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He can but I don't think he will. Truls has been taken seriously by China for years even at the junior level. I would be surprised if they haven't figured out tactics that the rest of the world can learn from to defang Truls. The other thing is that FZD is the most consistent player in the...

I missed this conversation. I don't think it is fair to Harimoto to say he hasn't improved in the last four years. People who watch him in doubles and mixed doubles will see the difference and the fire in his forehand. Zeio brought up the fact that Harimoto's parents really hold him to high...

FZD is not as powerful as Hugo. That was one of the greatest power displays on the backhand diagonal that I had ever seen. Liang Jingkun's backhand got severely abused until they made it a short short game.

That was one of the most surreal matches to see live. I asked a friend of mine who coached whether Truls will change his philosophical approach to technique. He laughed and said he needed to watch the match but Truls probably gave up. Slapping loops and strawberry looping does look like it to...

Many people can loop with much smaller objects. We overestimate the surface area of the racket that we truly use.

The same Liang who beat FZD at the last WTTC and usually gives FZD a tough match? Who you visibly see ML and FZD show massive relief after beating him? In fact one could very well argue that strong forehand players don't do that much better against FZD and ML and the bottom line is that LJK is...

Everything looks good, everything can better. I like parts of the backhand but I think too much of the spin comes from elbow and not much from the wrist. But maybe if you did a chiquita the technique would change. The use of the back and hips, the most important thing for power, is extremely...

Ma Long must be very happy with the doubles gold.... something he always wanted... Fan and ML and continually shown in their matches that their level built for the Olympics was just not something of this world... makes me give extra credit to Dima and Lin for pushing them so hard...

Beijing has both teams in the men's doubles final. Can Ma Long really lose?

That might actually be better for him - after all, they are the defending world champions.

To be honest, ML and FZD were on another level throughout the whole tournament. Their match against each other was the best indication of this supernatural level. I hope ML makes it to Houston.

I heard that too, but I suspect he was looking for an excuse anyways. I think he still wants to win the Doubles with Xu Xin.

Another classic - hate to spoil it for anyone (I have already spoiled it for enough people).

ML vs FZD live now, FZD won the first game, tied 5-5 in the second. FZD clearly plays better with a coach in his corner...

MT Final streamed live: https://youtu.be/dpJ3EXbgATI

Very surprised here as well. TTD used to be great for Chinese events. Didn't know what I was missing until the usual suspects stopped their coverage (zeio, Jesperstef, and so many others I cannot mention for fear of misspelling their names now etc.)

Bought my tickets for the WTTC in Houston. It is a dream of mine to attend one of these so I was all over it when they said the event was being held in America - made the Women's World Cup in 2016 and I have been looking at going to a WTTTC since it has more matches and in a subtle way more...

The simplest way to understand what happened to FZD is to look at Ma Long's career before 2015, especially his record against Wang Hao. If Ma Long could repeatedly play like crap in the biggest matches of his career against Wang Hao, what makes it so far fetched for it to happen in the OG...

Happy you got to play him and enjoyed it. I think people who hang around Adam get a different appreciation of his playing style and attempt to popularize than people who see him on YouTube. Trust me he is playing to win but he wants to win with his style not with the way the textbooks think...