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The reverse is hard to control tor a returner especially if the server can use a toss angle that is less vertical. But I think he is just struggling with Franziska"s backhand.

The excuses (equipment, throwing matches) are already in play. Hayata just can't win.

He didn't look good in prior rounds but I didnt think it was CYY that would expose it. The whole blade thing is really interesting, isn't it obvious he needs his short pushing game and carbon doesn't help his cause in that regard? Congrats to the CNT, it seems they are establishing themselves...

You can't move and get into position then do your baxkswing and stroke. You need to get your feet set into the backswing while moving and end up prepared to do your stroke. The way you are doing it is wrong, the speed of the feed is making it workable but it will not work in a real match...

Not all the ways are equally good. That's the point of technique. When you need to hit a powerful backhand, everyone is doing something like what Dima does.

Team Dynamics are easy to project on teams you are not a part of. To take one example not from table tennis, where a player was accused of having an abusive coach, banned from using the coach for a period, started winning again when she was allowed to work with the coach again...

When I told you that this was the only proper way to play a backhand topspin with confidence, you were trying to talk about how my approach to table tennis was close minded and that Dima's technique was too big etc.. So I left you to your own devices. Fortunately for you, you are not as...

Do you remember how the drama between Harimoto and Hayata worked out? Are the mortal enemies now daggers drawn at each others throats losing in doubles under duress from others? You couldn't even manufacture sustainable drama out of something and now you want to manufacture it out of nothing.

Odo made the right choice and this issue is being discussed too deeply to be honest. I think the selection is good politics on the part of the JTTA, but ultimately irrelevant for LA 2028. The points for winning matches in WTTTC for a player's ranking are relatively small potatoes. There is no...

The whole drill in the first video is misconceived. It is arguably a good start for a beginner, but for match play, it is rubbish and dangerous for an advanced player. In matches, practical considerations dictate that the footwork movement and the backswing need to be combined or one will...

They say she was injured, whether she was and to what degree is anyone's guess because while she claims she wasn't, sometimes someone who has never played at the Olympics may downplay issues with her form that others can clearly see. Still watching to see how the next few years go, right now...

Man, you ruined everything, I was going to wait to see how long it would take for him to acknowledge the win over a top Asian player with a post here. You did the hard work for him, he just had to make another lame excuse now. All the European(especially German) players who are beating Zhu...

The problem for Anders is that he has expressed public respect for Wang’s playing level as one of the highest ever if not the highest ever. So he will always have impostor syndrome when he is up on Wang. That 7-2 timeout spoke more to his mindset and must have given WCQ a boost. Grateful that...

Oh well... that's a huge upset... The Winter match is the difference between playing for Puerto Rico and playing for powerhouses like Germany, China etc. You can have good players but if you dont have a tactical team to make sure you are prepared for the opponents, you have to depend on talent...

You predicted a lot of upsets even in matchups with significant history. That's always a high risk betting strategy though it pays off big if you have insights others don't that make the upsets likely to happen.

Honestly, on this Coton thing, you post like someone who has never played competitive table tennis at any level. It is typical for worse players to have and lose leads against better players, especially worse players with high risk high reward styles. I have done it often enough to lower...

Sure assuming they dont rnjoy the struggle and are not doing well, which is not the case for Hirano or Ito as I pointed out (they are not Kato Miyu). Many of them (women athletes) do so well past the age of 25 and 29 is the upper limit for non-celebrities who want to have families, modern norms...

Predicting Jang over Sora but definitely all have a chance. And honestly at this stage everyone is dangerous.

Hirano beat Nagasaki in Chennai. Ito is still in this Grand Smash like all her compatriots. It is ultimately up to them but they clearly can compete if they want to. Ito is currently the greatest and most accomplished lady TT player in Japanese history. If she wants to retire she can do so...

Has Chen Yi fixed her chopper problem? Chen, Hugo, Kuai, Truls, Sun, Harimoto.