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Taking the ball earlier when you are taller is not easy unless you do the work to get into a low stance like a professional player. Most of us realistically lack that, and when you are over say 5 ft 8, it gets markedly harder. Taking the ball early as a looper is a short man's game. I find it...

I wouldn't go that far. He was injured during the WTTTC so he played below his level. But he is coming back and I would put him in the top 20, just needs more matches to get back into the top 10.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was another Sebas incarnation.

zeio must be in shock. Kasumi actually beat someone who beat Mima Ito - kishikawa syndrome in overdrive!

Money can solve participation for the lower level players, but it doesn't for the top players who may cherry pick how often they play for personal reasons. It's part of the reason why the TT tour has participation requirements - money is important, but it isn't everything. See Roger Federer as...

You can build one or use Ratings Central. In sports like table tennis, such rankings discourage participation in tour events.

The guys from the UK would tell you Pitchford. Though I found it interesting that the punch serve disappeared vs ZPF.

Yes, she is the sports/movement psychologist.

These things can be fixed with a culture of enforcement but it seems that people are somewhat satisfied with the ugly grey area we currently have. In any case, it is worth pointing out the impact on the match quality every once in s while especially when one player is serving with visible...

We know zeio has a bad bout of Kishikawa disease. It's a disease where all bad things are done by Ishikawa and all good things are done by anyone on the JNT under the age of 20.

Blatantly illegal and repeatedly so. I didn't focus on Wen Jia but I could see how Ito wins so many points on serve and attack or just outright serve.

Ito melting down. High risk high reward.

I wish evidence would change people's minds, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work that way.

When it comes to illegal serving, while the ITTF regulations don't make distinctions, most experienced players will tell you that hidden serves are a class apart in their difficulty. But you can see the head thrust on Pitchford's serves. I don't know why you ate trying so hard to deny it...

Give Dima time. They will also go to the lab and look at those Pitchford serves. Dima was very passive on serve return and that shouldn't happen with time to review the match.

Finally, an umpire is doing his job. The guy is flipping the ball so far back that it is hard for Steger to see and you want it it be a fair fight? Really? Just wish they would be more consistent or we could go back to hidden serves. Steger doesn't complain much. He lost that battle a long...

On the basis of Pitchford being British? Or on the basis of Pitchford not actually hiding his contact with his head when he does his punch serve? It's not just Pitchford, many top players do it including Ma Long. And Pitchford dominated the rallies. But Dima relies heavily on serve return.

Pitchford hides his contact with his head. Tough for Dima.

Rosskopf was another player with a great anti-chopper game.

Greatest player vs chop ever is for me Xu Xin. What he does is just ridiculous. I think there may have been a loss to Ma Te that put a blemish but I don't know KLH's record as well as I know XX.