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My response was very appropriate. You really should consider how silly her statement is. My silly statement was just pointing that out.

A lot of guessing in your opinion too. The birth defects and lower back injuries of ZJK are on record. You don't know the severity of an athlete's injuries or what he can do to treat them. I am basing my experience on having congenital knee and spinal defects and knowing how rhet ha e hurt...

I can but I don't negotiate with terrorists. Have a good day.

You can blame people who like to act as if there is only one truth and the people they are talking to are stupid.

The kind of back pain ZJK had has ended TT players careers. That is all I am going to say about it. He could probably have taken more time off with better medical advice but no one really knows how to treat these things in the context of high level sports performance so he was probably advised...

Of course I have listened to alternative thoughts. Have you? You can't act like your way is the only way. And remember that your way doesn't impact the field for other countries, which mine does. The field is still the field as a stronger field can find it easier to eliminate a problem...

Well what about you? You claimed that ML said he lost to Wang Hao because of technique not because of mentality. Have you corrected yourself since Zeio has quoted otherwise? Everyone makes mistakes. But some people own up to them.

Thanks. I thought it was just me. He makes my point for me every time. He just doesn't think someone can be as biased as he is about Ma Long for someone else.

Ever played with a lower back injury, which is the predominant injury that Zhang Jike had?

So you think the internal.competion aspect is the only dimension and not the fact that more players from better TT countries get to play? So you think that the Olympics tournament is harder to win because China has more internal competition and only gets 2 spots instead of 3? Same with...

You make it sound like all injuries are the Same once you decide to play on.

There are many ways of measuring the quality of a field. You are using one but there are others. Can you compare a field in which the top 7 Chinese players can make WTTC with a field where only the top 5? Same for Germany or Sweden? Japan and Korea? Lim Jonghoon couldn't play this year for...

Of course it is not moot. If it was moot, then players would never need to adapt to rule changes. This is why we sometimes talk about eras. Obviously the logic is lost on you.

Not reaching for straws. In fact I would argue that you are just a Ma Long sycophant. The argument has the same level of value. Changing the ball or the material subtly changes the skills that are required to dominate. In fact, Wang Liqin failed quite a few racket tests trying to get his...

Maybe he was as good but the plastic ball just made the backhand easier to play. Even players who had crappy backhands like Par Gerell developed better backhands with the plastic ball. Dima pointed this out as one of the things that changed as more consistent plastic balls were developed...

I could just as well argue that the spin on the celluloid ball was harder to control and made mastery of the serve return and rallies much more difficult. The problem is that if you already have an answer in mind, most of your logic will justify the answer. Zeio also brought up the 7 per...

In tennis, there are a lot of changing historical criteria (Australian Open was not always a well regarded slam, and number of slam titles were not a measuring stick till after Sampras retired). Federer is great, but Nadal and Djokovic have arguments, from H2H to versatility or surface specific...

Well let's make a case for prime Wang Liqin or Zhang Jike. They won WTTC champs in the cell ball era in field in which Ma Long participated. Ma Long won his with plastic. Therefore I take those 2 over Ma Long because I don't consider plastic results on the same level. They also beat their...

Just play and practice and focus on shot quality. The more you practice, the more you will adjust your grip to produce the optimal ball quality. No one plays with exactly the same grip or grip pressure on every shot. Test tips but focus on ball quality.

Agree 100%.