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On player styles I beg to differ, they are actually pretty uniform, but that is true for modern attackers in general. Obviously players have different strengths and weaknesses but the CNT largely all play the same style. Harimoto is very distinct as a player in trying to take the ball...

Possibly, but you are not in the position to determine the need or the details or assess the realistic nature of the proposition, since you don't have a deep understanding of his style (in fact, not even him fully does). The guy who is is playing the matches and training everyday, and of...

Coming to Teams this year?

You do realize that you are describing the #4 ranked player in the world, yes? The best non-Chinese player by some distance? Find some balance to reflect that you are describing the #4 ranked player in the world, and then we can have a respectful conversation about this.

Thanks for admitting the problem. Do you seriously agree with this?

"Everyone" on some level believes this is true, and no, it isn't primarily physiological, unless physiological is a very complex term which combines reaction time, anticipation, male playing power, and spin variation. But Harimoto has made it work far beyond what people thought was possible...

My favorite part was that he realized he had to use a new serve when things got tight. I hope this kind of innovation will continue because otherwise, you get too predictable in the tight moments. I am sure the analytics teams are already doing their work lol!

Mercilessly.

His expression has to be. Felix played as flawless a match as I can remember. The variation was just perfect and the speed and composure - clearly a problem and it is a nice to see his level translating directly to this matchup.

Oh well, he surived Yoshiyama. But Lebrun/Shidong? I guess I can be wrong about the blanking. But I think not...

Again, you are writing like someone who has never played table tennis. Table tennis technical development is largely an evolutionary process, you build on the existing base, you cannot destroy an existing base especially when it has produced significant success. It is not a revolutionary...

I understand what you are trying to say, but that is not my main point and I don't think it is fair to disregard my main point even if you disagree with it "just for arguments sake". China is doing just about everything it can to maintain its edge. They try to eliminate all the risk, they...

And the fact that you are pairing two lefties doesn't interfere with your thought process?

No problem, just remember as a late learner, the simplest way to improve is to learn to add spin to the ball, it is much more important that hitting the ball with power, and when learned, an easier style to play even if not as effective as it used to be. Once you master spin timing, then you...

Yes, the WTTTC in 2022 in Chengdu. Details matter...

If you want better input, you definitely need better camera angles as Carl pointed out - was just trying to help with fairly limited information.

I don't know why I try when you continue to make up stuff with your ERT approach. Even if we exclude Kanak Jha, Xin Zhou and Nikhil Kumar are hardly 2400 level players, even if they don't look super to you.

He probably is the best player. However, I do think the waiting period after you change nationality is very long, so it depends on how long he has had his citizenship for (assuming he does have it) and how old he was before becoming a citizen. Right now, his country can be listed as USA simply...

His next opponent is very serious business. If he survives that, then whoever he plays next should blank him. But I don't expect him to survive.

Yes, but the main point here is that WCQ is outperforming Ma Long in the race to Paris. That's nothing to do with stereotypes.