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The point is true for Franziska as well. The Chinese are usually confident that if they get the short push in, they get the first attack. Xu Xin was surprised that Franziska could re-drop the short push. And of course, his over the table openers are legendary. One of my high level coach...

. She tightened up over the last few points, don't think stability had as much to do with it as that the risks she took didn't pan out. The only point I really faulted her for in that stretch was not pivoting on the Wang Yidi long serve, but that might just have been that she misjudged the length.

Many people who play with dark side rubbers don't have training partners. I was lucky to start my TT in Philadelphia area which had a lot of pips players and coach who despite not being a pips player had a lot of experience playing against them and could use them in training. So I learned that...

The mysterious lady who just doesn't seem to show up where you expect her to show up lol.

Many athletes are playing with help, as you get older, it is often less effective. At a certain point, retirement beckons. The good days become fewer, but what ThePongCommenter is focusing on is the good days.

It can be called a focus on outliers for sure, but the question becomes who else has those outliers? When only one or two players have beaten the super Chinese, it is no longer juat a trivial fact. Lee Sang Su is also a WTTC bronze medalist (2017) so it isn't like he never won anything in his...

I think it is quite obvious that Xiang Peng had backhand issues and needed to work on his backhand play. This tournament is encouraging in that regard. He beat players that would previously have eaten hin alive in backhand to. Backhand matchups. We just have to see whether it lasts.

Can't rule it out for sure: peak LSS was at 2017 WTTC and he has always been streaky.

This can be true but is not necessarily true. Can heavy slow spin cause timing issues for some opponents? Especially if the ball is short and has to be taken over the table? The problem is that it is difficult to produce this ball consistently. Timo used to be able to do it with the older...

The "stats" have shown he can lose to "inferior" players. This is no different.

When did he beat Shinozuka?

And LJH did get the job done so no regrets. If CDS had played better in singles, this would have been moot.

Harimoto did beat Wang Chuqin but never Xu Xin. He and Lin Yun Jun may be reasonably given a mild honorary status. But Boll never beat Xu Xin or Wang Chuqin as far as I know and obviously he never beat Fan though he came close on one occasion.

The only other person mon-Chinese who has beaten the trinity of Ma Long, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong outside of Lee Sang Su is the "inferior" Franziska, whose status as an inferior to Moregardh has been affirmed by Zeio.

The main reason he didn't make the Olympic team was that Cho Daesong won through rankings qualification. But as a quality player to withstand the pressure, there was no reason that Lee Sang Su couldn't have made the team. I am sure to some degree the Koreans have mild regret about it with his...

Again, Hirano never said, "I lost to all these players because I didnt take a break." You did. You criticized Hayata for not knowing when to quit or rest. Yet now what we are hearing is that dumb Hayata takes more breaks that Hirano the wise. The problem is not with the players, it is with...

I fault Harimoto because you quoted him. And he claimed it was a thing of the past for him. I generally don't fault players like you love do. I would hardly claim Franziska is an inferior player to Truls. You are the one using "stats' to make self serving claims.

I know. The idea that Franxiska is a lesser player is the kind of thing stats show. But they also had Moregard ranked 26th in the Olympics (the stats) and look how that turned out. The past isn't always a perfect predictor of the future, Franziska has beaten players that Moregardh has never...

Waldner used to lose to "inferior" players too. Tell that to the stats. And since Harimoto still does it, he can join your friend Sora with his wisdom and bright sayings on his playing level.

Pot calling the kettle black. But these are actually teammates and they played to seven games in Houston as well. It would be difficult to call someone who has beaten all the top Chinese legends someone that Moregardh should never lose to.