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Duran is in MLTT by the way. Well past his prime to play in MLTT despite being an 11 tine national champion (Robles has probably stolen his lunch lol). And he loses his fair share of matches too.

@jk1980, While even in the USA, ratings can vary slightly from place to place, most of the players above a certain level travel enough that their ratings are accurate and I would consider that 1700-opponent at that level. People talking about how a player looks often don't see what he does well...

Sometimes I think calling these CNT players robots especially on the women's side is the highest compliment. Chen Xingtong clearly spends too much of her life in bullet time. You are not supposed to rally with Ito smashing at you like that...

Didn't realize it was now best of 7. Uda gets a consolidation game.

This is always level dependent you don't get to a high level at anything the way you start doing it. It becomes better with practice.

Anyone who doesn't serve short at a pro level makes all kinds of mistakes, the problem is whether you can see the miatake or whether it is so subtle relative to your level that you miss it. Of course some.serves will be hard for you to attack but that is part of your level. But training to...

All I gotta say is that Liang and Chen better not have a baby... will give too many people heart attacks with near losses and crazy comebacks.

Nah, half those shots Hayata hit would have killed any player not on the CNT. It was really amazing to see Hayata under pressure in rallies where she was attacking. She needs to experience that on a regular basis but I am confident that thr Chinese will never let Hayata anywhere close to the...

Nah. The female Liang Jingkun lol. Her doppelganger is trying to do the same thing to Jang Woojin as we speak.

It is amazing how Hayata just can't overpower Chen. Truly amazing to watch.

Daniela Ortega is interesting. I wonder why we don't see more of her in the mix for these titles.

The one thing we know is that Chen Xingtong plays dead bur is never dead... you have to stab her three times and then cut off the head for good measure. And then burn the body to make sure she doesn't eat you alive in zombie form.

I suspect they will find money to get Zhang Rui to unretire.

Poor Xunyao. Did Mima just end her career?

While he is going to kose, he probably made the same point to himself that I made in the other thread. The rating is not playing the match.

Yeah - lots of countries with not so strong players. It's all relative, some countries would say that about the US lol...

This is technically true but a bad mental and tactical approach to table tennis. Mindset matters so gor him to play to win, he needs to believe on some level that he can win. What that means to him is not for you or me to decide. It is decided on the table. Not by the ratings. And you never...

Thr funny thing about Habesohn is that in my memory, the best parts of his career are when he was past his prime... so... same with Franziska for example...

Did you miss me?

Dima: you are lucky I am older now lol... and what is with this best of five nonsense...