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A lot of people harp on about the fact that Waldner is old and still plays, but lets be honest, table tennis while it requires a lot of physical ability to stay at the tippy top, its not like a lot of the other big professional sports in terms of its physical requirements. I lose to tons of...

Honestly, I don't see this loss as THAT big of a deal, I mean yes, its bad that he lost, but frankly I am sure Ma Long will come back from this better than ever. I mean I don't want to diminish Koki's victory, because it was very impressive, so don't give me wrong. 1) Ma Long's style isn't a...

Yeah Schlager really doesn't always get the credit he deserves. In his prime he had such a tricky game, had such good tactics and mental strength, that he won more often against the Chinese than Boll has ever done.

Hmmm there are a lot of possible holes in your argument.... The Chinese training system has only really reached a level of peak after Waldner's true prime years. During much of his career, the top training system was probably sweden. the Chinese system may have required a lot of training and...

they might, but if they choose joo, oh, or ryu, I personally think they would be making a mistake in doing so. I would much rather send the unknown factors such as the three young koreans, who when they play well, can definitely cause problems for a whole host of players, if for no reason...

I actually saw an article/video on yahoo that had the title, is table tennis the next fitness craze in the US? It would be great to see table tennis become more popular and have more people play it

Zhang Chao also was at the tournament. But yeah there are also another video of Fang Bo playing Peter Li, who is one of the top American players, and you can just tell that Fang Bo is really just playing around, taking things easy. Doing slightly lower quality shots so that his opponents can...

Yeah I have to agree, Joo might get lucky and throw off some other players, but he poses no threat to any of the the three Chinese players who might go. Even in his recent match against Boll, it was more a combination of Boll playing bad, Joo playing great, and thus pulled the upset, even with...

I think Ma Long actually will dominate Boll even more than ZJK. Before he was having trouble, but his new style of play is more about slowing things slight down compared with his old style of just pushing the pace. Now he aims better and has higher quality of shots, so his quality has gone up...

I definitely agree with many of the other commentators that Ma Long has the potential to smash all these records and become the greatest player in history. With the Chinese team being so dominant, Ma Long from the very start of his career has been able to standout, and thats really something...

Yeah I definitely would have to go with Wang Liqin, though I guess I am biased since he is my favorite player of all time. Waldner was great, but his play wasn't really a consistent level of domination as what Wang Liqin had. Waldner would perform well on the big stage, but in other instances...

I actually don't even know anymore. There is no doubt that he used to be, but from the results of this year, and just how things are going, the Chinese team have studied Boll so much, and have played him enough that they are used to his game. None of the new Chinese players really have problems...

Yeah he is eating one of those sport gels I think.... He looks so pastey white haha. Too much time indoors training i guess

rofl.... omg.... Xu Xin watches naruto?!?!? how am I not surprised that he being the one who never takes things seriously is most apt to play video games and watch anime and activities like that haha

I definitely don't know about that, Xu Xin's game is too erratic. When he is at the top of it, he is unbeatable, but when he isn't he loses to mediocre players. I am unsure about his ability to beat Octarchov when it counts, and earlier this year he lost to one of the young koreans. Xu Xin...

I mean, I wouldn't say Wang Hao is really that weak.... at least not against the non-Chinese players. In fact, Wang Hao actually probably does better against Ma Long, Wang Liqin, than ZJK. ZJK despite beating WLQ pretty badly recently still has lost to him in the recent past. He also lost to Ma...

Yeah, I think the decision to limit each country to 2 players is lame.

Hmmm this I actually don't think so. It has been a bit iffy after Wang Hao lost to Octvarchov, but otherwise, Zhang Jike actually performs worse against many of the non-Chinese players, which after all is the most important consideration for the Chinese national team. Zhang Jike lost to one of...

Just as a side note, I see a lot of potential in Zheng Peifeng. He is one of the youngest players there, so he didn't have the best outcome. But just from watching a player play, you can often tell which ones have the talent and the potential and which ones doesn't. Just like watching Ma Long...