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Bardet already gone - probably the first big name to fall.

It is an idea that has grown wings despite all the data that exists to show that it was at best an artifact of underrated players showing up at Nationals repeatedly for amateur events. When I travelled to play more in the early and mid 2010s, I started learning to check the league ratings of...

These two matches back to back have been eye-opening.

An-Sidorenko 2-1, 11-11 - classic point for the ages.

Looks like you were more right than me, Park is SMOKING the ball! edit: OH seems to have adjusted, just putting everything on backhand lol.

Some amazing points in that CJS-LSD deuce. Poor LSD ultimately accepted he was cursed lol. So we now know that CJS terrorizes Harimoto and LSD which makes perfect sense when you think about it lol...

Kihara playing well - good to see her like this, regardless of the result in the match now 2-2 vs Doo...

Losing 3-0 repeatedly for a player that was once in the top 10/15 to players not in the top 10/15 is a massive problem. You make it sound like he didnt loae to Luka 0-3 the last time he played. If Peng loses 2-3, I would call it a tough loss. 0-3, I don"t know. Losing 1-3 to the Indian #1...

Watching the highlights, bith Tintin and Connor have extremely strong backhand flicks and this means that any loose short return is not safe and even tight ones are attacksble. Opponents have not figured out how to restrain the dynamic backhands of both players. Their superpower is definitely...

Its a hit to her confidence but the style change is obvious and the win v Qin is compensatory. Those players are better than Hayata at doing what Hayata is trying to establish.

Good win for Yokoi and good loss for Hina. She refused to back off the table and start lobbing, it is the kind of loss she needs to get better.

He is a human being. Everyone loses. Not like he lost to a scrub either, I watched the match and he just couldn't get over the hump at critical points and Manav didn't donate points.

The focus now shifts from the favorites to the underdogs.

Yes, you seem to miss the point deliberately, confusing whether a place has stronger players with whether the ratinf refers to the same playing strength. Do you think an 18 year old in China is the same age as an 18 year old in the USA? Or a 6ft man on China is the same height as 6 ft 1 man in...

Yeah, some people think that but most semin-serious and better players in my experience know that the slipperiness of the pips doesn't stop the ball from spinning so it just continues rotating but the fact it rebounds off the pips and blade means it just comes back towards you. But what this...

Sounds like we are entering a terminology battle. This doesn't help anyone. As long as you both know what each other mean, arguing over what means what can be very unfruitful.

Anyone know what is really going on with Xiang Peng? Losing level so abruptly is somewhat unnatural.

Apologies to OP for high jacking is thread but training with higher rated players makes you better at some things and worse at others, especially if you are young. To build a complete game, many things come into play. But if a player is 2000 and through training is ready for the next level, we...