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If we are going back to 2017 to decide what should happen in 2020 without weighting such events appropriately, something is not right.

Had Kato missed out on the WTTC and T2, she would probably.have played the Challenger tour more and had more points. Hayata is a good player no doubt, but it gets tiring hearing how she has it so hard and others have it so much easier. Hayata has a lot of growing up to do and she has her...

Everything is unfair when Hayata doesn't qualify.

Do whatever you want. But IMO, you don't need to change anything. Join TTEDGE.com and learn the fundamentals of advanced technique. I have seen 2200 players use rubber they haven't changed in 3 years to hit quality topspin.

While we are at it, we could have Hashimoto and Sato playing doubles and Hayata or Kato playing singles. Wouldn't China prefer that?

I can take a match of James. I have to be healthy to do it but I can see myself doing it. When I played him at Cary Cup, I wasn't fit and I got a game. He would beat me most of the time but I have the game to beat him.

I have played quite a few guys whose main weapon against me is their lobs. The key thing is that they mess around with your level of practice against lobbing and they play different spins to mess with your timing. I have a decent forehand smash too but I appreciate the difficulty created by...

You don't sound like someone who has played a really good lobber in good lobbing conditions. Trust me, Jun Mizutani didn't just lob for nothing.

People may not know this but home court advantage is a huge deal. I heard that in Seoul, the Koreans had their players stay close to the venue and forced other players to commute a longer distance. Not saying that such stuff will happen in 2020 but home court matters.

Of course. But I didn't look at one match. I looked at a variety of opponents who both Kato and Ishikawa and Hayata had played and noted that when Kato or Ishikawa did well, they were not given credit even though these were precisely the same opponents that Hayata struggled with. The problem...

Not sure why you quoted that but I will let others figure it out. Sounds like Ishikawa is close to certifying her position in Olympics singles.

Classic zeio. Using a 2018 match to make a 2019 point.

When I say multiball, I don't mean him just feeding you. That is also a waste of his time and qualify. I mean playing out specific sequences or patterns repeatedly. The biggest one is letting him open and you defend. It is just hard to get repetition using only one ball. I would push long...

It is only my opinion but it is a pity you can't do multiball I think you are under utilizing the coach. I would not even try to return his serve, I would focus on reading it. Then I would do multiball and push to him so he can open and I try to counter. You played some amazing points but not...

I think in general, if you want to try a carbon blade, you need to be someone who has stable technique and trains a lot and you also need to use something that you know is different and why you are using it. To me, none of the blades you listed give you the carbon experience so I am not sure...

Sure. But Ishikawa beat Qiang Zhang more convincingly than Hayata ever did. And Miyu Kato beat Li Jiayi more convincingly than Hayata ever did. At some point, you need to accept that Hayata still has major gaps in her game and stop putting down those people who have other gaps but get the job...

Thanks, flatstyk. Part of good coaching (though some coaches lack the experience) is to talk you through the limitations of equipment. The thing is that most differences feel great or crappy in the beginning then things start to level off. But beginners are concerned with consistency and this...

Yeah for a player at the very top, 100 rating points is a huge deal. For most of us, it doesn't really change our results vs most of the people we play except our peers who are very close to our level. As for whether to start with an all wood blade, I am no longer sold that the justification...

It is often said and possible true but rarely proven. I thinking a player is properly coached, material becomes far less important. And in the end, material adds or subtracts at most 100 USATT points which is big in the short term, but not that big a deal in the long term of a career.

No this is incorrect. The push has backspin if you use inverted rubbers, the degree of spin depends on how much of the incoming spin was retained on the push.