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Is it fair/right to use a table with a different surface from what players are used to? Can't the ITTF stop crap like this?

If it was the old rating system, I suspect he would still be top 10.

And the truth is that he is not that far from the top, he is losing to mostly the best players in the world. On the tour, Lin Yun Ju has been his biggest hurdle. IMO, he was supposed to beat Lin Gaoyuan, but the result was what it was. In the European games, he lost to Jonathan Groth, who...

Yeah, but I am not a believer that Ma Long can beat his opponents in any manner he chooses - at least not anymore. I think in his recent struggles, he has needed more time to find the optimal way to play them because he keeps playing them initially as if he is faster than them, then has to back...

I don't think this contradicts what Loopadoop pointed out. Sometimes, what worked against a player in the past doesn't work when you play them again. I don't think it was all about level, it was about accepting that he had to do more. He wasn't going to beat KK in that match just exchanging...

Yeah, Not Today.

Ishikawa winning 3 games off Sun Yingsha is a bigger "upset" than Ma Long losing 3 games to Lim Junghoon.

For how long has Kasumi been working with Mizutani's coach?

Wow, this is unexpected....

What is the over-under on games Ishikawa wins? -1?

What was that match? Zhu Yuling played like she didn't get any sleep the night before...

Oh, oh, Harimoto is going to the gym. This is getting real....

It's a result of the footwork and forehand approach per zeio. If one of them can get a ridiculously backhand (and the closest one so far is LJH), it is a wrap. Lee Sangsu doesn't feel comfortable with his backhand and he has gotten pretty far.

Gotta have the live scoring on. The crowd noise watching Table 2 also let you know exactly how the match was going. If they cheered, you knew LJH was doing well.

The Koreans have a strong generation coming up. It becomes more obvious every day. Hope they can get some upsets.

Ma Long pulls it out while Quadri and XX are playing tennis on the other table.

Stream is back!

I know a coach who hopes LJH will be the world champion one day and thinks he has the talent.

3-3 and the crowd goes wild chanting LJH's name. And ITTV still doesn't work.

Both are young and evolving players - winning is less important than growing. Harimoto learned a lot from this WCT match and I am sure he felt he would lose the match. He has to counter topspin more on the forehand and block less.