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  1. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Wow, Duck hunting is hard in Hong Kong...
  2. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Boll looking like a duck again...
  3. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Watching Polcanova play always heartens me. When she lost to Liu Shiwen, the score was terrible but the quality was high. Her height gives her easy power and the leftiness a tricky dimension and she has managed to remain limber. Every time I see Sofia, I think Europe has a chance.
  4. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Shibaev and Dima usually do well vs choppers too. It usually comes down to the forehand quality and the practice hours.
  5. Are Open Tournaments really open?

    You also need the approval of a member federation for ITTF sanctioned/rated events.
  6. Ma Long serve analysis vs Tomokazu Harimoto

    Yes. He is more balanced now, but he is still in many ways backhand oriented.
  7. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Ma Te is a good chopper and not every attacker is good against choppers. Pitchford is clearly not but I remember Ma Te beat Jeoung Youngsik in CSL and Jeoung is Korean. It is just better luck next time. There also aren't many choppers in the French league (I might have said this earlier) and...
  8. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    I think he beat Gionis during an England vs. Greece match. It's also something interesting that German league has choppers but French league doesn't.
  9. Ma Long serve analysis vs Tomokazu Harimoto

    It's an arms race, you have to wait and see what Harimoto develops as the response. That said, Fan Zhendong has a gap in that area of the table as well and it hasn't really gone. So does Dima.
  10. Japan Open 2019

    Hmmm... has TTD now outsourced its hyping of Platinum Tour events to Loopadoop?
  11. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    And here I was thinking he was a Hou Yingchao like SP chopper.
  12. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    In reality, LGY is going to beat MT, and my hopes are going to will Quadri to the final, so this matchup will not happen. Men, Quadri had made me greedy and delusional...
  13. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Logically, yes. They are in different halves of the draw.
  14. Help: Need SetUp with Higher Throw.

    It is a great question and I guess the simplest answer is that it is harder especially at high looping speeds to get spin and speed from the stroke path simultaneously. So the ball will usually not produce an arc as high as Tenergy 05 no. And looping with a more vertical stroke poses a...
  15. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    JJJJJooooo!!!!!!!!! ;):p
  16. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    They were teammates in Germany for a few years. Not a typical situation.
  17. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Boll "choking" vs Achanta....
  18. China Open 2019

    Don't discuss Thor with RTK, he doesn't get Shakespeare.
  19. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Sato wins a great match with amazing resilience. Highlights will get many views.
  20. ITTF 2019 Hong Kong Open June 4-9

    Harimoto looked lost for 2 and a half sets but he is screaming again!
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