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Buy me a crystal ball and I will let you know. Even our ITTF president doesn't have an answer. That's the beauty of our sport.

Guys, the DHS ball is a softer ball with a less consistent bounce. Over time, as you play with it, it becomes softer and less consistent. The bounce is also relatively low. I detest the ball, but it is what it is. People can defend it all they want, but I will be happier when that ball is...

Didn't you watch the North Korean team play against China? North Korea has two defensive players, including the bronze medalist. Liu Shiwen got to play the bronze medalist. And when Liu Shiwen plays against a defender, it is like the Incredible Hulk trying to pick up an ant - not a pretty...

You mean Germany's fight is over. Japan is the one that still has to fight Singapore.

That's like saying I can block with long pips at a 2000+ level. The question is always about practice - you don't play table tennis with verbal knowledge - you play it with accumulated practice. I can play with short pips at an 1800+ level. I am sure I would retain about 80-90% at least of my...

In fact you can spin the ball without brushing it, Shuki. You know that right?

Shuki, There is a difference between learning to brush the ball and learning to deal with spin. You know that right?

Ishikawa shows us why Song I (who beat Ishikawa) won the bronze medal. I was wondering how Japan would beat Han Ying but Ishikawa showed us how much her looping has improved and that it is not going to be just anyone who is going to beat her any time soon. She has definitely stepped up her...

Steger won direct qualification to the Olympics in Singles and didn't go only because Germany already had Dima and Boll. It would have been a near scandal to pick someone else over him, especially as Steger had also beaten Freitas this year. Fransiska is probably the alternate like FZD.

My theory is that he is tanking the doubles matches so that he can be the singles hero and get the ratings points.

You probably don't play at a high enough level to value the benefits of being low in TT. If comfort was what the top players were looking for, looping and bending their knees and practicing drills all day long is the last thing they would be doing, trust me. Starting lower than you are going...

It also helps you get into the habit of moving at the start of the point. You have more inertia to overcome from a still position.

Why a solution? Why not simply a concession to how many countries budget for the Olympics? The biggest stage for TT right now is the Olympics. IT is also true for gymnastics and a host of other events. If you want only teams to play that is fine. If you do not want to make any concessions...

The argument is silly. Remove the word "only", and the silliness of the argument reveals itself.

Sure, because you are always thinking about China. All the American sports you listed are team sports where there is only one country per sport (by the way, they would all love to be in the Olympics). In just about every individual sport out there, there is a limit of some kind on individual...

Whatever event you create, you have to limit the number of national entries into it. If creating more events allows for that sure. But it solved the problem in 2012 for Ovtcharov and in 2016 for Mizutani. Anyone who is pretending it did not solve the problem is just trying to be blind. The...

Which is why other countries like Germany have thin room for error. The people who do Olympic budgeting don't look at those details. They just say that there is no medal so they cut the budget. I remember them refusing to send Germans in tennis because they didn't expect medals.

I wish more people appreciated this when saying things like there should be 3 Chinese in the Olympics singles.

That was one of the best points I had ever seen. Watching it live, I had nothing but respect for both players.

He got a game. I missed the time so I got late to the match but that was all I wanted to see.