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Qian Tianyi and Ma Long amongst others did degrees while playing so this might not mean retiremrnt. Of course she will but when after Paris 2024? I think after WTTC 2025 at the earliest unless there is something private going on. Kuai Man doesn't seem quite ready. Qian Tianyi will leave the...

The other thing is to let the glue dry on both blade and rubber before doing putting the rubber on the blade (some use a blow dryer to quicken the process). Sometimes the glue being too wet let's the glue layers absorb each other without bonding so you don't get adhesion between the layers but...

Another obvious mention which should be completely uncontroversial is Dima. But haters gonna hate...

Moving away from the CNT and Koreans (apologies to Lee, Jang etc.) a bit, listing some guys who hit the ball hard, some of whom are superstars, others whom you have to see live or watch their peak matches to appreciate their Super Saiyan levels. Quadri Aruna, Ovidlu Ionescu, Hugo Calderano...

That's against Waldner, if you are going to say that no one else was playing similarly, it's not by looking at one player who had a forehand oriented style. What about this 3 years earlier? Or this? Kong had a strong backhand but his offensive use of the shot was nothing special. For...

I don't think of KLH quite that way though he is definitely one of my all time favorite players. I don't think he was *very modern*, he definitely didn't dominate the backhand diagonal like modern players do, even if aspects of his play are more balanced than say Wang Liqin, and he pivoted *a...

Hugo had beaten Lin Gaoyuan or someone else on the CNT 4-0 in Houston if memory serves me right. He went up 3-0 on Liang. Liang started doing the drop the ball short repeatedly thing and came back to win 4-3. Yet it seems you are so convinced that Hugo is now at a level that Liang has no...

He was safely the best player in France until the Lebruns showed up. Their arrival forced him to take the risks he was reluctant to take. It's often hilarious to hear people speak of improvement in a vacuum without understanding how reluctant top players are to change in the absence of...

Her abandon and relentless play was a joy to watch against everyone she played, it would be good to know the back story because it was just different. This has been a really fun event to watch. Gauzy, Jeon, Calderano, Hayata, Liang, all of them brought special stories. And even supporting...

It's really silly reading these posts, they didn't watch the match I just watched. I am old enough to remember when Rafael Nadal thought he would never win Wimbledon and then proceeded to do it the very next year.

Today's game in tennis uses similar tech, just evolved differently and over time.

Which enables you to hit harder, especially on serve return - ignore me though, just giving another perspective.

They could make him an injury reserve for sure. As for playing singles over FZD, FZD is probably still fixable. A lot will depend on whether Hugo beat LJK tomorrow or not. If LJK wins, then pressure will be on FZD to dominate for the rest of pre-Olympic year.

I have seen people do it for service (twiddle to H3 to serve even if they use inverted on both sides), and obviously for smashing. But it would take a lot for it to become a meaningful advantage for rallying and blocking. I do remember that LJK did turn over his racket for a whole tournament...

It's a result of two things - one is desperation and a desire to get into a rally quickly. But the more critical thing is having practice partners on the level of the opponent to make you realize this is a huge mistake. Harimoto can do what he did against 99% of players and get decent results...

I think you give KLH credit without realizing that a significant part of his development happened in Europe (Sweden). The coaches in Europe worked hard on teaching him backhand and were proud of their work doing so.

Many amateurs and pros already do this once they have different rubbers on both sides, twiddling with inverted is already a thing, the problem is that most players don't have technique that they can use to take advantage of it during a rally, and it will often make them play worse. But it is...

I think Chen Meng tried it to but without any success...

It is insane, no YouTube WTT stream and Hugo is beating the he'll out of Fan Zhendong.

I thought he was a Viscaria user, but it is okay. The inner vs outer fiber thing is oversold, especially when you are using sticky rubber. That's the main point I am trying to make.