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Yes. Most Japanese players have been sponsored by Butterfly or Nittaku at one point or another, especially as juniors. What's your problem specifically?

Ye, when he was younger.

Yes. The fact that Pesotska had beaten Han Ying says something about her skills vs defence.

For me, a lot of stuff has been going on outside the TT world. In TT, ever since my "retirement" for health reasons around April I believe, I have mostly not done anything TT related other than record a few matches while visiting a few tournaments. I do post on forums sometimes and watch high...

Liang Jingkun is also noted for lacking cleverness and has better technique and power than Fang Bo. In the end you are what you are. The presence of coaching at these events makes the cleverness less of a factor and technical differences become more critical.

Who won?

I think it is because some JNT members use it. Also, the new ball has made that generation more playable across the board even Hexer and Genius.

Point of the year for me.

MX-S lacks the kind of rebound you need if you are used to fishing and lobbing away from the table. I would be surprised if you liked being that active on every shot but if you do, stick with it. I also prefer the arc of Omega V Asia for the same style but the effort can be discouraging. That...

Taking the ball earlier when you are taller is not easy unless you do the work to get into a low stance like a professional player. Most of us realistically lack that, and when you are over say 5 ft 8, it gets markedly harder. Taking the ball early as a looper is a short man's game. I find it...

I wouldn't go that far. He was injured during the WTTTC so he played below his level. But he is coming back and I would put him in the top 20, just needs more matches to get back into the top 10.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was another Sebas incarnation.

zeio must be in shock. Kasumi actually beat someone who beat Mima Ito - kishikawa syndrome in overdrive!

Money can solve participation for the lower level players, but it doesn't for the top players who may cherry pick how often they play for personal reasons. It's part of the reason why the TT tour has participation requirements - money is important, but it isn't everything. See Roger Federer as...

You can build one or use Ratings Central. In sports like table tennis, such rankings discourage participation in tour events.

The guys from the UK would tell you Pitchford. Though I found it interesting that the punch serve disappeared vs ZPF.

Yes, she is the sports/movement psychologist.

These things can be fixed with a culture of enforcement but it seems that people are somewhat satisfied with the ugly grey area we currently have. In any case, it is worth pointing out the impact on the match quality every once in s while especially when one player is serving with visible...

We know zeio has a bad bout of Kishikawa disease. It's a disease where all bad things are done by Ishikawa and all good things are done by anyone on the JNT under the age of 20.

Blatantly illegal and repeatedly so. I didn't focus on Wen Jia but I could see how Ito wins so many points on serve and attack or just outright serve.