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Yeah because those old Portugese ladies know how to play choppers and block loopers. South Korea had better figure out whether its bench players are its best players like the trials said.

Come on, forget the ethnicity. It was great table tennis. And it seems that Madarasz is a good antithesis of Pota.

I think Dora Madarasz is easily my favorite player to watch in table tennis. I don't know why but her topspin style of both wings just makes me excited. Especially when she leeps it up against the nasty penhold blockers. Relentless topspin for the win!

Table tennis is illogical. The transitive property doesn't work. I thought if Madarasz could beat Yu and Yu was the team #1 that Madarasz would have no problem with Yu. Assumptions are the...

Looks like Hungary without Pota are going to beat Portugal. Which puts one more dangerous team in the final elimination for Korea to deal with. This is getting interesting.

Yes, and I consider them the favorites, but this team has more question marks than a team with Jeon would have. I can't imagine that they had absolutely no other topspin player who they trusted against defence than to play Suh Hyowon against a team with probably the best female defender in the...

Well the real problem now is that they have to deal with the Netherlands (which will at least not have an injured Li Jie), Belarus, Hungary, India, France etc. They are still the favorite, but their inexperience creates question marks where a team with Jeon would have not.

Looks like Potential (Shin) just won. Now Choi has to perform a minor miracle assuming Suh can level the match.

Hungary sweeps Belarus - I would never have predicted that - all 3-2 match scores.

It's a bit unfair what they have forced this team into. No Jeon Jihee or Yang Haeun who know how to do this in their sleep. They should have at least let Yoo Nam Kyu coach this team. That said, PRK is the worst draw you can get on the women's side.

So Shin Yubin didn't win a single match at the trials. That must be some potential.

Thanks. It would be nice to know all the players since the 5 you provided did lose at times to other players.

Yes they did.

If the beginner is committed, Timo Boll ALC with H3 Neo or a Mark V type rubber on both sides. If the student is cheap, Yasaka Sweden Classic with a Mark V type rubber or a cheap tensor on both sides.

You can't buy Butterfly products from TT11 if you don't live in Estonia (their Butterfly distribution region), I believe. That may be why you haven't gotten a response. They may not ship to you.

Are they scheming up another united Korean team effort for the Olympics? DPR being scheduled to play Korea in both Men and Women is a bit much...

Please share - I have intestinal fortitude and rectitude.

Well, as you said, Yoo Nam Kyu is gone so if this team plays both matches, it represents an acceptance by the new coach and possibly the whole Korean Association/team that the trials results as a whole were more fluke than form. I honestly believe that one-round single elimination trials are...

I hear you. I think the next match will give a fuller picture and then we can place our posts in context. I think what I should really have said is that this match by itself doesn't necessarily entail your conclusion.

Shin and more definitely Suh are part of the weakest team. Maybe you could argue that Choi and Shin are the doubles. But the other players not named Shin and Suh made it through the trials and are part of the strongest team. The real issue is that maybe the doubles pairing limits their...