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Wow!!! The 9-5 point is sick, 6th game!

He didn't win the game, and therein lies my frustration because he didn't take the prior game seriously enough.

The 3rd Set pf LJK-Boll has to be one of the best displays of 2 winged super looping that I have seen in my life.

Coming back from 3-8 down to take game 2 - Rosskopf and Timo still haven't solved that problem. Now LJK is looking like FZD!

The Japan on Japan action.... scary.... But I like it!

We are getting into Sharapova vs Azarenka territory....

I am both very happy and a little sad for you that you did, ZJK's interview was a pleasure to watch and extremely thoughtful. 100 thanks for the translations. Set up a patreon page some time.

Saki Shibata over Zhu Yuling.... maybe Japan has hope after all...

For me, "win" is not the same thing as "destroy". And LJK doesn't destroy FZD, and when you play people over and over, things like serve and reading the game go out of the window, and those are the things that Timo forces you to do. I keep telling people that it is not about finding rhythm, it...

Destroying some one like Timo is really hard. Timo is really good and really versatile so people who destroy him usually are very versatile and LJK has to prove that as Timo adapts better than anyone I can think of to the pace of play. So you have to be ready when Timo tries this, then this...

Liang Jingkun making Gauzy look like a beginner.

Yes. I think that this was a good match for ZJK as I think it will help him commit to adapting if he wants to continue. The serving strategy was also clearly incorrect for this opponent. He needs to serve into the wide backhand much more. It was toooooo easy for Harimoto to get the...

Harimoto has improved his forehand quite a bit. It is clear that his speed of play is too fast for ZJK. Looking like 4-0.

This is where LGL would tell ZJK that they are no longer in the practice hall and the match has started... the tactics of Harimoto are obvious... not sure what the tactics of ZJK are yet.

Ito was the favorite, but I didn't know it was going to be *that* ugly. It was even worse that what Ishikawa has been doing. The funny thing is that if Ito becomes Japanese #1 as she currently seems to be, does that change the dynamic of the team since she will be the main singles player and...

That was mind boggling - Sun Yingsha is going through something for sure.

Some of it is bad luck - in one tour event, he beat CNT back bencher Xue Fei 4-3, but then went on to lose to Bastian Steger 1-4. I think that was the one where I really felt for him. I think LGL analyzed his loss to Fan Zhendong as a commentator and there is a translation online. That...

Ageing as a penholder is not fun.

Pitchford has done much worse in ITTF tour events than Calderano has. With the new ranking system, having one or two good matches is not as important as going deep in the draw. As far as I can remember, Calderano has had two strong ITTF tour results this year in the Hungarian and Qatar Opens...

Fine. I removed my Nigerian Hex - he did it in 5 and your toe should be fine now!