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Stellan Bengtsson Interview On Coaching Truls to WTTC Finals: https://edgesandnets.com/2022/01/27/inside-truls-moregardhs-run-to-the-world-championship-finals/

Not sure if this is common knowledge already, but here is a blog post with several video clips documenting the use of fake crowd cheers at the China National Games to make the crowd seem more excited than it really was...

A recap and some player quotes of Chen Meng's 4-2 finals victory over Sun Yingsha: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/29/chen-meng-defeats-sun-yingsha-4-2-to-clinch-olympic-gold/

We take a look at what to expect from a Sun Yingsha vs Mima Ito match-up at the Tokyo Olympics based on Deng Yaping’s analysis of their 2020 World Cup match: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/22/mima-ito-vs-sun-yingsha-olympic-preview/

Liu Shiwen sat down last week for an interview with WTT on her recovery from an elbow injury and her role as the mixed doubles player and veteran women’s team member at the Tokyo Olympics. Here is an English translation...

Kanak Jha sits down with Edges and Nets to discuss his new international training center in California, how training in the United States compares to training in Europe, competing with China, the Tokyo Olympics, mentally preparing for big tournaments, getting in competitive matches during the...

Liu Guoliang recently downplayed gold-medal expectations, reiterated the need for mental strength, and praised the internal Chinese scrimmages for the Tokyo Olympics in a statement to Chinese media...

Ma Long recently sat down with WTT to discuss various aspects of his preparation for the Olympics, what the Olympics mean to him, and what motivates him. Original video (in Mandarin): https://share.api.weibo.cn/share/229616433.html?weibo_id=4649000701004797 English translation...

Jun Mizutani recently sat down with a Japanese table tennis reporter for an extensive interview to discuss the Tokyo Olympics, the pandemic, Tomokazu Harimoto, playing doubles with Koki Niwa as two lefties, playing doubles with Mima Ito, and life after table tennis. Original Interview (in...

Mattias Falck recently did a short interview with Compass (a European Youth Table Tennis Organization) on his playing style and Olympic preparations. The original article in German: https://compass-tt.eu/falck-bereitet-sich-fuer-eine-weitere-sensation-vor/ English translation...

Wrote a new blog post introducing the Magnus Effect in table tennis to those who are unaware of it: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/04/23/identifying-the-magnus-effect-in-table-tennis/

A rough English translation of some comments Mima Ito has shared with Japanese media recently: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/04/10/mima-ito-discusses-wtt-doha-and-tokyo-olympics/

My latest blog post based on some of my observations about some of Mima Ito's recent matches against left-handed players and in particular Jeon Jihee: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/04/06/analyzing-jeon-jihees-serve-strategy-against-olympic-rival-mima-ito/ Unfortunately, WTT Table 1 matches as...

As of yesterday, videos have been unable to load on ITTV with an error message like "cannot connect to server." Today, https://tv.ittf.com/ is a broken link and ittf.com no longer has ITTV on its menu. Any clues to what is going on or if the videos will be hosted elsewhere?

I wrote a new blog post on some changes Ovtcharov made to his game compared to his previous losses to Lin Yun-Ju: https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/25/how-dimitrij-ovtcharov-solved-the-lin-yun-ju-problem-at-wtt-doha/ Unfortunately, the full match seems to have been taken down form Youtube, but...

WTT Doha will be starting the main draw in several hours, and from what I’ve seen on social media, many people either do not know the event is happening or have no idea what is going on in this event due to low quality media coverage by ITTF/WTT.If you or your friend are looking for serious...

Reigning World Champion Liu Shiwen sat down with CCTV for an extended interview regarding her gutsy run to the 2019 World Championship title and the psychological aspect of her career. The full video (in Mandarin) is available on Weibo (in Mandarin) at...

I know many people on here have pretty strong opinions on how ITTF/various table tennis governing bodies are run, so I decided to summarize some of the recent changes ITTF will be making to the world tour in the following blog post...

Timo Boll recently did an interview with the German Newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung discussing his personal life during Covid and how he’s approaching the twilight of his career. The article can be found (in German) here...