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god doesn't make mistakes ;).

I can't disagree more. There is a significant difference between a top 5 player and a top 25 player usually. Losing 0-3 (the way Hugo did) makes no sense. He should have won at least a game.

That is true but if the level difference is as large as reflected in the world ranking. It shouldn't matter. That it does matter shows the level difference is not that large at all.

This was a level up from all the players he had played prior in the event, so it isn't just about his form, but about the opposition.

Still calling Coton the next LGY?

Come on, I was only joking... am I now Nostradamus lol...

Can you believe that the French #3 is the best player Hugo has played so far in this event?

I can't believe I already forgot that lol. That said, it is different when you win the final vs when you have matches to be played after yours.

We might get the 1998 World Cup Final Replay lol... France 3 Brazil 0 lol...

@Matt Hetherington, Any knowledge of this? Thanks.

Never knew the table could carry that much weight lol... congrats Romania!

Hugo has the new rubbers... that said, he hasn't played a top 10 player so far because Brazil are the only men's team outside the top 8 that beat a seed (England).

Samara usually loses to YJN so nothing changed there... 2nd game was the critical game. Bernie can beat YJN though it has been closer recently. So it will come down Bernie can maintain her edge on the French team and whether one of Adina or Andrea can add a win. Dragoman and Lutz have...

Why suspicious? It was obviously encouraged by his coach and his mentors.

They were bronze medallists in Busan so they do have some pedigree, even if they were arguably lucky. Romania though for me is the deeper and better and more deserving team, regardless of result. A team that is so deep that Diaconu cannot play regularly is something special. And even behind...

I suspect she is arguing that because women and men play the same length matches in table tennis, while in tennis for example, this is a dispute point in grand slams.

This is true but if OJS had lost 0-3, would anyone have blinked an eye? They should have tried to matchup OJS with LSD from the start. But maybe they thought Jang plays too badly vs Wang for them to care. But in that case An fights, put Jang in #3. Try something different!

There is a huge difference here in that Korea did not force a repeat of any of the matchups while Japan prepared and improved in most of their matchups. Korea knew where Wang was going to play and didn't try to order their hottest player (Oh) around him. And then what was An doing serving to...

Surprisingly uninspired tactics and match strategy from Korea. Hopefully France will not repeat the same.

Finally An is using tactics that if he has used them in game 1, this would be a match. Stop starting Liang out on the backhand so much. Transition him much more.