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No, he wasn't, he lost the 2011 WTTC semifinals to Wang Hao and ended up being ranked below Wang Hao, 2009 World Champion. And no one was going to not send the defending 2011 World Champion ZJK so Ma Long had to sit at home. As much as I like ML, no one can say he was robbed in 2011/2012, he...

It might have been both balls and the tables, I think Butterfly sponsored this event or something...

If I had to test one of these rubbers, what is the top of thr line D09c equivalent?

The Viscaria has changed a bit over time so it's properties also partly depends on when it was built. Ttgearlab discusses this a bit and actually argues that modern Viscarias test differently from old models.

Yeah, something about this tournament rewarded pivoting, I wouldn't be surprised if something made the conditions more responsive to power.

Asian Games is only FZD and WCQ. ML will only play Teams.

ML is FZD's papa and grandpapa!

Audience is not quite the same thing as sponsors. You could say they have sponsors and television deals.

Hoping: https://www.olevod.tv/player/live/tv/CCTV5HD/49%20

Serving long match point down... really????

ML is a papa now, he is supposed to be making way for the young ones. And LYJ won their last match! The final will be another boring FZD win...

How is LYJ losing to ML again??? Can't see the match, only the scores, but this is not looking good...

Anyone who claims to be familiar with the laws of table tennis and with the history of table tennis matches and argues with a straight face that using two rackets, one in each hand, is completely uncontroversial and obviously legal, and then says he is "winning arguments" as if that is the...

It surprises me how people trivialize things like that LYJ is 22 but Harimoto is 20. And as Carl was hinting, it might not be an accident that both ML and FZD didnt get their first titles until they were closer to 25. Not that there aren't exceptions but it isn't entirely irrelevant and in...

Haha. It's really funny how people think that because someone is or isn't a lawyer or is or is not an engineer that they can just say whatever they want and call it "personal attacks" or "libel" etc. Good luck proving that anything I have written on any forum somewhere has caused you...

I still have a standing offer to play you for $500 best of 5, seven point handicap which should be nothing for you. Trust me, because a coach you pay loses to you doesnt mean anything (speaking from personal experience with playing coaches in handicap here). An arms-length transaction has a...

Nah, nothing energizes more than winning. And I am not entirely sure that Almaty is on the other side of the world when people from that country (Kazakhstan) are playing in the Korean tournament as well. Definitely a long flight but could be worse for sure.

The kid is a 20 year old. He has time to work and figure it out. He just has to keep working. And if he doesn't get there, he has fed his family and made good money and worked hard. That is what is life is about.

You seem to pretend that China hasn't dominated the table tennis scene for the last 20 years and that outside the Chinese group, Harimoto hasn't been largely the best player in the world. Yes he has bad losses. Yes, he has style issues which he continues to work on to round out his game...

I want LYJ to get to the final lol. ML is an easier opponent IMHO.