Mostly it has to do with the increased risk and difficulty when sending deep no-spin down the short side of the table.
The fact you know they can't chiquita on the BH makes so much sense to serve to the FH near the net. They either push it back short, long, or flick it with the FH. If they...
More or less. Though technically, it can be repaired since ABS is a thermoplastic.
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Raw pips like Spectol classic/Red/Blue requires different timing and mindset compared to typical shortpips, the spinny ones that behave like inverted.
For topspin and especially no-spin, just flick/flathit/drive it. That's what shortpips are for. If you're good enough, even light backspin...
China has come a long way. Back in early 2000s, it cost roughly ¥140(~US$17, inflation adjusted) for 2 hours with a well-known provincial-level coach in a tier-1 city like Shenzhen.
Hi-res version. The slogan 愛乒才會贏 is a pun on the immensely popular Tai-pop song 愛拼才會贏(Success Comes with Hard Work) performed by singer and former politician Yeh Chi-tien from Taiwan.
Same opening as in game 6. 3:0. Don't ease off now.
4:0, 4:2, 6:2, 7:2, 7:4, TO by Hayata. She got hasty there.
7:5, 7:6, 8:6(phew!!!), 8:7, 10:7, 10:8(net...), 11:8
Hashimoto has it better when it comes to stamina, given the easier bracket to the final.
Hayata is losing concentration. That point at 9:10 when Hashimoto thought she had game 4 bagged saved Hayata.