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Nivekkan is the typical philosopher playing table tennis. All about imagination, less about practice.

If so that is really dumb. In reality every rubber has its own playing characteristics that are not 100% analogous across brands without systematic measurement. Using just sponge hardness rather than overall performance is ignorant.

You are 100% correct but I think he has finally realized that there are players who he will not be able to beat consistently unless he opens and counters with the backhand. The Gauzy loss was probably the last straw.

Part of the reason the draw to the forehand strategy works is that Xu Xin was always looking to play a forehand and unwilling to open with his backhand so he had to cover larger distances when given the forehand. I think the Gauzy result will be hard to replicate but we will see.

I think the interview is outdated. What Xu Xin is doing with his backhand now shows he finally understands what this plastic ball is about. The interview was more relevant for when the Chiquita still had some single shot effectiveness for point scoring with the crappy DHS balls and low bounce.

The other thing to realize is that backhand technique has changed. Xu Xin is not playing the same backhand Wang Hao did. Wang Hao like I said was a very different player.

Coaching is not the Same thing as playing. Wang Hao and Xu Xin are very different players. While this is also specularion, the fact that Chen Qi is now Xu Xin's coach and is getting through to him technically shows that we sometimes teach best what we don't/didn't really do.

Yeah, it has been obvious for a while that Sun Yingsha, to paraphrase Ian Marshall, is in the ascendancy. Ito was saying nothing special to anyone but maybe fans who wanted Ding Ning to play singles.

There are enough CNT players in the event which can beat the best JNT players even with the withdrawal of the top seeds that your analysis presupposes a lot based on seeding. Everyone still needs good luck with their specific draws to avoid CNT players in earlier rounds, including CNT players.

Lin Gaoyuan didn't play the Team Event... amazing... FZD looks like a schoolboy despite being the defending champ - that he couldn't defend/neutralize LGY's Chiquita was a bit depressing.

That's not the impression people give me watching him at tournaments. He trains everyday and pretty hard. Even on match days.

Only if you think he looks like a schoolboy making the ATTC semis... Harimoto still looks lost. Not clear if he is growing fast enough...

Xu Xin is making Harimoto look like a schoolboy...

Go to a slower blade and set up. It is always worth it. You can always go back.

It could just be that you don't have the right serve. But you need to have recovered into place as the ball bounces on the opponent's side. The serve quality with height, depth, spin and deception plays a big role. Serving into the opponent's middle while keeping the ball short can prevent...

Usually, a looper should serve short with topspin or backspin, double bounce short unless the opponent loops really well over the table or attacks long balls well, in which case you serve really short if the opponent cannot push. If you want the ball to come to your forehand, serve into the...

They really should try Hirano - Hayata. That might be special.

Since I have time, let me comment. First of all, you really should have won the 4th game. I don't know whether it is because you lost the match or because you don't have a lot of experience playing certain styles that you feel he returned your serves well - I suspect the issue is partly that...

I was thinking more the Sweden Classic and Extra.

The match is on Sunday.