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Fine I didn't get the match I wanted but I think Hayata wins tomorrow no matter the result. If she loses the match, she avoids Wang Manyu at the Olympics unless CM is injured. And if she wins, then she builds on her legacy with a final vs SYS. Win-win table tennis good for the soul!

Not sure anything compares to Korea in 2018 but this is up there and might overtake that if he gets to the final or wins it.

Amazing energy levels and great backhand play. But he managed to put his strength against his opponent's strength and win - amazing stuff. That he managed to pivot and put so much pressure that Felix couldn't switch is just amazing.

Jang Woojin backhand has improved a lot. But still, this is a high wire act. I wouldn't be surprised if this goes 7 or we see a massive turnaround at some point because keeping up this level of effort for a best of 7 is more challenging.

Nah, the drill was 4-0. This was much more fun as a story, even if the ending was the same.

Men... if she could figure out how not to smash *sometimes* on forehand but her backhand was much more consistent. Fun match.

Since the top 5 seeds are Chinese and the 6th would be from Taiwan, he would still be seeded top 4 at the Olympics for example and likely get to play a top seed in QF at the WTTC (in either spot 5 or spot 7) so no difference there. I suspect that removing 500 points is not entirely fair to him...

Yeah but there is clearly something going on there, whether as training partner, he is currently her coach. It would be interesting to know more about him.

I get the fact that Felix isn't Asian helps with continental points but in terms of recent consistency in getting to Chinese opposition or losing only to quality opponents, Felix is also better. While he has gotten better this year, Harimoto has R64 losses in the last 12 months. Felix's lowest...

They are playing way too much. Has been covered elsewhere, but this year, there are too many events.

You are the office so you can label as you please. The point was that who has a better record than Harimoto, especially vs the Chinese, during the period you used to argue that Harimoto was a failure. As turbozed and Tony TT pointed out, while it is a good sign that Felix is more stable in his...

He has had his failures for sure (losing in the first round to Dyjas in Houston is the biggest one and then to Jorgic and An Jaehyun in the round of 16 at the Olympics in Japan and the WTTC in 2019), but the only real competition he has are LYJ, Dima, Boll and Calderano and if you just look at...

Felix Lebrun deserves the title for a year now. But Harimoto has been the best player outside the Chinese for the last 5 years even while he has disappointed quite a few times. That's juat backed up by statistics.

Unless you have it on video, it is hard to be objective, memory tells self-serving stories. I felt equally effed in state champs but again, I didn't record it, I might just be remembering his nets and forgetting mine. But yeah FZD is a hard luck man. Alexis edge on match point and this - sux!

You are over thinking this, he won, that is all that matters. And no, you did not count wrong.

I love the honesty of WCT and DHK - paraphrasing roughly, WCQ and SYS are at a super level so we learn a lot from them.

A part of me wants Batra to beat Hayata and Chen Meng to beat Harimoto so we can see Batra-Meng with a ticket to the Olympics on the line for Meng. This would be a great match. TT Divinity, please make it happen... ok fine, I should stop being so selfish and heartless to all those Japanese fans...

He is just pointing out that the players are playing way too many events vs what they would do optimally to play their best.

Hari-boy just seemed like a slow old man. Felix Flash is really fast.

Harimoto going to lose to Europe lol!