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That's what the reserve spot is for, so you can replace an injured player. After all, LSW was injured but still played XD and was replaced by WMY later in Tokyo 2020/2021.

What happened when I "supported someone to win"? They won? They lost? They ended up in hospital? I wanted CM vs Batra - I get CM vs Hayata - not as tasty since Hayata didn't beat Wang Manyu but still delicious.

He got to two finals in Lagos and Turkey for Contender, which is why your phrasing is so clever. Franziska also played the same events but didn't do any better. It is better to present all the facts rather than select some and forget others. Before this current tournament, Dima was still the...

Why are you focused on just 2024 and not 2023? Events like WTTC etc. in 2023, why are they not in your analysis? Why just 2024?

So where has this pressure destroyed Dima that you are talking about?

Okay, where are you getting the 50-50 impression from for Timo? How many titles has Timo won this year vs how many titles has Franziska won this year? Dima, I would accept your case better, but the thing is this - some players play better when things are at stake and Dima is one of them. I...

Timo led a team with Duda in Sweden to the European Teams silver. Are you convinced that if Franziska replaced Timo that the team would have done better with Franziska? This is not purely about pressure, this is partly about Franziska himself not being dominant. How many singles championships...

Franziska has come a long way, he is a guy from who great things were expected based on his promise as a junior but who has repeatedly underachieved. Definitely, he was slated for the team over Boll based on the European games and the fact that Patrick and Dima were practicing together for...

The funny thing is when they were cadets, Qian Tianyi was higher ranked. Reversal of fortune...

Fine I didn't get the match I wanted but I think Hayata wins tomorrow no matter the result. If she loses the match, she avoids Wang Manyu at the Olympics unless CM is injured. And if she wins, then she builds on her legacy with a final vs SYS. Win-win table tennis good for the soul!

Not sure anything compares to Korea in 2018 but this is up there and might overtake that if he gets to the final or wins it.

Amazing energy levels and great backhand play. But he managed to put his strength against his opponent's strength and win - amazing stuff. That he managed to pivot and put so much pressure that Felix couldn't switch is just amazing.

Jang Woojin backhand has improved a lot. But still, this is a high wire act. I wouldn't be surprised if this goes 7 or we see a massive turnaround at some point because keeping up this level of effort for a best of 7 is more challenging.

Nah, the drill was 4-0. This was much more fun as a story, even if the ending was the same.

Men... if she could figure out how not to smash *sometimes* on forehand but her backhand was much more consistent. Fun match.

Since the top 5 seeds are Chinese and the 6th would be from Taiwan, he would still be seeded top 4 at the Olympics for example and likely get to play a top seed in QF at the WTTC (in either spot 5 or spot 7) so no difference there. I suspect that removing 500 points is not entirely fair to him...

Yeah but there is clearly something going on there, whether as training partner, he is currently her coach. It would be interesting to know more about him.

I get the fact that Felix isn't Asian helps with continental points but in terms of recent consistency in getting to Chinese opposition or losing only to quality opponents, Felix is also better. While he has gotten better this year, Harimoto has R64 losses in the last 12 months. Felix's lowest...

They are playing way too much. Has been covered elsewhere, but this year, there are too many events.

You are the office so you can label as you please. The point was that who has a better record than Harimoto, especially vs the Chinese, during the period you used to argue that Harimoto was a failure. As turbozed and Tony TT pointed out, while it is a good sign that Felix is more stable in his...