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As much I wish everyone could play athletic table tennis, I would recommend to Gozo to just develop an extremely spinny backhand and a good backhand punch. People will stop playing to his backhand once that happens and then his forehand will have to catch-up. Footwork drills are for people who...

I guess some people are late bloomers - if there is hope for Franziska at 31, there is hope for Harimoto at 20 lol.

Yes, the foreign player loss penalty to Wang Manyu and the ranking points CM will gain have clinched it. But my point is that no formal announcement has been made.

TT Divinity, you failed me in Jeddah, please do not fail me in Paris!

"Life's a b*tch and then you die, that's why we get high, cause you never know when you're gonna go..."

The announcement is on the 14th, these are just informal expectations.

That's why objective rules are important. I would likely agree with you, but it wouldn't be fair for/to Chen Meng given the already established rules.

Bernie is licking her lips lol....

I think it does, the 3000 point penalty for losing to a foreigner is too much to overcome. After beating the opponent who beat her at the Teams 4-0? I get rule changes and coach selection flexibility but that is a bit too much. Chen Meng has to be injured - Wang Manyu just had bad luck and...

Qian Tianyi lost to Sun Yingsha so badly because she has been imitating Hayata too much in practice lol!

This has been true for Timo throughout his career. You either trust him based on his performances (often while injured) or you don't, this is not something separate from how he performs at big events throughout his playing career.

That's what the reserve spot is for, so you can replace an injured player. After all, LSW was injured but still played XD and was replaced by WMY later in Tokyo 2020/2021.

What happened when I "supported someone to win"? They won? They lost? They ended up in hospital? I wanted CM vs Batra - I get CM vs Hayata - not as tasty since Hayata didn't beat Wang Manyu but still delicious.

He got to two finals in Lagos and Turkey for Contender, which is why your phrasing is so clever. Franziska also played the same events but didn't do any better. It is better to present all the facts rather than select some and forget others. Before this current tournament, Dima was still the...

Why are you focused on just 2024 and not 2023? Events like WTTC etc. in 2023, why are they not in your analysis? Why just 2024?

So where has this pressure destroyed Dima that you are talking about?

Okay, where are you getting the 50-50 impression from for Timo? How many titles has Timo won this year vs how many titles has Franziska won this year? Dima, I would accept your case better, but the thing is this - some players play better when things are at stake and Dima is one of them. I...

Timo led a team with Duda in Sweden to the European Teams silver. Are you convinced that if Franziska replaced Timo that the team would have done better with Franziska? This is not purely about pressure, this is partly about Franziska himself not being dominant. How many singles championships...

Franziska has come a long way, he is a guy from who great things were expected based on his promise as a junior but who has repeatedly underachieved. Definitely, he was slated for the team over Boll based on the European games and the fact that Patrick and Dima were practicing together for...

The funny thing is when they were cadets, Qian Tianyi was higher ranked. Reversal of fortune...