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It was a bit obvious at that match that Hirano won that Hayata was dealing with injuries, just as Hirano is now, though Hirano's are not as severe. I know we like to make things not a done deal, but to me it would take something extraordinary for Hayata to lose a match in this event.

Everyone is below Hayata's level even if they play good points against her. She just needs to show this form in international matches against the big names.

The pattern is too broad, especially on the forehand, for a very good player - my wear patterns are similar, but I find that my backhand wear pattern is better and more high level than my forehand wear pattern, which I am trying to improve by catching the rubber more and more in the sweet spot...

Getting the confidence to open on backspin takes time. That said, it is rarely a swing issue and mostly always a legs issue - if you can squat/lunge and get low enough to play the stroke vs backspin, almost all the mystery of backspin disappears. Quality serves give you more time and...

I think you might have won on other days (after all, the first two games were very close), but your technique and your movement are not at a point where you shouldn't have struggled, though I respect your pride in saying that. Losing to guys like this is part of the improvement process and I...

The player I remember most prominently as a tennis player playing table tennis was a 2200‐2300 looper with a forehand dominant style and a lousy backhand. So the tennis player reference is more about style than playing level. I just don't want to focus on tactics but Wright67 will own the guy...

This was the original video I wanted to post for you. You don't have to do this tomorrow - what causes injuries in TT is rushing things. Just watch it, look at the wrist exercises and build the strength over time to be able to play with that wrist and finger flexibility. Again, this is a process.

You must like tennis players, that is what his opponent was.

Ultimately, the fingers over time have to become strong enough that the racket is held more by the fingers than by the palm. I suspect most of your issues are because you have too much of your racket in the palm and then squeeze too tightly with the fingers.

Yes. It just takes awareness of where you are on the handle and what kinds of angles you need to create. Because some players just make angle adjustments with the wrist, others with the swing path, most more realistically some combination of both. But the fingers and the wrist are the easiest...

Good match to post. I write a bit too much so I will try to make a quick comment here. You missed a lot of serve returns because you don't naturally adjust to the sidespin. And a few times, you don't read whether the server cut under the ball (closer to the tip) or behind the ball (closer to...

This is exactly why Jun Mizutani never really liked T05, he was the driver behind the development of T64. So you are in good company. Not everyone likes to play topspins almost all the time.

The guys who tilt their waist without using sufficient leg lunge risk back injury if they use their back to generate too much because the spine can only go so far in certain directions. Injuries have been a huge part of Timo's career so we need to be careful what technical lessons we adopt...

The video is awesome - her use of the body is not debatable. Her opinion on the forehand followthrough, well.... That said, there is no one way to do anything in TT. But I would argue that what she is saying there probably applies more to hitting than looping and there are reasons people salute...

Tsubasa, this video is a good tutorial on what I am talking about. It gets harder if the blocker has good footwork but hopefully the concept is clear. https://youtu.be/RoIXkAAaXyw

Seth posts tutorials and training videos as well as match videos with commentary. Here is his latest:

There are at least a couple of options, one is a hook (which is very difficult) and the other is similar to a snake shot by Bobrow/Gauzy but has a more violent trajectory.

I agree, the main thing I try to do is get people to stop focusing on putting the ball on the table and try them to get into the habit of adapting in practice. I detail too many instructions, but they aren't really instructions, they are just ways to tell you that you don't have to hit the ball...

The pain of missing the table holds lots of learners at all ages back. My instructions are always the same. 1. Think broadly in stoke paths defined by where you start your racket and the relative angle, where you contact the balm and the relative angle and when you finish your stroke and the...

BTW, since I forgot to mention this, having a short and whippy backhand that is deceptively spinny is an incredibly good and effective thing. In TT very often, it is better to have a stroke that is deceptively spinny than to have a stroke that is absolutely spinny - people not adjusting for...