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He will play just because he is invited, but I think he rates the Qatar Open as a more important tournament. But he has to claim his title that he couldn't defend last year, so who knows... :)

The return of The Maze continues!!! :D He has shown he can beat Dima already, I really really hop he will beat Boll like in 2009, to increase his form and level towards the Olympics. It is gonna be just spectacular!

I agree. I think not winning the WTTC was a bit of a turning point for him, since he had been working towards it for long. Where other people would be down, Ma Long worked harder to prevent such thing to happen again in the future. The blade was is just a bit of a symbol for a clean start for...

Don't forget the Europe Top-12 4-5 Feb ;) crazy lineup http://www.ettu.org/public/Image/2012%20FRA%20INVITATION(1).pdf

Here is something I just ran across and HAVE to share :p You've maybe already seen it, but it was new to me haha. Instead of the art of speed and hand eye coördination, here is the art of patience and imagination (It actually involves TT balls hehe):

I think they will have considered this. If they would've chosen to drop any of the first 3 World Tours, it would never be the Qatar Open though. So I guess the CNT staff thought their players were fit enough to play those 3 tournaments consecutively. Or maybe they consider it a test for them to...

I'm always backing ZJK whenever he participates ;)

Well for the BH I would imagine it seems to give more explosiveness. Like you are winding up, wrist + elbow + body 'curled inwards', and then you hit the ball, 'curling' yourself out again. I don't know how to explain this haha :p But it makes sense to me that by bending your back a bit and...

Awesome! Great quality as well :D I noticed in this video that it is actually a small miracle that the ball never touches his left hand when he loops. Both in FH and BH loops, his left hand is really close to the ball haha.

Haha, Joo Se Hyuk turns out to be the world's most feared hacker ;) FBI will catch him soon I guess.

Haha. Then Novak says 'Noooo, I need a new shirt first'. It is a crazy amount indeed. Compare it to ITTF's promotion campaign about 1.2 million USD prize money for all categories together in the Grand Final this year.

Maybe haha. But a perfect player = either backhand + forehand or forehand + footwork ;)

No problem, they will just make the Chinese copy of Joo play with Joo's new setup ;)

Normally the Zhang - Ma fight will continue I guess. But then Zhang Jike has just won a title, so history suggests he will perform bad :p I'm hoping for some upsets :) It's a great line-up! Ma Long plays no doubles it seems, so he will be totally focused on the Singles. I hope Boll or Dima can...

That's awesome! Congrats Dan and Tim! :D Luckily for u two you didn't have to pick the winner ;)

I think practically any top player tries this in a similar situation, but to do it this deceptive is really really tough. Most of the time the opponent will spot the deception, or the ball will be inaccurate because of the super fast motion. This is a perfect example of how to do it right :)

LGL made the same comparison xD. He also compared Xu Xin to Nadal because of their strong forehand and awesome footwork.

Indeed, internet is by far the best source to watch TT. It doesn't appear much on TV, at least not the pro tours I think. ITTV covers all those, and for coverage of ETTU-hosted events, you can visit laola1.tv.

Hehe, that's a very advanced robot :p

Ah, that's a lot of info indeed, thanks for sharing that xD. But it does get cluttered yeah :P