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Good point. I will have to rewatch the video for timing.

There is clearly a gap in the rules when a fault is called after a receiver misses the serve. In tennis, the point is awarded to the server. In table tennis they replay the point. Makes no sense. Franziska got cheated twice. Though iMHO, the second one might have been a fault under...

24 degrees is not vertical, it is just tolerated.

She has kinesiology tape on her knee. What exactly it means is anyone's guess. But the use of her in a role that puts pressure on Sally is the kind of thing the team has to have discussed. It actually gives the US a guaranteed win vs most teams at #3 and the strategy is not that uncommon on...

I guess even if they explain why a player with a bad knee is playing less, we as watchers will still know better than the coaches and the players what they should have done.

Between Anna, Tintin, Tom, Connor and Sam and potential work from Liam, Larry and Paul, I think they have earned the right to some funding for LA 2028. There is a strong XT team somewhere in there that can do damage.

Hugo - Connor 1-0, 5-5 - talk about backhand footwork ....

Not sure what the point of this post is... everyone loses.

Hugo is the right kind of villain to eliminate the Brits. At least Brazil let them have 2 wins with the lineup order change. I wonder whether England would have had a chance if Connor and Iizuka played each other....

2-1, 7-7 - that point is killer - Jarvis is a BEAST (man).

I get the prediction but Walker is a really strong player (with big highs and lows) so I really didn't understand it. But I could see 3-0 and 3-2. Brazil surprised them with the order change.

Kaufmann makes KKY look very ordinary.

Can you say that in all seriousness after seeing all the players Sally beat here and her performance against Winter and in recent events? The strategy of Sally 2, Lily 1, got them all the way here. It was 1 point away from working again. Why all the second guessing now? Amy is probably in...

Pesotksa usually beats Lily though Lily has beaten her before. I think either path was fine for the USA but since this path almost worked, it is what it is.

For everyone wondering why this is so tense, everyone knows this is the deciding match. Jessica is unlikely to win so if Sally doesn't win, Ukraine wins this.

Very hard for a young player to recover from that - she used her timeout too...

Hugo is playing out of slot is what I find interesting. Interesting that *both* teams made these changes.

I don't think it is just about limits, it is also about keeping players motivated - politics is important in team events. The most important politics for the athletes is justified meritocracy. But Nina is a home grown player and likely the reserve player who must be kept ready in case...

Sally is beast and beauty combined - well done! What a comeback and what points!

Lily's superpower is her backhand. The tactics were not surprising, they were correct - Lily generally doesn't pivot. Tetyana is now 42, it takes a lot of energy to loop. Even her smashes were often ineffective. Pesotska is legitimately strong. Backhand superpower as well, spinny and...