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  1. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    I have little doubt in my mind that if you replaced Ma Long with Xu Xin and Zhang Jike with Fan Zhendong, the results would have been the same other than that I can't tell you who will win the final.
  2. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    Whenever you tell me what you are smoking, I will try it out too.
  3. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    Jeoung Youngsik, Aruna, Mizutani and Ma Long. Hoping Xu Xin can do it next time.
  4. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    Terrible mistake on the part of ZJK.
  5. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    ML beat Zhang Jike almost as badly as he beat Aruna. CCY beat Aruna really badly earlier this year, so this is not about CCY playing someone he did not know. Even as people prepare for Aruna (and they did), the truth is that Aruna needs to play more top level players to get used to that speed...
  6. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    Your post is funny to me. It is almost like you are writing about another sport. There is no really rallying in modern table tennis. Everyone is playing for 3rd ball or 5th ball attack. The average length of points during most TT matches is 3-4 shots. The point is whether a player is...
  7. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    By the way, for people who do not know, CCY had beaten Aruna 4-0 the first time they played. The beating was so bad that Aruna told Bobrow that he felt like CCY just didn't let him play his game.
  8. Highlighted Matches from Rio Olympics 2016 - Table Tennis!

    You have to start disguising these videos soon or the youtube filters will catch your videos and suspend you for violation. Put a border around the video or open a fresh account and put some . I love your work so don't take this the wrong way.
  9. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    I think my careless statements make it unclear what I am saying. Ma Long will beat Aruna 40 times out of 40. But Aruna was playing at a level where it is reasonable to expect that he could have given someone like Dima or Freitas or Samsonov an interesting match. If you read my first post on...
  10. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    More quotes.
  11. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    From mytt translations Posted on mytt.
  12. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    Some of the things your write betray a level of intemperance that is puzzling. Injury before or after a match is different from injury during the match as that often affects the opponent as well. But in any case, I like your suspicion as it shows the level of respect you hold for Aruna and Boll.
  13. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    Just saw this. Maybe I am oversimplifying what I mean but what I mean is that Aruna needs to play more against these kinds of players. There are too many variables he needs to adapt to vs a regular player. Ma Long probably doesn't know, like I do, that Quadri and CCY have played before. In that...
  14. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    Glad to hear you say it so directly. People do not realize that some of this stuff happened in the Commonwealth games in 2014 in a celluloid ball tournament. The biggest change was that the head of the Nigerian TTF had started encouraging players to play Pro tours. That's part of the reason...
  15. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    My impression was very different. I saw Aruna using his athleticism to win the rallies. In fact, Aruna thrives on using his forehand in rallies so your statements are puzzling. In any case, I think we have very different perspectives on Aruna since I watch him closely as a Nigerian and you...
  16. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    I debated some of this on mytt and it is mostly true, but not 100%. In 2012, China could also have removed Wang Hao and sent Ma Long. But China has a tradition of sending World Champions and Olympic Champions. That is where Ma Long had not proven himself yet. Someone listed all the people...
  17. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    It is not consistent against whom? Again, the point is that when you have to recover, you either get faster or you measure your shot better. People evolve. If you can't return my forehand, why should I plan to recover? When I see it come back a few times, then I will get into the habit or...
  18. Post 40+, the highway to Quadri Aruna?

    So how many posts have people opened on Lebesson? Platonov? Or other similarly high level forehands with unique methodology?
  19. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    Fukuhara decided to conserve energy for the third place match.
  20. Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

    The youtube scanning devices that automatically remove videos have gotten smarter so you have to do things to hide the Olympic rings etc.
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