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MA Long simply too strong.... congrats !

I suffer also from the same problems than you, really. Many matches i could not close because I felt nervous with my service having not enough spin or variation, or starting to worry about my receive. After, when watching videos, I think this is mainly a mental problem. If we're up 10-7...

its not easy to re-train the brain when we've been playing such a long time with so many bad habits. But we should simply not give up. I had the same problem in my BH block. too often the racket was upwards, it worked ok against lower players or against speedy attacks, but if the ball was...

yesterday, unusually for a Saturday evening, I went to my local club because a buddy was coming anyway, even if we could play only 1 hour. still I'm happy of the experience. 1 hour is short but if done seriously and focused, one can take a lot of good. I actually now think its better to go...

So its not going to be 100% Chinese Sunday: in Men's thanks to ZJK illness we will have a special guest (CHUANG or NIWA). MATSUDAIRA confirmed that he is back in form, perhaps at his best level ever, unfortunately we know how his match ended... In Women's there were 2 big upsets (WU Yang and...

I hate flat hitters, they are usually tough opponents. You have to be active, for example try to always give topspin to make the ball lower and more difficult to control. Counter-hitting is difficult. Simple blocks are often not effective against this style. I used to be a flat hitter in my...

Zjk showed that even sick and injured he can beat the likes of apolonia

haha i was right Dima out ! not much surprise to me...

Apparently WU Yang and ZHU Yuling will start training with the para-team from Monday...:cool:

Yes, memory is short. People would remember him for his current embarrassing defeats instead for the great player he has been all along. btw i'm a huge fan. Sampras retired when he won the US open. That was the best time....

the surprise could come from ZJK vs NIWA. NIWA can play superbly or play very poorly depending on his mental state. ZJK is sick and a bit injured, NIWA can be a tougher opponent than APOLONIA. I'm not convinced OVTCHAROV will win that easily against YOSHIDA. I don't know this guy very well, but...

Since the Olympics and the China Open, Samsonov's results are going downhill fast. World Cup 2016: loses his first match contre LEE Sangsu European Championships 2016: wins Matias KARLSSON then loses GARDOS (!!) ITTF Grand Finals 2016: loses 1st match to MURAMATSU Hungarian Open 2017: wins...

Do you think they agreed to play expedite rule before that point ? that would make sense...

Ishikawa again lost 0-4 to a Chinese, WANG Manyu today... The odds of a Chinese Sunday are increasing... (unless they play some doubles on Sunday...)

already over for Japanese superstar HIRANO. She had a tough encounter with a young Chinese, GU Yuting, and well she lost, not really a surprise. i will be very tough also for ISHIKAWA against WANG Manyu, the odds are for the Chinese. but we had already some surprises today with WU Yang beaten...

i put on the slow-mo on youtube at 0.25x i still cannot see the ball

nope they don't care about 11-0 here. Actually thats the kind of embarrassing i wish not to remember. I remember playing in a tournament last year a guy who was way too strong for me. In the last set, i was really fighting for every ball, i remember i had a few chances to kill the ball but i...

Personally I look at the score from time to time, but I try not to look at it every point. It adds pressure to think about it. On the other hand, the opponent may feel the pressure as well so you have to take this into account as well. And you must follow the score because there is always a...

@TT Reborn Of course, there is a lot of uncertainty about Harimoto's future. But there are some good hints that he could THE ONE. His unique precocity, his pedigree, his athleticism. I think he's much better than Kenta or Niwa who were 14 when they played the big competitions. @TThopeful I...

me too. I gave an example above about how I am learning. Never say you are playing bad during a match. Focus on how well you play and how you can play. Don't focus too much on the other guy's strengths, but more on yours. Don't think "*IF* I do this and that then I can beat him." Instead tell...