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yeah that's pretty important. Everyone has good and bad days. But the point for the Chinese team is to find those players who consistently play at a high level that the chances they lose on a bad day are still small.

haha I am sure she would be mildly creeped out by the idea that you are plotting a grand scheme to use table tennis to get with her.... to most people, using table tennis as a method to win a girl would sound so nerdy.... but not to the people of this site!!!! I need to find a hot girl who is...

rofl, can't you just google? Why don't you tell her you will teach her how to do particular exercises such as squats, and what not in her house, you can be her personal at home trainer, and just keep encouraging her to wear very skin tight clothes....

yeah that Zaman guy allows himself to get angry too easy. You want a cool collected head in big games, and he was getting over agitated whenever he messed up. He kind of seemed like a little bitch.... The last part where he purposely did illegal serves, and then purposely waited until the other...

Its just a fact that you have to deal with. Some people just have the misfortune of being sandwiched between the careers of two legendary players. Just as the first player is getting past his peak, the next player is just reaching it, and you therefore you find yourself sandwiched between them...

hmm this is a pretty funny and interesting question just to think about. If we are able to be also the same height and body proportions, then I would definitely choose to Wang Liqin's style. But his amazing forehand is amazing partly because he has great reach and height. Xu Xin would probably...

yeah, he playstyle is very mental. He isn't very athletically gifted, but he plays very smart

haha yeah.... that would be hard I do remember Li Ching doing it a few times in different games. He is a pretty unorthodox player.

To be honest, Waldner's variation just isn't possible in today's game. The speed and more importantly the amount of spin in today's game makes it so that the margin of error is simply too small to do all the varied things that Waldner did to any consistent degree. I don't know I would say if Ma...

Well I think maybe is talking about those powerful backhands that a lot of Europeans do even when they are pushed far off from the table. Chinese players generally play it safe and half lob it back if they are back from the table and pressured on their backhand. But a lot of European players...

It's also kind of important to point out that one of the main reasons that Boll does this sometimes, is because he isn't fast enough, and at times has bad footwork and finds himself out of position, something that rarely happens to Chinese players.

Yeah Boll's left hand skills are pretty impressive. As to whether he would be able to win a tournament that forced everyone to use their off hand, thats questionable. In the Ma Long reportage video, as part of their training the Chinese players have to practice a decent amount left handed so...

what does "check-hand of them its penhold" mean? Even if LGL says that Europeans have better backhands, I don't know if I can really agree with that. For overall purposes, I would prefer the less flashy, Chinese backhand that focuses on hitting the ball as earlier as possible in order to give...

I think the answer to this question will really depend on who are the final people selected to represent the Chinese team, and then out of those people, who are definitely going to be playing in the singles tournament. After that, the chances of predicting who will win will be a lot better.

rofl what? granted he did better in that game than I thought, but Wang Hao isn't in top form either. Maze backs off from the table too much. He and Mizutani do it out of second nature, even when they really shouldn't or shouldn't have to. Good match between Boll and Wang Hao. Hao really got...

If the ghost serve that you see is so high, that it can be smashed 99% of the time, then the person doing it is doing it wrong. The whole point of that serve is that its incredibly low, and has so much back spin that it forces the opponent to return with a short game return, and who controls the...

You actually think that if Joo beats Samsonov he would win against Wang Hao? I definitely have my doubts about that. Joo gets lucky and beats a Chinese player every once in a while, but on any day, the overwhelming odds is that the Chinese player, and especially Wang Hao, would win. I really...

I will have to agree with iTT. For all out purpose, yeah, Xu Xin's RPB isn't nearly as good as Wang Hao. However, for his game, it is absolutely perfect. It's designed to just be almost a reactionary shot. He hits it right after the bounce mostly, so it gives other players very little reaction...

For me, it is definitely Ma Lin. Ma Lin over the course of his career has reached a level of play that simply epitomizes what a good penhold player should be. He is getting older, but when he was in his prime and at his quickest, his combination of amazing serves with his utter mastery of the...

I really hope Lin Gaoyuan grows taller and stronger. He has a great feel for the game.