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Truls shows his level is higher to Shinozuka. Now Harimoto has to show his true level to Kallberg.

Togami needs a reeducation in TT variation fundamentals. This one speed play will leave his athletic talent underperforming forever.

Hari-boy wins the battle od the Fan battlers and almost guarantees his team a medal. Togami can close it out against an dangerous Karlsspn but if not, then Truls gets a Shinozuka revenge march and Harimoto plays Kallberg. None of those are good or easy pairings for Japan so this is a critical...

Cakderano in game 3 trying to play like he should have during the bronze medal match lol. But this match clearly shows it was less about Hugo showing up and more about him not have anything to address the tactical changes.

I agree the Japanese level is too high. They will definitely attack and return her serves better. But I wouldn't be surprised if something throws off her opponent, I mean it is not like Harimoto or Hirano are completely beyond mistakes. Definitely will try to watch the match

Yes, Something is clearly going on here, her serves don't look hidden or illegal but her third ball patterns seem to be giving people fits. Trying to watch the replays and see what is going on, I know she is a good talent but I didn't think that she would be 3-0 vs Lily Zhang or making Manika...

Wow, Kaufmann entered the phone booth. Another boring prediction bites the dust.

After her performance so far, isn't it funny to say that she has zero chance and that giving her to Japan is to Japan's benefit? If any thing. she is showing PRK levels of unpredictability.

Over Dima, I don't know. Over Timo for sure. But as always it is a nuanced discussion.

If you get really good coach it won't matter so much. If not, get all wood.

I think that one was 3-1 actually. That was Timo and Duda and Timo beat Falck, but Duda and Timo lost to Truls and I think Karlsson beat the #3 German kid but maybe it was Kallberg my memory fades.

But would the crowd have cheered like that for Franziska had he lost? :D

Well, it is the end of an era for Germany and a new era for Germany. Tomorrow we get an epic match between Japan and Sweden for the first MT semifinal... so we get to settle who the hypothetical silver medallist is in a H2H, lol..

The most damning part of this is that this is the same team that Germany beat in European games last year. And Franziska clinched the winning match then, the main difference though is that Dang beat Truls in singles if my memory serves me right.

Their performance in Busan probably scared them a bit because based on the team in Busan, that was the original plan.

This is exactly what I feared, Kallberg vs. Timo. Franziska and Nowitski watching the execution together.

I wonder whether getting zero medals at these games will trigger review of German TT and Rosskopf...

Okay, so now Timo has to justify being picked over Franziska because Franziska would be the favorite over any player in this matchup.

He did them against Fan, he has been doing them all tournament, sometimes on or off camera. But people only notice these things when someone is losing because they are more intense then.

Not at all, Dima is a good player and pushed Felix. Was also a regular training partner of Truls since they play for the same club even if they are not together all the time. These are all 50-50 matches, not matches where only one player wins convincingly. The scores so far are all normal.