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Matchups are matchups, scores are not matchups. Ma Long's backhand is going to be under severe pressure like FZD's and LJK has the most stable backhand blocking game in CNT. Don't take Ma Long killing one CNT player to imply he will beat another. PS: Yoass said it best, everyone's game...

That first point was coaching genius or tactical adjustment from LJK. Just blocking! Come on LJK, stop attacking!

Clearly a combo. He is junking LJK and LJK isn't mentally there. But LJK has game 7 to adjust.

This is Mind-Effing of the highest order. Will he pull it out?

I like the fact that Parker has always felt Ma Long was the greatest player he had seen, even before Ma Long had won anything. This was around 2011.

Ma Lin gives a big middle finger to the machinations of Xiao Zhan. Liu Shiwen in, Wang Manyu out.

In 2015, Xu Xin beat Yoshimura and Ishikawa and his partner was not Liu Shiwen. Is the mixed doubles final result really in doubt? I guess that is why we play the matches.

Ding Ning is already in, only one more spot is open unless CNT want to change their selection policies. I also suspect they want to give the Olympics a narrative with Ding Ning going for another gold.

History is good but I think there is something about LSW"s new style that CM and WMY have to deal with. It is not going to be easy and in fact, I think WMY has a better chance of dealing with it as she can take the ball later. Oh and your analysis is correct, just trying to give LSW a chance lol.

Very important to get your facts right unless your goal is to troll.

Liu Shiwen has gone Super Saiyan. If she plays like this no one has a chance. It is like short pips strokes with heavy topspin.

I have said this so many times in many contexts but I will say it again: The main 5 CNT players for any particular match are all equals. There is nothing wrong if one of them beats the other on any given day. You only get an idea of who is the better player by how their long term records...

He will be back to T05 or H3 in no time. But I hear Lin Gaoyuan uses Dignics so that may be the offset

Ma Long did beat him at the National Games. Small but tangible consolidation.

Womens Doubles on script so far. Hmm Table 2 and Table 4 pretending to be interesting...

Come on, Sun Yingsha. Don't choke. Game 7! Give us the most exciting thing in table tennis. Too bad. Good match but both players weren't always playing well at the same time.

What happened to Li Xiaoxia in this narrative? Why did you replace her with Liu Shiwen lol? Just kidding but you know what I mean...

Looks like Sun Yingsha lost a lot in that 3rd game. But knowing the two, the battle is not yet over. There WJTTC final is one of my favorite matches.

Yes but there was no necessity for him to think that way. That is what puts pressure on you. He would have played much better if he approached the match as an underdog. It is why nowadays you hear Ma Long talk about games he loses as part of what happens when you play quality opponents. He...

I agree in part. But I also think that he put too much pressure on himself to win those matches. If you watch the 2013 one, you see lots of errors that have absolutely nothing to do with having a bad backhand.