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Why are you giving Freitas two lets? That has to be a fault!

While I might be slightly biased as a Nigerian, the Hong Kong organizers understand exciting table tennis as well as putting their nationals on the show tables. They have put Quadri on the TV tables twice and his matches have not disappointed.

It's almost like they just care about the score but they don't want to watch the matches and compare how he played in German Open last year to how he looks now. His athleticism is much better. He just has to get used to some balls coming back and a few other things like whether he ha healthy...

Guys, ZJK is 6 months to a year out from top form even with his current limitations. He is match rusty and you don't get that by just playing in practice halls. I honestly did not think he could look this good again after last year and the fact the CNT sent him gives me great confidence that...

They must be evaluating umpires here.

The source I have is Stefan Feth (via Larry Hodges). But who really knows...

Watching the U21 final, the new generation of Koreans and the talent of Lin Yun-Ju bodes well for TT competitiveness.

They have to get all the results and do the main draw pairing. Could be almost any seeded player at this point.

Stoyanov is a strong and underrated player who has a wide range(a win over Dima to his credit even though Stoyanov himself isn't consistently top level). It's very easy to look down on such players when you don't remember who they are and ZJK didn't show the injury game he has had recently. I...

Zhang Jike!!!!!!!!

Still going. Ma Te is stubborn. 2-2, 17-16, ZJK. 3-2 ZJK.

Zhang Jike lost his patience in game 3 and it comes back in doses. But the kill shots are amazing.

He is still ZJK the competitor. Stamina or no stamina.

Nah - Ricardo won.

I was very happy with ZJK's play. It will clearly get better but he didn't look as crappy as in his last match vs Apolonia. Watching him today vs an underrated Stoyanov was inspiring.

Didn't come any closer than that. Go Kanak!

Men, stop it!

No Wong Chun Ting?

What really impressed me watching the final is how spin based Ruifeng's style is and how much trouble he was able to give Morizono with it, even when he repeatedly fell asleep instead of closing out big leads. That match should have been a comfortable 4-0.

National team is sometimes thought of by some people as only the core players, but generally speaking, the top 6 - 12 players or so depending on country are national team players and maybe the top 3 - 5 are the core team. Morizono is top 6-12 players in Japan.