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The issue of fairness is entirely the crux here. Feel free to make up your own issues or draw your own parallels but this would interest no one if they felt that what the WTT was executing was in the best interests of the players and the sport. These are not issues that I have heard voiced by...

He is allowed to play devil's advocate.

Was it easier? No. At least, not the spin dimension. The spin slowed quite a few people down. Back then though, the use of extremely fast equipment like has been built for the new balls wasn't in vogue. Yes there was speed glue and the game could be fast, but definitely not the kind of speed...

If you really care about tack so much, just use a protector sheet. The tack will increase.

Emil became a chopper relatively recently. I would be surprised if he was still stronger than Mikka when he switched to chopping

The thing is this: let's hear how the top players make money and on that basis decide whether it makes any sense for us to compare someone whose primary source of funding is his/her government or corporate sponsorship and probably has no children to someone like Quadri, who has to manage his...

Not entirely sure I agree, 2020 and 2021 were Covid affected, and the last two years have been the first full periods of the WTT with the current year having more activity bundled in than than most of last year. There has always been some degree of continental bonus in the system, Quadri has...

I have now seen it all. I can rest in peace now.

But playing less now impacts his ranking and his ranking is built into his opportunities to play and make money even if it isn't his primary source of revenue. So he will not make as much money if his ranking is reduced. It's definitely not straightforward.

So if he is not the weakest, who was the weakest?

I actually get a lot of spin with that shot and also have the option to countersmash as well. It is really about how you approach the ball , you can brush it it heavily without closing the paddle too much. But if your closed swing works for you keep doing it. I usually add quite a bit of side...

He has been playing defense for a while. I don't think it would have changed the outcome even if he played better.

I know a pretty strong player (2000+) who uses Flextra on both sides. It is extremely difficult to hit the ball past him, he uses flextra to block and counter topspins very consistently and the lack of power and spin on his shots also causes errors for opponents. A lot of equipment comes down...

Now he just has to win an event when the Chinese don't show up lol. And maybe one when they do. It is crazy though that Paris may not even be his real peak. But you never know what tomorrow brings, you just have to fight

Anyone who can summarize some of this stuff in English, I will be grateful. And anyone who can give a good overview of how to learn Chinese, even though I probably should surf Youtube and buy Rosetta stone for a serious answer, I am grateful as well.

One of the more common mistakes is to trust the length of the down the line serve - for me, a down the line serve must be *obviously* short for me to trust it, and if not, I will take the risk of letting the serve double bounce in order to attack it. Many players get a pass so often on their...

You forgot Harimoto... Hari-boy...

That's not the Chinese selection ranking list. And he is still ahead of all foreign players. So is he in some trouble, yes if Felix or Lin overtake him and there is no separation by association but right now he is still due for a top 2 seed at the Olympics and that is all he needs.

I can't say what his training regimen is but it is quite possible that he is giving Liang's age too much credit and his (Harimoto's) quality of training too much credit as well. Maybe Liang is just the better player because Liang has the better coaches, partners and training environment and...

I suspect by hit it, he doesn't necessarily mean attack but more likely means to go long. Quality (with all it's dimensions)and the reaction speed determine everything in table tennis so it isn't so much rules but patterns of play and the ability to find patterns that favor you.