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Cool, I had no idea where Dan would stand in UK or world or anything. But when I see Dan play against the top pros like Samsonov, I find that his shot quality doesn't seem to be far worse. He is able to hang in the rallies and such. But actually I think he faces some of the same issues that I...

Definitely AK47, very lightweight but very responsive rubber. Hadou 40+ and Ckylin Pro are also lightweight rubbers.

Thanks, I think I have neglected my push game and should be my main focus the next 2 months. Question: Should the push be sliced along (parallel) the same angel as the blade? Or should the racket move a little perpendicular to the blade angle?

Well, i think my push placement got a little better, and gradually my bite on the push got better. My pushes became a little harder and more downward angled. Also i became more mentally aware that the push may come to any part of my table. Against the 1300 guy, i usually play very...

Do you think you're about the same level as TTD Dan? Dan looks really consistent, and your shots look a bit more powerful.

Yeah so I practiced a little differently today than I usually do. Against my usual partner, we played a set where both sides can only push underspin. I tried my best to sorta copy the 2000 guy's style and dude hard pushes deep into the corners and a few short pushes near the net. I won this 3-1...

What was your training like from age 10 on?

Victor, You're serve looks really intimidating to receive. Can you give some advice on how to return a serve like that? (the speed, the spin, the difficulty reading, the low bounce) Also, did you practice everyday since you were a child? How do you get to be this level? Are you near the level...

Yes, I had this exact same idea. I was thinking to do this today. What are the strategies to try in this type of game?

If somebody pushes underspin long to you, how can you drop shot it? That seems like a very low-percentage and risky shot. I would normally think to either push long in return or to do opening loop.

I guess I never gave too much thought to push quality and push placement. Obviously lower and spinnier is better, but I didn't feel like there's a clear path to improve your push(unlike a loop which has a more direct path to improvement). When I think about it, I think 90% of my pushes are...

His receive was way better than mine. But i dont know how to read his serve better. Sometimes there is heavy under, light under, no spin, and it all more or less looks the same.

Again, in this match, it wasn't a quality of shot problem. When I was able to hit my loops, he couldn't really return them well and I won points that way. The issue is that I was never even given the chance to hit my loops. His entire setup tactics were far better.

Well I've been playing really well against lower level players the past few weeks I think. I won several matches against other guys, and I've been pretty much dominating my main practice partner. Mostly my loops have been working. BH and FH opening loops, FH finishing loops, slow loops, fast...

Maybe, I really don't know what the lesson was from this match was.

Well maybe I will try doing some drills practicing his 4 corner pushing strategy. He will push 1 ball short, then push 1 ball really aggressively into the corner. It's almost like a offensive slice tennis short.

Yeah, it's my curiosity that led me to buy all the rubbers. I rationally justified it by thinking that the rubbers would eventually wear out and I would use all of them. But at the current rate of decay, they do not seem to be wearing out.

Yeah, so I'm not exactly sure what to take away from the match and what exactly to improve. Usually there is a specific shot that I need to improve, but against this guy, it's more like the speed of processing the game is different. It feels like he's always a step ahead of me and knowing what...

That's what I'm saying, the rubber seems great to me. The point when the rubber is "no longer that great" does not appear to be anywhere in sight. It seems like the rubber could go for another 2 years. After almost 2 months, I thought that the rubber would start to show some signs of drop in...