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TB ALCs generally run stiffer. But most players below a certain level probably can't perceive this difference.

Huang Yan Cheng: beats Liang Jingkun yesterday, loses to USATT 2550 Jann Mari Nayre today...

And that's why you never speak too soon about an upset in progress, but yes it was close to yet another shocker

Tomokazu too...after an Olympic nightmare

There are so many inexplicable upsets in this tournament that it's hard not to think there is something going on... I will get some info from players after the tournament probably...

Going to be stifled if she continues to be Bosman Botha's pet

Faraji up 701 in the fifth against LSD, 15-17. Unbelievable match, nothing like the WCQ one... In tears after the loss, gutted for him. CNT will be getting a lot of homework on hook serve receive...

K3 isn't tacky at all

Maybe you should finish watching...

Japanese players probably get some preferential treatment but the lower ranked ones not from Japan generally do not get customization, at least the ones I speak with

A lot of Xiom players in particular and non-Butterfly/DHS sponsored players breach their contract still in 2024, only a few unlucky ones get caught.

Butterfly doesn't sponsor the "bottom tier pros" but among the ones they do, the lower level ones don't get custom blades and rubbers. The ones who do are the ones that are around top 25 or maybe 50 in the world either currently or historically. I'm not sure what Talented Ams means.

Timo really fooled people into thinking that top Butterfly pros are using what everyone else does...lol

Because they are still scared of the Chinese team... it has cost them from closing out a few close calls historically, but awesome that they could do it on this day

It's not about a 14 year old beating Wang Chuqin, it's about Benyamin Faraji beating Wang Chuqin.

You are aware there is a big gap between "average player" and "not a top non-Asian junior"? Are you also aware that "junior" is not limited to U15 age group? Where is Faraji on the U19 list? 31. In a very flawed ranking system.

And Steven Moreno and Enrique Rios from PR (both around 2550-2600 USATT level) are top 10. Apparently some people think that gives them a fighting chance against WCQ. And some people who think that U15 means junior.

Yes it is, and the people I know who are familiar with or have played against both of them are equally perplexed. We are talking about a guy in Faraji who went 3-2 a year ago with a 2200 player from the USA, and has the following record against top juniors in the last year, and not it is not a...

Yes

Honestly not sure if he can beat the 2200 god Keith Lin at this point.