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Man, I must say, the outcome of the men's singles finals was a surprising, but pleasant one. Ma Lin hardly ever beats Ma Long these days, so it was definitely a welcome change. When Ma Lin's playing at this top, he is the epitome of all that makes penhold style great.

haha, I haven't played games for like 3-4 years, but since I am home for the summer, I started playing day of defeat again. It's sooooo old, but its fun.

I have the red version, which is the leet version, which I bought in China. I don't like to brag, but I look pretty pimp in it.... haha The shorts are a bit short though haha

yeah, reverse pendulums are pretty hard for me. When I do them, they are always either no spin or some top spin, and I never can usually get any good amount of backspin on them. Does anyone have any advice on how to do a good short topspin serve. I have a really good short backspin and short no...

Yeah Tokic did well against Ma Long, but that could just be because they're styles match up well, and in favor of Tokic. That is what separates good players from great players. Great players can win out even when they are playing against a style that is strong against them. And in regards to Ma...

haha, well thats far from all that Ma Lin has.... If only Roger had one that first set in the finals. His forehand, even though its not as good as it once was is still better than just about anyone out there. He puts a level of pace on it that just isn't matched. The problem with Roger now is...

haha, of course not, I was just commenting on my observations. Xu Xin definitely has insane potential. His forehand is already out of this world, and every time the point got to the mid range looping stage, Xu Xin pretty much always beat Zhang Jike in that match.

Hmmm interesting, Ruifeng from what I saw in his previous matches in the past has a really good touch and blocking ability, so I can definitely see Ma Long having difficulty against him. Just like his first match against Chan Kazhuhiro last year.

I don't know, he has the most amazing forehand loops, but I have actually been kind of disappointed in his progression and his attitude. From the multitude of videos that show the Chinese players playing and training, and telling their backgrounds and story, I can't help but get the impression...

I am curious, is table tennis relatively big in England? I don't know if its just because Dan is from there, and therefore a lot of his friends are on here also, but it seems just from my impression, that there is a well developed league there, and quite a lot of players and people who are...

Yeah I was surprised to see federer win.... I loved watching federer like 4-5 years ago, when the angles of his forehand were unbelievable. His form now, is a far cry from that, but clearly he still is no slouch. Djokovic has been playing incredible this year, and yeah, I don't think federer...

you can also buy the real thing also of course.

You can use the Chinese website Taobao. its like the Chinese ebay. I bought an imitation of the Chinese 2008 olympic full jersey of shirt and shorts, and it costed me 10 dollars. and it was good quality.

Hey William, Thank you for your response. I definitely find it interesting how just like you, Schlager, in his interview that is posted on youtube, also said that despite Wang Hao being having good skill, and the advantage of the rpb, Schlager still felt that in terms of technical skills Ma Lin...

Provinces are the equivalent to states in the US. ZJK must have behaved badly, wasn't training hard, being disrespectful to his coach, etc, and therefore he got kicked off t he national team, and sent to the lower level provincial team.

Juking is the ability to do different things that allow you to throw off your defender, and effectively get past them. Ronaldo is fast, and thats what he should rely on. All his fancy tricks usually never work. He does a ton of scissors and quick little foot movements, but in the end more often...

Does anyone agree with me when I say that the part with Timo Boll, his eyes, if any normal person was staring at you like that, you would think they were crazy? He was staring so hard that it looks kind of weird..... hahaha

I both like C. Ronaldo and hate him.... haha 3/4 of his moves were like unnecessary scissors, which ultimately if you don't do anything else with them, are not that useful. Half of his videos on youtube, you see him doing all this fancy footwork and scissoring, but the defender simply stays in...

Hey William, I was wondering how many Chinese players have you played, and out of those who did you think was the hardest to beat and why? Or just who in general Chinese or non-Chinese did you think was the hardest to beat. I don't know if it was just a good style of play match for you or...

yeah Bayi for me. Zhou Yu, and Yan an will be interesting to see. And then of course they can rely on Wang Hao as a backbone.