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LGL was "promoted" to a role that has multiple people holding it in CTTA. It is a fast track to retirement according to some on mytt. No one really knows why. Friends of LGL have been protesting, just not-CNT players before now. Now, there is a CNT message on Weibo voicing protest and the...

Wow, Ma Long pulls out. Is there a mass protest in the name of LGL?

9-3 to 11-13 3rd set meltdown from Hina Hayata. That's all she wrote.

They gqve Xin and Harimoto their own special time when no one else seems to be playing - is the kid really that special?

Kids are miracles, it is not so much about winning but about improvement and whether the result is better or whether the CNT have planned for him more aggressively. He has the right game to beat Xu Xin (LGY style blocking and countering), he just doesn't play against that level of spin often...

Straighten your am for backspin and point it downwards. That should be enough for your topspin stroke to work against backspin. Think helicopter.

A famous athlete with a loud bark said Father Time is undefeated. He could have added that Time is undefeated both in helping young youth get better and helping older players get worse.

My point exactly. Other than world ranking, all other recent stats pointed to a Harimoto victory. Samsonov played well and it went to 7 games. Samsonov could have won. What else should we be asking for? Samsonov beating the kid like a drum when Xu Xin could not?

Your coach could have been Brett Clarke advertising the benefits of straight arm forehand over bent arm forehand.

The boy made it further than he did in the WTTC. It went 7 games. Is it not a reasonable result?

Come again? :D

My streaming stops working and all of a sudden, I use my cell phone and it is 1-1. Good job, Vladi!

The opponent has to fight back though. It looks like Samsonov is not even pushing himself. No noises from him.

Harimoto is growing up - this degree of celebration I can live with.

These registrations were done months in advance - it will be interesting to see what will happen with the Australian Open.

Trying to imagine German women going gaga for Boll... trying really hard...

Now you know why I play the range and breadth of opposition I do, though if I was healthier, I would also play more topspin players.

Yes. and thanks. He didn't do half the things that he could have done, but for me, I tried not to do half the things I usually try to do too. I was tired of trying to loop through him and looking like an idiot vs his junk balls when playing me. Me, I did not use my spinny service because I...

You will always have a chance to prove yourself, especially if you are as young as LJK. The idea that these guys are one and done is a bit overrated if you look at the history. The real issue is when you are beating teammates AND losing to foreign opposition and those teammates are beating...