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Black and black, of course.

ITTF and CNT still in crickets mode?

Well, it wasn’t THAT brilliant. That can’t be it. :-)

I can't even manage a twohanded backhand when playing tennis. Or squash. Or badminton. It always feels awkward and limiting in mobility. It would add power and some extra guidance, I'd assume, but I'm too old a dog to learn new tricks there, I guess... sigh.

You witness their behaviour. Not calling the let when receiving, receiving all out, then showing dismay at the ball goes wide, accepting the miss — and only then jumping into dispute later on, reposltioning upon the umpirical confusion? That’s telling.

If I praised LSW for her feats now, then that was not while aware of any exhibits of extreme unsportsmanship on her part. If there are, then shame on her and her medals become meritless. If, then. What happened, prey?

We can agree to disagree about Persson. There’s room for that. No such leeway on the SYS/WMY abomination. I understand about wanting to win, but there are limits.

No, I don’t share your analysis here. And it’s in no way like SYS/WMY at all. Who were in perfect view of a clean service, and called only after the point was scored and noticing a waver of confusion between the umpires, jumping on it. This footage, in my opionion, shows a hard to tell edge...

This I can respect, with both players acting in full integrity and respect for the other.

Hey @usualsuspect, I had a custom blade made after my own design. I selected the composition, the materials, the thicknesses, the layer orientations, the way the layers of wood and composites were put together, and most importantly the shape, size of the handle — and the blade balance, by...

That is a good question. As of yet: crickets, I believe.

Entirely true. When I returned to the game it felt like playing in slow motion indeed.

I agree very much, but would like to point out one thing. The `social contract' under which we all just don't go to each other's throats immediately is based, eventually, in one tenet: that the actors living under its protection act in good faith, if only for strictly selfish reasons of...

They might have been great players. And yes, they might have won that final fair and square. But they chose another path. So they aren't, and they didn't. Instead of gold, they are just bringing back shame and dishonour home.

I feel your pain and share your sentiment. Don't think for a minute, though, that equipment disparity isn't a factor in other sports, like tennis. In horse racing, the equestrians don't get to ride the same horse. In car racing (which isn't a sport in my book, but then again some seem to...

That's only of you think a single moment of time should determine world ranking, rather than substantial performance over a window of time.

The Liner 2 looks like a gradual improvement over the Liner, which I found great already. Durable too, I’d say. Here’s the sole of my left Liner after +1 year of usage. My Mizunos were worn through at that spot months earlier.

"I'm going to gesture from the commentary box... I've left the commentary box to let the umpires know... I DID should down from the balcony... I'm going to give one more shoutdown"... that's dedication! In that same game Ding Ning shows character. At least, to me it looks like her walkout is a...

Yes, same thing indeed. I trust that this ended Yu Ziyang's TT career in eternal shame?

Not too make too fine a point of it, but if the umpire incorrectly grants you a point you can't correct that by conceding the next point. You'd need to concede two points: one for the point your opponent should have received, and one to make up for the point you got that you shouldn't have. If...