @ 0:35 this serve is probably 20 % faster than the one in bobrow's video. So its also a matter of hitting the ball as higher as possible. Anyway even if you do get...
  13. Is Samsonov finished ?

    Maybe Samsonov doesnt give a single F about what us fans think :P. He has a family to preserve and I think everyone will agree that vladi is a down to earth and very smart guy so my guess is that its all part of his plan (by plan I dont mean that he loses on purpose of course). Why not compete...
  14. Qatar Open 2017

    lol same situation against XX, FB seems to play better when he is behind.
  15. Qatar Open 2017

    FangBo always gets too excited to finish a match. Against jang woojin it was ridiculous. He managed to equalise being 9-6 down in the 6th playing perfect points like he was facing an inferior practice partner, lost two match points the set but eventually crushed jang in the decider. It could...
  16. Qatar Open 2017

    HAhahahaha I think its already a TTD inside joke. Maybe we should start creating memes with LGL
  17. Qatar Open 2017

    I dont want to believe that but it seems the most likely scenario to happen. I will wait to see the trials, but yeah if his foot is in bad condition with cortizone injections already I dont expect much. My guess is if his foot does not recuperate in the next few days he will have no chance...
  18. In or Out?

    In the slow mo, you can clearly see the umpire changing the scoreboard on mizutani's side. Then something weird happens, self doubt probably who knows only the umpire knows. Then you can see yu ziyang spotting this incident and immediately confirming that the point is his, 2 seconds before he...
  19. In or Out?

    Relax, he didnt judge anyone. He was sure because he was watching the match up close and with many spectators around him, so he obviously disccussed it with others. As for liang jingkun he said "i think" he didnt state "im 100% sure LJK knew it was out". He even gave props to the umpire, lets...
  20. Qatar Open 2017

    What you state it totally understandable especially from LJK'S point of view . BUT I dont think he will get away with it even if he won the match. The coaches will still spank him for struggling like that against an inferior player. Matsudaira has improved a lot last year and has given good...
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