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It looked like side to me, but that call is almost always an edge on principle.

Kallberg pleasantly disappoints by beating a fellow disappointer!

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There is no magic beyond experience. If he enjoys playing, he will figure it out. If not, he will stop well before or even after he figures it out. The biggest thing is to help him enjoy and reflect upon the process and rewards of his efforts. There are too many kids who end up hating the...

I always love it when I see amateurs in Korea looking like amateurs in the US or any other westernized country and then think about the TJs out there that obsess over looking like pros....

Awesome to see the quasi-sister-choppers back on the circuit. Hoping they play doubles as well.

Pucar looked really good.

Nah, it's Liu Guoliang.

I can't look psst Noshad's serving today, especially against a clean server like Truls.

Thought this might be helpful to explain why good players do this impractical drill

Good. Placement over power for point winning drills. Because of recovery demands, it is better to hit with power if you are hitting away from the player or to a disturbing locarion but to hit with spin when you are playing to the player. Not 100% but it usually makes sense. Because as you get...

Just don't get so locked into each other's quality that you aren't challenging your self on 20% of the practice points. As in, while maintaining consistency, do sometimes push for max power or max spin or max placement. Also, do a few drills that are focused on doing things that affect the...

When I broke USATT 2000, I went back to the basics for 6 months to fix my forehand. That gave me a different respect for control and fundamentals. I already had that respect, but it made it a bit harder for me to understand the attitude of people who hit balls during practice but spray the...

Yeah, prepare for the short serve and be ready to step back if it is long. This makes more sense than preparing for thr long serve then having to come over the table if it is short. Obviously the first bounce of the server determines this as well as their serve speed

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Where are you watching this? Can't find on YouTube....

Still pretty high, though Suthasini is more realistically closer to the #2 player than the #3 player in the group. A lot will depend on Sawettabut-Wang, if Amy wins a game or 2, Mima will be fine, Mima will only be under pressure with a 4-0 win by Suthasini as Mima should easily beat Amy, who...

Yes, it is exactly the ratio of spin to speed that affect the angle of incidence , so the contact gets too much topsheet and too little sponge and the reaction sends the ball upwards. I now have opponents who have played me enough that they often push to my forehand and immediately I loop the...

Different but related organizations. I have made the analogy before that the ATP and WTA is to ITF what the WTT is to ITTF (limitations around prize money and true source of money in tennis vs TT notwithstanding). While all ATP events are ITF events, not all ITF events are ATP events...

To counter some misinformation - the reason why slow spinny loops are hard to block, especially as loops against backspin, mostly for new and intermediate players and depending on quality, advanced players, are because of the angle of incidence of the ball into the rubber tends to mess up the...