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I think the most important thing is preventing the 3rd ball attack of your opponent from being too strong. This you do by placement. So it is important to have a good service/receive game in order for the 3rd ball not to be killing you. Unless your opponent always plays all-or-nothing, this...

Well he has given Zhang Jike some trouble in the past, I can't remember much Jun - Wang matches but I believe Wang doesn't have too much trouble with him most of the time. Against Timo Jun always loses in the 7th set :P

Great work from Jun! Does this mean he will be in the same half of the schedule with Wang Hao in the Olympics? Not sure if that is an advantage :P In that case Timo will will be in Zhang Jike's half.

And what about Süss, Steger, Baum, Koki Niwa, the Matsudaira's, Kim Min Seok/Lee Sang Su/Jung Young Sik ;) People often think it is a big deficit for China, and it certainly is, but many other players lose a chance at their dream too. But I agree with Michal_Z. In order for the Olympics to be...

Sorry, I only see one legend :p

They can always fake an injury :P But indeed I think Wang Hao and Zhang Jike were always in the team + singles because of their qualification after WTTC 2011, and the 3rd member was to be decided by qualification tournaments, to which they sent Ma Long and Chen Qi. So for the 3rd team member...

They can change the positions of the players every match. But in the Olympics the team has to be made up of Wang Hao, Ma Long and Zhang Jike. The order in which they will play is to be decided by the coach before every match.

Gonna be a hard choice for Liu then... Zhang didn't do well at #1, but the Ma Long/Wang Hao double seemed to work very good. I guess he will try out the other doubles as well.

Yea haha, such a funny photo :P

Here's a nice one :P

Found 2 pics on his weibo (http://www.weibo.com/u/2123508507) But I don't know how to get a larger version of them :P Can't click on them :S

Congrats :D I just read Azlans first post in this thread lol, good prediction there Azlan ^^

Not yet :P She just got his number.

For an ace, we often shout 'Goraaan' after Goran Ivanisevic ^^

This is very interesting. I wonder what you think about the sudden changes in camera angles in a match. With the screen quality on itTV you can sometimes not see the ball because there is a moving camera angle, for example a view from the side that moves towards the right and upwards. Or camera...

Well if the decline in celluloid production is a lie, it would be a different story. But I can't think of an incentive for the ITTF to change the ball when it is not forced by external factors. Besides, it is not weird that forum members can't find evidence about this, since celluloid is used...

I think the ITTF would sign this petition if they could... There is just no denying that celluloid is a dead end. It is beyond the power of anyone in the table tennis world to try and keep the celluloid for decades to come. I understand that people don't like this change, and neither do I, but...

I still don't get that, but maybe I understood you wrong. By blocking off the bounce do you mean off the bounce as in a dropshot or at 'end-of-table' level? Like next to your body when in 1st position?

Doesn't make blocking right off the bounce only make it more difficult? I think blocking it with a slightly forward motion on the highest point is easier. Depends on the placement as well of course, but I think blocking right off the bounce makes it more difficult to get the bat angle, because...

That would mean they kinda function as a practise center? The guys would have to compete in many many Pro Tours to compensate for the loss of match experience. Remarkable project.