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China got a new enemy today, his name is Kazuhiro Yoshimura. I was a bit disappointed he could not win u21 and I am sure they will neutralize him eventually. Will fun to see such players when Mizutani is acting like his Olympic bronze completed his career.

Ranking is about participation and performance, not playing strength.

Wow, at 3-1 8-7, Kenta enters a time machine and starts playing like his 2013 version with amazing blocking!

Read the whole original post again if this is how you understand his intent.

Yes. She is proving her rating.

Agreed - a 13 year old backhand oriented player going up against a 20 year old with one of the best backhands in the CNT - not a good matchup and it was more competitive than it could have been.

Team and doubles titles count for the requirements, so the hardest requirement is really the coaching one, as coaching a player to a championship is a commitment. Ma Lin kinda got cheated out of the opportunity with Ma Long unless they give him credit sitting in China, but Wang Hao couldn't do...

If you have ever beaten someone you always lose to when it counts, you know that is not how it works. Even the ones that didn't count, you will pretend to others that they don't count, but you know what it really meant to you. And this one counts. It is not WTTC but it counts. If it didn't...

What I found most interesting was that I had used (and liked) Big Dipper on the KJH but wasn't willing to commit (I don't like how tacky rubbers block when I play players I can block down without moving). KAris H kinda feels like that but I will practice a bit today. The KJH has the hardest...

Dreams, good or bad, are just dreams :D.

Played much better when I hit with it. I used it in 2.0mm, which is my preference when using hard sponges. It didn't have catapult so my blocks and short counters were off, but the spin was great. Will test a bit more. It's either going to be H or M+ on forehand and M+ or M on BH.

Good that you were patient enough to provide the details. Most of the U15 buys in China get their ratings/rankings when they play the World or Asian Cadet championship. As for whether their method or the Japanese method produces the better players, who knows? China is usually so far ahead in...

And if LJK too also honestly believed he won the point, and the umpire ruled for him, and they were both honestly but incompetently wrong (I don't place too much stock in how the ball comes off, it is really up to the players to agree, though I agree bouncing upwards is clear and bouncing...

The umpire couldn't see well when making a call that he was closer to than LJK was ?

And he couldn't be reporting his honest opinion because... And the ump who is supposed to make the call agreed with him because...

I think the topsheet grip actually goes away/gets a little worse but since it isn't the dominant element in how the rubber produces spin, you don't care about it. The mechanical grip is surprisingly stable and after getting used to it over time and rebuilding your technique for deeper impact...

You are funny.

Agreed. I am just saying that it is unlikely the lack of a title will let him downplay the significance of the matchup should it occur. When Ma Long lost his one at the China Open, he didn't give any excuses either.

Never change those sheets. I changed mine and I wish I never had, so I am no changing the current ones until something forces me to.

Keep using those sheets. I made the mistake of changing mine and as much as I like my new sheets, I have to break them in to get the feel of the old ones. I will never change my current sheets until they die. I suspect R42 is what will be most like Karis, BTW. R47 is a bit of work but I...