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Xu Xin and Ma Long no question, but we all know their retirement is mandatory after 30 years old in the chinese system. Now seriously many good chinese pros are actually playing in the french pro A and B, but they are loosing some matches mind you ! even at his prime Tianyuan Chen (former asian...

Yes and ...no: I know guys who do, like Heming Hu, teaching/coaching full time, with a decent level of playing TT with all the skills and techniques required to be a pro, but they don't play in pro leagues anymore or play in amateur leagues cos' their rank and level dropped. Just an example of...

Being in the WTT is a requirement then ? not sure, in that case how would call fan Zhendong nad his performances at the China National Games this year ? Most of the Bundesliga B pros are not playing in the WTT, nor the french Pro B guys like Emmanuel Lebesson. I think playing a national/local...

I've gained and lost students for the same reasons in music teaching. Some guys only want to play by ear, have a proper technique but not extensive ones like tapping, slapping, palm muting, plectrum alone, plectrum + palm muting etc. They just want to be confident with their friends in a garage...

I've seen a match on youtube between "non-pro" players, meaning guys not being paid for playing, in french nationale 1, guess who it was ? Damien Eloi vs Adrien Mattenet. Damien Eloi is aged 55 now ! still playing in a tier 3 league club, and of course his main job is still related to Andro...

I've been a music teacher soloentrepreneur for more than 10 years now, thing is it's a also a bit diffrent cos' having a pro music career lasts WAY LONGER than a top high olympian athlete, I'm 52 and still working in jazz and blues combos as a pro, meaning being paid for that. Jazz, like...

I highly doubt Coton or Poret will be top 10 or even top 20 in 2028. France is also the 1st team sports nation in the world, it's a culture engrained since decades, that mindset is transposed into tennis with multiple Davis Cups won and table tennis. In 1991 Thierry Lecomte was out of everything...

Exactly, Nathanael Molin is indeed very neutral and trusts the Bros mindset. Plus Gauzy has switched his mindset to serve the team as a double player (he was not before 2022) cos' he agreed it was better for Felix and played a lot with Pavade right after the Tokyo Olympics. Then gradually with...

It looks that way cos' the Cornilleau's 850 Wood's "Skiltop" finish is really matte, and it's actually grey according to Cornilleau, not black. Better for the players as there will be NO reflection from the lights under the roof, but a bit confusing for the people watching this on screen like...

There's another intense story: Pauline "Marathon Woman" Chasselin She was in all the draws possible for her, played 3 finals, won 2 of them. On sunday she had to : 1- won her women single semi 2- but then lost the mixed double in the decider 3- and then won the single women final .... in the...

2 Pac 2 Packs To pack... an arena ! Good luck Sweden :sneaky:

That's why I told ya I speak like someone who knows better the situation, Felix still has a lot of mental/psycho work to do. That's why the french staff has chosen this option with Alexis and Simon in double. Now if Alexis is the number 1, yeah it's ok, but not with Felix. The only one that...

I'm 52, have seen some vintage finals, but this one is probably the best ever in the french nationals. Keep this link in your favs folks !

Nope, because of the mental/psycho factor. If Felix si still the number 1, everyone in the team knows it's better to win the very first match. You can't transpose your point to just any other team, each country has its own specifics.

Popo !!! 3 finals to play she's been able to win 2 of them, she's done the French Nationals of her life so far.

And... decider again, now for Popo and Anaïs

And Alexis + Simon have won vs the best japanese pair possible at the last olympics. When you're french you remember how to win Davis Cups in tennis, same number of matches with 1 double. The double is WAY more important than you think, specially when played first, it's always good to put...

Still a huge lack of power and footwork, Anaïs Salpin really destroyed her this morning, it was hard to watch. Salpin is also more experienced so NGZ's empty balls on FH push with SP didn't work at all, Salpin just played some heavy topspins on her BH, and then on her FH. 4 straight games et...

I write it as if I know better than you the situation, Thibault never plays the double, he's not good at that. And the only way to get a seat in the french team as a 3rd player is to be able to fit either with Alexis or Felix. But you also have to be a reliable single player. Julles Rolland has...

There's been some words indeed, Flavien said "the umpire decides, if it's a point made it's a point made", see the kind of things that can escalate. Even if Gauzy's wrong, Flavien let his nerves talk too much. Jules Rolland has been way smarter, when it was tense he recomposed himself.