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I sweat a good deal when I play for real, but definitely not to the same level as Wang Hao in this video. I find that more than anything just focusing super hard on the game causes me to perspire, even if in terms of moving around I am not really doing a lot of physical exertion.

I think it will be Boll and Ovtcharov in the finals. With Boll winning 4-1, and Ovtcharov winning 42 points.

To be honest, a lot of people read the serve rule way too strictly, rules in general, and writing in general is rarely ever so concrete and unyielding. Pros because they have the time and put in the effort, they make their serves often as close to breaking the rule outright, without doing so.

Yeah exactly, I was commenting on that like a year ago, Ma Long's old style was about just going crazy offense and pushing the speed like crazy, but that creates problems because it takes away from his own reaction time if his opponent is a good blocker. Now that he takes a little time to aim...

Yeah, I hear the 2nd guy is a pretty weird dude.... haha jk, awesome video

Yeah, Penholders will never ever get redundant, in my opinion. Yeah with Ma long and Zhang Jike doing so well, they seem to out shine for the most part the penholders on the team, but you also have to consider the fact that Ma Lin and even almost Wang Hao are either out of their prime, or...

The last match was an epic final. I love you can really hear clearly the shuffling of both their feet at the outset of each point, when they are using their amazing footwork to get to short balls and then move to the midrange game.

To be honest, I really wouldn't be surprised if Wang Hao just let Hao Shuai win, so he could get additional experience. This isn't a big tournament by any means, I think because the Chinese national team really cares more about the collective as opposed to individual success, Wang Hao, who...

I really wish I knew the decision making process behind when players choose to change their paddle materials. Is it because of the urging of their coaches? and what aspects they consider when they think about what materials they want to change to. It seems like a lot of the Chinese players have...

Hmmm does Zhang Jike really change his grip that much for his backhand? I was never able to notice that big of a change. I mean I think the places the angle of his wrist such that he is able to close his racket for the backhand to a greater degree than most players, but it doesn't seem like he...

I would like to ask Boll who he thinks will be the next Waldner/Boll. Or just who of the non-Chinese players, he feels will be the most promising. And who out of the Chinese does he think is the most gifted, or best player. Something similar to the question asked to Werner Schlager in that...

haha, I used to love this video in HS. My high school had tons of asians, so for the Asian New Year's festival, we had this giant performance, and one of the groups actually performed their own version of matric ping pong. It was pretty impressive and funny.

hmmm I don't know. Wang Hao I think has a 50/50 chance of beating Zhang Jike, maybe a little worse than 50/50. But in the big matches when he is playing well, his control of the short game and Ma Long's lack thereof really makes a difference. When they two play in a normal tournament, Ma Long...

Interesting, I was only able to see the last set of the match between Ma Lin and Xu Xin. Li Ping has always been on the cusp of being able to represent China on an International level. It must be disappointing for him to lose the critical match.

This game really swung back and forth. The games that Ma Lin did win, he usually won easily. As some people already said before, Alexey's backhand really made the difference. His ability to flip the ball with his backhand out wide to Ma Lin's forehand really kept Ma Lin guessing. Usually a...

Yes its true, that a good deal of the spin comes from the serve he is hitting back, and hitting the net slowed the ball down so it had more backward movement on the other side of the table, but that still doesn't make his touch and service return any less impressive. To be able to time it...

omg.... There's a girl HERE!???!?!? haha jk Wang Liqin has done advertisements for clothes also. He is pretty impressively cut.

hmmm if we are just talking about practicing by yourself and improving your skills, I really can't think of that many techniques that will help. Just having a huge bucket of balls and practicing serving probably will do more for your game than any other solo practicing technique out there.

man, I can't believe Ma Lin lost.... that was a huge disappointment. That game swung back and forth really extremely. But I guess that guy he lost to is decently legit, since he beat seo hyun duk in the next round, and all the young korean players seem to be pretty decent. I havent seen the...