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Of all the bad losses a young Chinese player has had, this is the most shocking I can ever remember. Faraji is not exactly a top junior even by non-Asian standards. A complete implosion by WCQ. He forgot how to play. There's really no way to say that Faraji did anything that should have given...

Yep, the draft definitely turned out well so far and Nordberg and Lundquist definitely proved my initial predictions wrong, so he definitely got that part right if he was responsible for the draft. Players have more input into that than you think. I just feel bad for hearing him mic'd up giving...

I wonder if he picked them because they are Swedish or because he evaluated them to be the best picks, given that in one of his postgame interviews he said that he picked Omoda because she is from Japan which has a history of good table tennis players but he didn't actually know a single thing...

It seems like they are still struggling with converting the marketing/advertising into spectators. The only sizeable crowd was the finals in the same city, Chicago, and the Bay Area, where clubs organized field trips to the matches.

Then I guess there is no reason why any beginner should get emotionally attached to any goal that they set for themselves. I should've prefaced my comment that maybe it goes over well in casual clubs or with the retired/casual subset of players. Won't be the case for higher level players who...

No, a lot of recreational or amateur players, apparently like OP, see table tennis as a challenge and are in it for the sake of measurable progress, whether that goal is 1500, 1800, 2000, 2500... And it is weird and demeaning to say that anyone who is aspiring for or has reached their goals...

Really don't understand comments like this...as if people can't make goals and feel accomplishment because they aren't the literal best player in the world...

You will get better, it just takes time. A lot of time for most people. The game has a steep learning curve for beginners.

A couple of harsh truths: 1) Don't play J-Pen in this day and age. Simply no benefits to it in the modern game. 2) The game is not beginner friendly at all which is also why it doesn't grow. Unless you are talented and are working with a good coach, not just a coach, or both... you will...

Nordberg beat Lebesson 3-0. My point with Fabiola vs Vivarelli is that if you are going to have one of the weaker women in the league it doesn't make sense to use both an early draft pick and a foreigner spot on that player. It definitely takes some time though. Mo has definitely surprised me...

This. Which actually means they're not overpriced, because they bring the best combination of reliability, durability, and performance on the market, so they get to charge the highest price.

So far looking very wrong on Portland. Nordberg is way better than I expected. 3-0 Lebesson this weekend, who had been dominating the league in the early goings. Seattle has a good roster but their draft pick spent on Vivarelli hasn't yielded any better results than Fabiola could've given, and...

The coaches being mic'd up during timeouts really makes it even more obvious who the legitimate coaches in the league are, and who don't belong. Embarrassing to see Lillieroos often force timeouts upon his players even when they want to play through it, only for him to repeatedly have the...

Absolutely horrendous take in every facet. Size, strength and speed definitely give you advantages over your opponent. At all levels of the game, all else being equal, the stronger, more agile, quicker player will end up on top. Give them the exact same training and assume all their other...

So is LGY now finally on the way to semi-retirement or getting forced out of the main squad? Seems like there are several indications of that.

Lundquist and Nordberg are for real...Portland may actually have something brewing.

I'm not imagining it, commentator just said that last season, players leading 2-0 going into game 3 ended up losing the third game more than half the time...

And to wait that long to call the timeout when it was clear shit was hitting the fan...

Portland with the biggest Golden Game meltdown in MLTT history?

Not to discredit the game he took but I think it is underrated how new players to the league need to mentally adjust to the dynamic of playing out a third game after already winning the match. Throughout last season I noticed a lot of matches that looked like they should have ended in a sweep...