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Looks like he has match point.

Niu Guankai.

How did his backspin touch become me??????

The point is that seeding perfectly based on strength creates no ranking incentive for people to play to demonstrate their playing strength. Seeding in part based on recent results means that some players will be forced to play smaller tournaments to keep their ratings up and that some players...

Wood is a living thing and quality control for unofficial sources and official sources may vary.

Congrats! Well deserved!

I believe the drop off(or amortization) of the WTTC results is why she and Ma Long have fallen.

http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/23923722/this-kanak-jha-america-table-tennis-phenom

If Harvard stops discrimination against Asians, all this might change very quickly.

Poor ITTF promotion. The sixth set of the finals is on now - will need to find footage to see how Tsuboi beat Jha so badly in the semis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jxxqXiBrow

Okay. I will unblock and respond to this quickly. I am a quant first and foremost. So when someone tells me that something is significant, I try to see how they are measuring it. So when Andy44 said that top level play had been adversely affected, I might have read too much into his...

Baal and I have played with and probably understand the plastic ball better than many players who are mildly acquainted with them. Ther variation in ABS balls which have been used since April 2017 is very subtle and ended an era of confusion. Don't use statements made before then unless you...

Of course I do. The world rankings didn't change that much if at all over the last 3 years since the plastic ball came out. The 14 year old is an isolated phenomenon who is not rivalled by anyone in his age group. You can make up stuff all you want but you can't make up your own facts. A...

What's the evidence that elite level play has temporarily declined in consistency and quality?

Yeah. I can't see the difference between the music of Beethoven and the Music of Bach or Mozart. Nah I am just being facetious. One of my favorite movie pundits, John Campea, likes to stress that artistic appreciation is ultimately subjective. I have never looked at any of those 3 players...

The bounce of celluloid was nice but it was definitely more inconsistent as the ball got larger as the 40mm ball felt thinner. I think ABS material makes it more consistent like the 38mm ball but the increase in size reduces the ball movement. If you have a 38mm Nittaku or TSP ball, play with...

I am actually closer to your position on this topic. I think that the cellulose acetate ball was too soft, but I think that celluloid itself is softer than ABS. This makes the ball easier to deform and more inconsistent, making it also deform more when it hits the table and the racket. This...

We can debate that all we want to but in my opinion you are wrong on both fronts. His backhand action is unique as is his fast attack playing style. Moreover, prodigy and genius are often used interchangeably to describe gifted individuals. So your opinion is yours, and I hate semantic...

Possibly true, but everyone is playing with the same ball so it is best to judge people in relation to their peers. And to be honest, I don't always agree that the idiosyncrasies of celluloid when reacting with rubber that made spin more effective were always a good thing for our sport. But...

Someone called it premature but let's review the evidence. Youngest WJTTC singles winner. Youngest world tour event winner (beating Boll, Zhang Jike in the finals). Youngest WTTC quarter finalist. Youngest World Team Cup silver medalist. Youngest Japanese National Champion. And he is...