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Dani is a 2600 level player who has also paid his dues in many Feeders and once was a top junior in India, and only has played at Smash events in doubles. Botha played his first Smash event (doubles) when he was under 2200 USATT, and now will be playing singles as well as doubles in Europe...

Small price for fans, not so small for the players it is stealing opportunities from. I wish I could say this is as far as it is going to go, but it isn't...

And wildcard to Bosman Botha!!!

It is true that at the <1000 level in the Bay Area it is harder to compete but that is because the players are just rapidly improving and underrated not because the people who are properly rated at 800 are better than the people from other parts of the country that are properly rated at 800. But...

People will go on about how fast/bouncy setups are terrible to learn on because they force people not to make a full stroke, not knowing what a proper "full stroke" really looks like. I have also seen so many examples of beginners with dead setups often H3 specifically who make comically large...

Yeah because their club in the Midwest that was becoming a major training hub that brought in strong international players was shut down so they had to go to the next place that had many players of their level which is really only the Bay Area at that point. Financial and educational incentives...

Long time ago, she was still a teenager at the time IIRC

It is almost certainly a fake out. Create a false image of scarcity so people start rushing to buy.

This really gets more and more obvious as time goes on. One top national coach in the USA (originally from China) and another currently active major-tournament coach for a top table tennis country has told me this in confidence as big reasons why Japan (and other competitors) can't get over the...

You thought that semifinal was comfortable?

@zeio predictions are absolutely cooking this tournament LOL

Game ended when LJK beat Harimoto

Why did China bring LJK to this tournament, are they stupid

It was shocking tactical failure by Alexis more than a mental break but the narrative won't be this probably.

If they win, it isn't going to be comfortable

No way, I thought she was using unboosted H3

Yes

Yeah, but I'm wondering for every one of these highlights how many points are being thrown away and how much time is being taken away from productive practice. Who knows...

I am seeing way more opponents that look closer to 1300 than 2300 on your YouTube shorts but maybe that is because you mainly upload highlights and trick shots. I think some of people here have been waiting for some full match videos, which would probably give a lot more insight.

The prediction was basically that Iizuka would beat Walker🤷‍♂️