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Intimidating your opponent doesn't require you to look at them. The loudness of the celebration is very annoying and you know that it is coming whenever you lose a point. In a game like TT, the close proximity to your opponent makes such loud celebrations on a consistent basis more annoying...

The point is that tension can be released after every point and that the celebration mechanism is designed to intimidate the opponent. Nadal may bounce the ball more on critical points but he isn't going to scream so loudly that it is obnoxious to his opponent. Harimoto is doing more than just...

Losing to good and illegal serves is part of the game. Playing someone with good legal serves helps you get over it faster. As you get better you see the ball better. The biggest issue is learning to topspin long and half long serves. And most serves below a certain level are long and half...

So we should just allow people to do anything that potentially improves how well they play?

"Nobody really knows" but I can tell you that feisty ex-pro players I have spoken to have said they would find a way to upset someone who did what Harimoto was doing, and would consider taking action themselves if the umpire didn't. It's easier to avoid being upset by stuff if you are a much...

Yeah, my wife recognizes Harimoto when he is on screen. Whether that is a good thing or not is up to each person to decide...

Yes, he has toned it down a bit - but it can still be annoying. And until the ITTF regulates it, it is within his right to do it. What I don't understand is why people are vilifying differences in opinion?

IT isn't this straightforward. Why do people like Ma Long and Xu Xin start choing more when they play Harimoto even if they don't cho as much when playing other people? It's one thing to cho during the tough matches but it is another to cho much more because you know your opponent's...

They decided to address it at the junior level. They thought about how to do it at the senior level but couldn't separate the grunters like Serena Williams from the singers like Azarenka and Sharapova.

WTA did something similar for women at the junior level so that it wouldn't continue into the senior sport. The question is whether it discourages viewers and to what degree.

The revelation of the tournament is that Harimoto has by a large fixed his forehand rallying issues. He still needs to I integrate everything a bit better but his counterlooping looked really good and as he gets physically stronger things will likely get better.

If he said that, the final flick FZD played was similar to the final flick ZJK played in 2014. That's my best guess.

ML looks sharp, I think we have to give credit to his opponent's ability to take the ball extremely early and give ML credit for staying in there and adjusting.

I agree that he doesn't look as good as he did in the Chinese tournaments. But I don't think Harimoto will be a problem unless Harimoto has gotten much better. And against Fan he can resort to default tactics, but he has also ceded that Fan should win more often and is probably yop9ng to get...

Jorgic has a very awkward game (think Bojan Tokic of sorts). Dima is someone Ma has played many times and who the Chinese team know inside out. I suspect a rematch with Jorgic would yield a different result in margin of victory after the coaches find places for Ma Long to target.

Yes, he plays a countering style with fast whippy strokes. He rarely goes off balance to generate power. Basically Oh Sang Eun.

She uses pips so she has an excuse...

Footwork still puny but forehand is better for sure. Clearly physical stronger.

I think Jorgic just played at a higher level than expected. Chinese rubber is usually slower than European/Japanese rubber. Harimoto I agree 100%.

Amazing rally in game 2 14 all, Calderano vs Jeoung...