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Man, that sucks. I definitely want to see Ma Long compete in the World Cup. More chances for him to build his legacy if he participates and wins. I don't think Ma Long has won a world cup before.... which means he has no majors in his collection. For how good of a player he is, thats pretty...

Yeah I think its the end, unfortunately. If he found the will to train, and worked hard, I think he definitely has the ability to reach form. I mean all players train to reach a peak during certain periods that coincide with important tournaments, and I think if Ma Lin really wanted to he could...

I always give a mercy point. Its not even about necessarily being nice to the other player, its just based on my own personal politeness. In Xu Xin's game against Bastian Steger at the world team cups I don't think Steger even appreciated Xu Xin giving him the point.

This tournament was kind of boring I felt. I mean China winning is generally a foregone conclusion, but its even less close when Boll and Mizutani isn't playing. With both Germany and Japan having a far weaker team than they otherwise would for China it was a walk in the park. Though I guess Ma...

Hmmmm I don't think just based off this performance, I would say Ryu is back. One of the Chinese announcers said during his match against Ma Long, that often older veterans despite not being able to continue a high form on a normal basis, nevertheless are able to reach their high form in...

I haven't had a chance to look at the player list. Who are the japanese sending? Are they going with the young players? if so this is probably just a test run. They have a whole number of prospects that are niwa koki's age or younger. The japanese seem to have their players participate at...

I enjoy playing doubles, and in many ways I actually comparatively do better in doubles. Doubles you have more time to react, and since I have a really strong forehand, its alot easier to get into position, and you have a lot more time to unleash a huge stroke in doubles than you otherwise would...

He is good, and for the most part beats all the non-Chinese players the majority of the time. But what the Chinese team cares about most is how well their players do against the key obstacles to them winning, and in this regard, Chen Qi does significantly worse against Boll and Samsonov then the...

I definitely agree that the speed was faster during the 38mm days. In terms of spin, I am not so sure. Spin and speed are mostly contradictory aspects of the table tennis game. And its not even about ball, I think the training of the Chinese team, and just in table tennis in general, the today's...

hmmm its unfortunate that Boll withdrew, but lets be honest, if a country can muster the ability to bring one player that can challenge China in table tennis, the chances of bring enough to actually beat a team of the top Chinese is an even small possibility. Hopefully this doesn't affect Boll...

This is entirely off topic, but as a person in the US, an avid road biker, and a huge fan of Lance Armstrong, I hate to say it, but if I had to bet, I would say I am 95 percent certain that Lance used performance enhancing drugs. This is based on his attitude, the stuff he has said in the past...

Yeah for better or for worse, China is definitely devoting a large amount of resource to sports. They put a lot of effort into the 2008 olympics. Both in terms of cleaning up Beijing, and China in general, into organizing the events and the ceremonies, into building the stadiums, and into...

I think one of the largest issues is simply incentive. The Chinese sports system as a whole, because it is government run, there is the safety net there. If you do well you will obviously be financially taken care of, but even more importantly, if you don't do well, you still will be financially...

I see Alexander Shibaev having more potential in his game than Dima. Yes, Dima took Xu Xin to the last set, but I honestly think Xu Xin has been really disappointing as of late. He is in the process of being left behind. He showed a lot of potential in a while back, and does have a high ceiling...

I just don't think Ma Lin has the drive to really bother training anymore. He has very little chance of participating in the olympics, and then the world championships are another 2 years away, by which time, his game will have suffered alot because it requires the reactions and speed of a very...

What!??!!? no one has mentioned Dmitriyri Ocvtarov? The way he gives the ball the stink eye when he crouches down and stares at the ball for 5 seconds looks so messed up to me.

Yeah, I think like just about everything, you have to take into account the laws of diminishing returns, the added bonus you get for the extra several hundred dollars you pay for a super expensive blade, probably only makes the blade slightly better, which for most people, there just isn't the...

That is absolutely awesome! Great to see that you were able to get this, you, through your efforts with this site, have really made this site what it is, getting sponsorship from different groups, communicating with other groups related to the table tennis community such as Vinqui, and now this...

Yeah, China under communism was a lot simpler, more virtuous, etc. There was far less crime, far better people. Something like this would never happen 40 years ago. This is what happens when you go from a society that concentrates on the group more important, helping the group helps yourself...

Yeah, unfortunately it happens all around the world. Last year or so, I think in NYC, or some other big city in the US, a homeless guy was stabbed, and he just laid there on the sidewalk bleeding, and it was clear there was blood flowing from him, and yet none of the people walking past him...