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  1. China Open 2018

    Smart of Dima to pull out. He would've been taken out in the 1st round.
  2. China Open 2018

    Works fine on my end. Try the direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXcgmZtjU_g
  3. China Open 2018

    That's it for the day. I'm beat.
  4. China Open 2018

    Subbing videos on a scorching hot day is the perfect way to fry your brain...
  5. China Open 2018

    Not holding breath for LJK...he's given me enough heart attacks(breakers)...Watch him and he plays like crap. Ignore him and he will perform.
  6. China Open 2018

    Whatever it takes to beat China! Hey, it worked for 1 game! BTW, Yan An and FB are out. Lin Yun-ju and Ho Kwan Kit are the men!
  7. Booster legalization proposed

    The ITTF has started approving topsheet and sponge as a pair, ever since 2010, IIRC, after booster became prominent.
  8. Doubles underappreciated?

    In the past 10 years, definitely. Ever since the event was replaced by the team since the Beijing Olympics, China and Germany as far as I know have placed much less emphasis on it. This is sad. From the historical perspective, Cai Zhenhua concluded if China was to get back to the top after...
  9. China Open 2018

  10. China Open 2018

    Ishikawa seconds that. The 40+ and the subsequent ABS variants have taken a toll on her spinny style. Sayaka Hirano supports that notion as well, saying that "I may have to retire" when she first tried the 40+ ball.
  11. China Open 2018

    The original is a little different. Here it goes. http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-05-29/doc-ihcffhsv2044181.shtml "My game has gotten rusty. Despite having played for more than a decade, competitions just do not feel the same. It'll take 2 or 3 months to adapt and find the...
  12. China Open 2018

  13. Rubber Reviews: What makes a good review? I have my opinion but it isn't realistic.

    This is getting old. I have no idea why, but you're an engineer here. "same input = different output" is not the same as "different input = same output" There are physical limits, dude. Not in the material, but the human body. That limit dictates how fast and how hard you can swing, even...
  14. Hong Kong Open 2018

  15. Hong Kong Open 2018

    Wait until you see them crying on Japanese TV. Fukuhara, Ishikawa, Hirano and many others have been televised "crying in private" after losing for years. Sayaka Hirano shed tears of joy after reviewing the team match against Netherland that almost denied them the silver medal at WTTC 2014 in a...
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  18. 2018 Stiga Blades

    The head size needs to be accounted for, as well. Stiga has been "tweaking" it to produce similar yet different models. That along with the differing ply thickness account for why the Offensive Classic and Offensive Wood NCT feel more like cousins than brothers.
  19. Hong Kong Open 2018

    BTW, WCT and HKK commentated for the men's singles final and WCT bet on Cho Seungmin. WCT also admitted that Maharu Yoshimura's serve was tricky to handle. As for Ito, beating a core CNT member at the major is nothing to sneeze at. I've been waiting Ishikawa to do the same for nearly a...
  20. Hong Kong Open 2018

    Had to cut out K. Yoshimura's interview due to claim by TV Tokyo.
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