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He was recovering from injury amd clearly lost a lot of form. Under pressure to find it at the worst possible time.

Big Bro coming up huge so far, Liang looking like thr one that doesn’t belong here.

Good point. I am parlty mocking @PoppaChubby when I predicted that Gauzy would have problems making the 2028 Olympics because of Coton and Poret, he lectured me on how France didn't develop prodigies like China. Anyone who watches these kids play can see that some good changes are afoot...

@PoppaChubby, I thought France was not China and didn't develop prodigies this quickly. What changed?

Great match. Can France keep this up? The plan remains the same. Everyone has to win around Wang.

We can now see why Hugo lost 0-3. He was playing a top 10 player in #23 ranked clothing....

So far Coton has looked like the better player despite all the mistakes under pressure and the close score.

It is the pressure of the match situation. Unlike vs Brazil, a win or loss here has implications for the match score. He is clearly their secret weapon.

Imagine of Coton did not play after beating Hugo and Kanak and Gauzy lost. What would the French newspapers do? This is the best way to keep everyone happy.

When you look at the head to head, France has to hope the Coton wildcard does something new. Because Alexis has no good matchup unless Liang is still subpar (1-4, Liang, 1-3, Lin, 0-3 Wang) so he needs to be shielded. Felix has one good matchup vs Lin. But Coton is 0-2 vs Lin. In other...

Looking at all the head to head statistics, the only chance France has if China performs like they have historically is based on China not performing like they have historically... Basically an improbable chance id Liang and Lin Shidong of the databases show up and not the headcases that played...

I know but ChatGPT doesn't and it uses TTD for reference.

If Uda and Shinozuka never play a match in this tournament, do they get medals? Asking for friends... seriously... More seriously does it hurt team spirit if Uda and Shinozuka never play in this event but they win gold medals?

Took more than one game for sure. And it also took Lin precious time to realize basic chiquita will.not woek vs Harimoto and that he needs to take real risks. A good match and it probably takes the mystery out of the whole tie like Coton did yesterday. The X factor is Togami lol...

Lin wins the first game by a good margin. Tomo wins 3 games by minimum margin. Such is table tennis.

Truls doesn't have the same backhand topspin. A good one but not a great one. And Truls doesnt have a lefty teammate with a strong backhand topspin either. Truls ability to disrupt arguably hurts his ability to play straight TT sometimes and sometimes that is what works.

When Hari wins, this is the patter. He serves to get a flick to counter. But when Lin starts flicking with morr quality it becomes Russian roulette, you cant tell what is going to happen anymore. Wow a ghost push....

Hati-boy is weird. And Lin is human. If you get in, you can break anyone. Even Lin.

Tomo takes a timeout already. Interesting character... but I guess when Lin is using his best shots for counterlooping practice, he feels lost and needs solutions.

Harimoto can't return against Lin to save his life. Is there a theme about returning vs Lin or is it something else lol....