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CNT needs to nurture superstars again, for the good of the sport. Europe is doing a great job in this regard right now, Truls, the Lebruns, even Darko and Anton with the addition of Hugo (not European, but non-Chinese) are crowd-pleasers, on top of being awesome athletes. Instead of being an...

No, world number one doesn't mean the best player in the world. Ask Xu-Xin. :sneaky: The best table tennis player in the world world right now is still without a doubt Fan Zhendong, followed by Wang Chuqin.

Time for Truls to finally go all the way somewhere other than the Swedish nationals. This was at the height of the Ma Long / Zhang Jike era. The fact that he actually did it is nothing short of astounding.

"overlifting the ball due to overestimated backspin"... That's not the only thing that's happening there. Duda's reaction to the chop-block is laggy, he's always a millisecond too late on the ball. He can adjust, but the only person who can beat Truls today is Truls.

He's 20. FZD was a monster at 16. Harimoto won his fist professional match at age 12. ZJK was being supportive, as expected. What did Xu Xin say? I remember him saying he wasn't impressed with Felix, lmao.

The old gang was so formidable. Ma Long was a bloody superhero, ZJK was an enfant terrible superstar like John McEnroe, Xu Xin had that bad-ass super-villain vibe, and FZD was/is a frickin' robot. Let's be honest, the actual world #1 is still FZD and it's not even close. But god damn, I miss...

Can't believe Simon blew the 9-6 lead in the sixth. Lin Shidong is the single worst world number one I've seen in my life.

It's astonishing how far Jorgić has come with essentially no forehand (speaking in elite pro level terms).

lmao, what?

Surreal that he actually turned this around. Terrific match.

Ok, since this non-issue seems to be settled, on to a more serious matter... With the Swedes being traditionally good at table tennis and the Danes more than decent... How come the Norwegians suck at it so bad? xD

Both umpires can, however, see quite clearly that Lin Shidong (stop calling him LSD for crying out lout) had not removed his free hand from the space between the ball and the net upon tossing the ball. I see this quite often. It's almost as if the officials are free to chose which of the rules...

Let's see... (2.6.4.) From the start of service until it is struck, the ball shall be above the level of the playing surface and behind the server's end line, and it shall not be hidden from the receiver by the server or his or her doubles partner or by anything they wear or carry. (2.6.5.)...

FZD was monster at 16. So much so, that many were skeptical about his age, there were even discussions about it in these forums IIRC.

It was mid.

She clearly pronounces it Khal-bergh.

Where the hell is Bobrow? These dudes are duds.

Truls' inconsistency is so maddening. Crush Felix on Friday, get crushed by a team mate on a Saturday... And it looked like it was going to be smooth sailing for him, up until Anton shifted things around a bit. That BH block down the line... It was impressive at first, but after the third time...