Return of International TT Matches

Janard said:

According to unverified sources, Bobrow's favourite "Queen of Hearts" will play the WTT Macau amidst rumours of her retirement and recent foray into the 'high society'.

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Janard said:

Gogo Mima-chan, you have a higher winning percentage than CM and SYS at the WWC!

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軍形:
孫子曰：昔之善戰者，先為不可勝，以待敵之可勝，不可勝在己，可勝在敵。故善戰者，能為不可勝，不能使敵必可勝。故曰：勝可知，而不可為。
Tactical Dispositions:...:
Sunzi said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

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I just said, mom, you know, why would you purchase a gun, like, and I just don't think that's really the best thing to be doing, you know, 76 years old, do you really need a gun and she said, you know, I don't feel safe in the home anymore, you know and this is kind of the reality of where I am in America right now...

You know America struggle to contain COVID, I mean, this past week, the statements from the White House, I mean, it's essentially like they're waving the white flag. You know, We surrender...

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In fact, the ordinary people have found it increasingly difficult to tell whether the Yankees are fighting an election war or a civil war. Perimeters have been set up around the White House buildings, President's Park and Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. in anticipation of protests. Over 200 troops of the National Guard are on stand-by. Police force in major cities such as New York, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles are on full alert. Many stores have closed early. "Fire prevention, theft prevention, baodiao prevention(a slogan of Communist Party of China where the "Defend Diaoyu Islands movement" is discouraged) is often thrown around, but "fire prevention, theft prevention, election prevention" is a first. The most ironic being, even America's most trusted ally Australia gets cold feet, and has warned its citizens against visiting the country during the election. Given that, Pelosi's "a beautiful sight to behold" will make another appearance throughout the country.

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I've just found out recently, in the current US senate, 53 out of 100 are Republicans, 45 are Democrats, 2 are Independents, but if you add up the tallies of those 53 Republicans...they have 15 million less votes than those 45 Democrats and 2 Independents combined. That means the side with 15 million less votes has taken control of the senate. This is frankly not an issue of "not enough democracy" or "no democracy", this is anti-democracy, that is, you are better off not voting at all. It's like a basketball match in which the score is 80-100, and you rule the side with 80 points wins the match. Can you stand that? Some then point out there is the concept of game, set, match in tennis, where the total points scored by the winner could be less than the loser. That is possible in volleyball and table tennis. That's how some sports work. But so what? Ball sports are not democratic governments or elections. Since you are promoting the slogan of democracy, but all the while not even honoring the "majority rule", which has increasingly occurred to the point of being institutionalized, then the US Constitution has effectively been toyed to death. I'm sure the constitution of every country has loopholes, but not every country is a superpower or the US...

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zeio said:

Sweden: "We are going slowly but surely in the wrong direction."
ITTF: No, it's the law of the jungle.

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“We made a very brave attempt to resume the international table tennis action here in Sweden and the event had attracted a lot of interest with several entries. However, health must always come first and, with the recent increase of COVID-19 cases and new restrictions applied by the Public Health Agency of Sweden, unfortunately we simply cannot stage this event anymore. A lot of preparations had already been made, but we hope that we can deliver international events again soon in Sweden and welcome both our Swedish and foreign stars. We will bounce back.” – Petra Sörling, Chairman of the Swedish Table Tennis Association

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What about the World Championships?
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For the 2021 World Individual Championships it is clear that they will not go ahead before the Olympics and we continue to look for solutions on how to stage them towards the end of next year.

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