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You forgot one to-back :D.

Yeah, it is common "wisdom" to disregard LJK's actual performance level and focus on the hot player of the moment. Boy, he is a big ball of nerves, but he mostly comes through for the coaches.

Well, the last time, LYJ had match point. I wonder what counters the CNT will have for him. But if he beats LJK, it will be the first.

I think the next two matches have quick finish potential.

While he should retire soon, this is the last time I underestimate Timo Boll - I will just say I don't know next time I want to pick a winner.

You can beat this thing to death, but table tennis is not soccer. And even in soccer, Romario was a chain smoker, there are exceptions, the most important thing is whether your performance is up to par or not. The point is not to advocate for complacency, the point is to be the best version of...

If you say so. Professional athleticism is fundamentally evolutionary, so you have to build upon what already exists, anyone who has followed the career of Liang Jingkun knows that this is close to the best physical shape he has ever been in. But people who just want to talk without knowing...

Well, I guess the good thing is that he is still a top 5 player and 3 time world championship bronze medalist. At a certain point, you have to accept what you are and just make the best of it. He is fit relative to prior versions of himself yet people still fat shame him on the Internet even...

Don't be fooled, there are reports of Timo having the same injury he had in Houston. And the longer this game goes on, the better for Liang. Timo will get tired after all this whether he wins this game or not.

Yeah, but it is amazing how hard it is for her to stably win points when they start rallying with her. After game 3, you felt the match had a foregone conclusion.

Nah, the reason is not the Cybershape. There are many players who use the Cybershape who play chiquitas, one can look at Jon Persson as one example. If you actually remember Truls game well before he started using the Cybershape, he didn't backhand loop or play the chiquita so it is...

Which CNT players has he played and how do you define "not been very good"? Whose results vs the CNT in the top 20 in Europe or Asia have been very good by comparison?

The hand often follows the ball even when it has left the hand, this is why many decent tosses look worse because many people are looking at the separation as a measure of toss height, while physically, it is about where the ball initially left the hand.

But that is the serve that Timo typically does, it never looks right, but people underestimate what 6 inches really looks like.

It was definitely in China or East Asia if my memory s credible. The alternative is that I dreamed up the whole thing. But there were measurements of ball speeds and things like that.

Liang knows how to play Timo and has experience doing it, so I agree with you. Timo's run is amazing though, it's been crazy what he has been able to achieve.

Those latter players don't beat him because of forehand quality, they are just faster and better players, but I think Truls is working on his backhand quite a bit so it would have been worth it to see him play them and see where he is in the process

That's one interpretation. Let's just say that in my experience, the toss rule is one of the most misinterpreted rules out there and the way it is encouraged to be interpreted has been shown to be wrong on camera as a standard. Ad the same event that they introduced Hawkeye and Hawkeye...

Not sure i can agree. He did pretty well in Super league and is known for ability to gain advantages in touch play. He has beaten Liamg Jingkun betore. His game has its issues, but it is not fair IMO to argue that a player that is clearly working hard on expanding his game is stagnating when...

The problem is the quality of the serve and the player using it, I have to give WCQ his due on that one. WCQ has a strong forehand so the problem is that the third ball is at a level where you are helpless, generic returns are not going to cut it, while they very well might against someone like...