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Hahahaha... Niwa needs that....

The short game and confident blocking game is still very important and that is where I usually give up, because the faster blades make it harder to feel the ball when you are looped at under pressure. Ultimately, it comes down to your confidence in the blade and how it plays across a range of...

I 100% agree. I am looking for the right balance between risk and reward. The good thing is that the website, ttgearlab.com, does some interesting testing that I am using to think through my blade choices. I am also learning what I like in the inner plies which I never took seriously (ayous...

The biggest lesson I have learned from testing all these blades is that I like flat handles. When a handle is too fat, it places too much stress on my arthritis and my fingers. In fact, everytime I have shaved a handle to make it flatter like a Korbel, or if it already has that flatness, I...

Congrats to Ishiy. Also congrats to Alto, who beat Monteiro, Madrid and Jha, all victories that were hard earned against players who are generally strong players in ITTF tour events.

This isn't an Olympics qualifier.

Lily wins gold in all 4 events - WT, XD, WD, and WS! Excellent!

Portugal beat them and took their place on the podium. The Yu Fu - Han Ying matchup doesn't favor Germany so I suspect they took a sub with Mittelham to rest Han and expected Solja to win her matchup with Shao Jieni. You know the rest as Petrissa had an epic choke to lose the match from 2-0 up.

I agree with you though you have to remember the quality of the shots they are facing vs the quality we face.

I thought you were making a good joke, until my friend told me his mother thought he was watching porn!

I think Dima is using this blade. Going through the whole story about losing to Samsonov and looking for something with more feeling to lie in a review is a bit too much.

https://butterflyonline.com/Templates/BladeSpecifications.pdf If you look at that chart, the Balsa Carbo X5 has less speed and less feeling than a Primorac. That blade appeals more to people who like to use their own power (extreme control) and don't care about feeling the ball per se because...

She has a good lefty partner and she does attack serves - her footwork and forehand are still issues. Sunday will be interesting.

All American mixed doubles final on Sunday as Lily and Kai and Amy and Nikhil both remain undefeated.

I had a credit at a store that I could use to buy the Hadraw. And I generally don't like custom stuff as I can't benchmark it.

A bit disappointed that Darko couldn't finish the job but it is okay.

Congrats, DE. Long overdue and well deserved.

That is still enough. You need to strong singles players to win a teams matchup. The third player can lose matches. Chen is much stronger than people have noticed, I have been impressed with his backhand improvement.

Amy Wang isn't very good at doubles so that will be interesting.

The idea of precedent is interesting but I guess people don't want to look at the big picture. China does such stuff all the time.