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If you look at TTR faults, it's almost always the head obstructing the ball before the contact. IMO it's actually very easy for the contact to be visible to both corners while passing behind the head before contact. This change in rules would have the least impact on the game while...

Yes, the second character in Miwa's first name sounds identical to the character for carton/box, and it's the same as the second character in Tomokazu's first name (oddly I guess they're pronounced differently in Japanese?). So that's why she's called the Small Carton. I think they should...

Why do you have to ethnicity bait with every post? There are plenty of Chinese fans who are calling for LGY to retire too. China has a lot of fans, some of them quite vociferous, and they tend to be the loudest ones. It's not that different from any other sport. I get that you're very...

Had a training session yesterday. Swelling has gone down on my foot and I can walk now (couldn't walk for 4 days!), but it still hurts so I mainly blocked, practiced some stationary BH practice, and then a few practice matches. Surprisingly I was able to put up a pretty good fight even without...

Lodging is probably not free though, and Macao isn't as cheap as mainland China. If they needed to self-fund the trip they might not have the money to stay there.

Wasn't it because of Hayata said something about the Kamikaze museum? Hard to fault the fans for using history against her when she brings up history herself, isn't it? If Timo Boll said he'd like to visit a museum honoring SS soldiers, how do you think this board would react? I suppose that...

Lol so true, my teammate injured his knee probably meniscus, in the same game! Broke my leg 2 years ago playing soccer, and meniscus many yrs ago doing the same, so maybe I should indeed consider stopping....

Hurt my foot playing soccer last week, so have been out of action. So many things still to work on...really eager to come back quickly! It's been improving pretty quickly the last couple of days, so hopefully I can start doing some stationary exercises soon.

TTR was used during challenges. Elbeiali's serves were faulted and he challenged, hence the TTRs. HYZ was warned once and then he modified his service. I wonder if it's just a HYZ thing or a CNT thing because he really modified his service by a lot after the warning, with a much straighter...

I'm not so sure that that's correct. I've measured them with a durometer, 09c is about the same hardness as a heavily boosted H3 37, and softer than a boosted H3 38. Of course, I can only measure sponge + topsheet, but numbers don't lie.

Nah, that's just the qualified players, China will substitute as they see fit. I highly doubt Xu Yingbin will be going. I do think XP already has a spot, but it's not as secure as LSD, WCQ, and LJK's.

Very good draw for XP. Tough draw, yes, but there's a chance for him to face the top 4 foreigners in the tournament (Karlsson, Lim, Matsushima, and AJH), or whoever beats them. Perfect chance for him to prove that he should be picked for the WTTC after beating LSS, Calderano, and JWJ in Incheon.

I think the switch to the W968 is really helping his BH. Rather than trying to win with quality, he's just winning on the BH side the Ma Long way, with good defense and change ups in placement and pace, at least enough for him to get a big FH in. Same with his BH flick, which also uses...

Ah the sore forearm, many of us have known it well since the teenage years :ROFLMAO:

He was already the 5th ranked by a decent margin, I think this cemented it. Do well in Taiyuan next week and I think he can even surpass LGY in the rankings and be in top 10.

Looks like the 5 entries for the CNT on both men and women's sides should be fairly set at this point, and it'll likely be simply based on WTT rankings. Men: LSD, WCQ, LJK, LGY, and XP. Women: SYS, WMY, WYD, CXT, and KM.

The reason I felt fatigue was an issue is because the type of shots LSS missed more than an usual amount of, such as the pivot to loop a half-long push, or the FH flick. Those shots require a quick movement and then immediately full stability and then a delicate explosion. In practice I find...

Yes, W968, I think the rubbers are the same though could've changed hardness. It's got a very high throw so could take some time to get used to on the BH side in particular due to the shorter trajectory of BH shots. You saw a lot of overshoots on earlier rounds, but by the LSS game he was...

My gosh that was domination. I've never seen such a lopsided WTT Champions finals. I think the two matches in a day really played into this. LSS looked tired, was slow, while the much younger XP was unaffected. XP is also using new equipment, which while probably suits his game much better...

Jesus that was 2 ugly sets by LSS. He looks tired, the shots that require a lot of quick up and down movements by the legs he's straight missing.