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You mean Hugo becomes Caroline and plays in women's singles. That would be more interesting.

In table tennis, the table size is somewhat of an equalizer. But they were well past their primes already so it is less about competing and more about achieving personal goals I suspect.

It's all relative but D80 is hardly a low throw rubber, only compared to like D05 and T05 or stuff like that. And if you are someone who wants to focus more on speed over spin vs D05, then D80 is your rubber. But someone who wants to play spinny power topspins and not score through hitting...

I really can't believe Ma Long retired after China Smash. He probably was convinced by Dima getting close in their last match lol. But if he ever wants to pull a comeback from retirement like Jordan, he will get the world excited.

I will enjoy that when Ma Long or FZD actually play again. Absent that, it is socialism for the wealthy again....

Yeah but who are the Olympic champions? Or is that a Teams designation as well?

There are already 4 Japanese - one may have to pull out for Honoka to get in though there are five Chinese so she should be there....

I know what he means, but she reliably (not accidentally) loses to her teammates. It would be interesting to see a Zhu and Hashimoto rematch as the Zhu that won the US Smash was an upgrade in my eyes. Just presenting the view that disagrees, you may agree with him but I cannot make a her a...

The trajectory/speed. I haven't tried Tenergy 19 but that might be the comparison. A rubber that sends the ball through the table safely. By comparison, Dignics 05 seems slow (arcs higher) and doesn't block as well. With 80, passive blocks are safe and controllable while 05 needs more of a...

You can't be #2 in your country when you can't beat at least 3 players in your country (Miwa, Odo, Mima).

Wang Chuqin plays doubles and ducks Lin Shidong who struggles to beat Yuang Houzeng. Great look... Hopefully theee is a good explanation because he might have cost his team the match. Where are Lin Yun Ju and Liang...

He played pretty well in the final too. Ecen scared Hugo in games 2 and 3 though Hugo fought through it and somehow miraculously won game 2 and almost stole game 3 as well but give it back. He made Hugo play amazing shots repeatedly to win and that is all you can ask.

I have loved D80 and even when I try other stuff, I keep coming back to it.

The final was a bit more interesting that I expected, even if of course you were entirely right. And the second seed didn't get there, it was the person who beat him who did.

Oikawa playing very well. Will be interesting if he can keep this level in Japan.

If she plays at the level she played vs Hayata, I have no doubt in the mind. It's also inappropriate in my view to confuse a level with an actual rating. A level is a quality of play. You can achieve a quality of play and never have the ranking. You can also achieve a ranking while the...

More complete, I don't know, Batra has the height problem but she serves, twiddles and uses the pips at a higher level (though the pip usage level is debatable) and arguably counterloops at a higher level as well, the issue is that Sreeja has that raw opening power and ability to take balls out...

In the last two games, Sreeja got much closer to the level that gave Hayata problems. If she could play consistently at that level she would be top 10. It is easy to forget she also has a win over Wang Yidi.

So now we know why Miu Hirano is not on tour... 12-10, 12-10, 11-9 ...

Nah, Sreeja took so much risk that if she can play like that consistently, she will be top 10 for sure.