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IF you mean Dima is the more accomplished player, sure. But this is not a matter of form. Pucar's recent results have been strong enough to show that Dima is not losing on form in that matchup. It is entirely your prerogative to disagree. But Dima's form is entirely fine. If he had played a...

Anyone who says Harimoto doesn't have a good forehand is smoking weed of low quality.

Whoever wins the WTTC is going to the Olympics next year. Ding Ning is already going. If Ding Ning wins again, then the spot is still up for grabs.

This could be a sad day for Japan if Harimoto doesn't win as all their men could lose out today combined with Ito's loss.

Sorry, guys, but Pucar is the better player - nothing to do with Dima's form.

The match showed the disadvantages of pips play starkly though. You could see how limited Ito was when she had to continue attacking with her pips and the ball was not in her strike zone. She had to take pace off the ball to keep the ball on the table and then Sun Yingsha came back into the...

What do you mean? Miu Hirano is playing well :p

Li Sun wants people to translate his coaching now lol. Sun Yingsha making him look great lol.

Is he still under 20? I thought he played the U18 WTTC too long ago. Thanks. Ah, Dec-25, 1999.

He still isn't yet 18. Losing to a chopper of Gionis quality (who also has a nuclear forehand topspin) is not a big deal.

If you watch many sports, you can see that this is true for many many sports. As DerEchte pointed out, the problem is that table tennis is a cheap sport without money and stakes so things are allowed to happen that would not be allowed if there was more money in the sport. If people were...

Am the only one surprised that Harimoto is probably the only person under the age of 20 still left in the draw?

This is just weird. So because everyone is trying to loop, there is no diversity in TT? Because everyone is doing pendulum or backhand serve there is no diversity in TT? The rule is one way to make.it obvious you are not obstructing the serve with your body. There are other. But like you...

Jawien is a professional devil's advocate. Do realize this before you get too deep.

Quadri wanted to give me a heart attack today. And winning the match with a dead push was just a copout. But a win is win, getting as far as you can get and earning the right to lose to Fan Zhendong is just about as good as it gets.

Interpretation is a given with any law. The law specifies the parameters. The point about borderline was supposed to be simply this - supposed in real time, you cannot tell the difference between a 5.5 inch serve and a 6.5 inch serve, then you should be allowed to say that it doesn't matter...

No, not at all. The problem is that when the law is not enforced, it is like having a speed limit that no one is arrested for. It isn't about the law, it is about the willingness to enforce it. The thing is that we can pretend that the law is about visbility to the server but there are many...

It is very easy to tell whether the ball is in front of the body or whether the racket hip is completely exposed with virtually no obstructions. That is why Samsonov's pendulum is so obviously legal (he also has the usual semi legal one that he used to hide and isn't always clear, but his...

This is only true if you believe borderline serving should be permitted. If you think that, then that is the problem. If you accept that borderline serving should not be permitted, issues with enforcement entirely vanish. Let me know how I am wrong. The rules are very clear.

The biggest problem with serving in general IMO is that most players are trained to serve over their racket leg hip and when you are side on, this point is behind the body. This is especially true for the pendulum serves and the reverse. So if you do not start your toss directly over where...