WTT Star Contender Doha 2022

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Man who would have expected Gacina to make it this far, let alone win the tournament! I really thought Lim was gonna take the final.

On the other hand, China's probably watching this whole tournament unfold regretting their A-team withdrawals 😂

Shows how diverse the sport can be if the top Chinese guns aren't playing; and perhaps the reality of the future if the B-team Chinese don't step up? Apart from WCQ, no one else in his generation is a consistent threat to foreign players, at least compared to FZD when he was their age.
 
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"Many Times". Since you love "Bayesian analysis", which is based on probabilities and not absolute claims, you should post about Nakamura's success vs Carlsen at all time controls in terms of probabilities and expectations. And there is a difference between saying "calculation is all that matters" and that "a player's superpower isn't calculation, but evaluation". Do you have an Elo? You seem to make a lot of confident claims about very complicated topics.

My reply in the chess thread, no need to do more off-topic here.

Congrats to Manu and Jia-Nan for the mixed doubles by the way ! seems that the new receive tactic by Jia Nan with her short pips on FH has caused too much trouble to Lin Y.J. She has also many times surprised him with some nice BH loops down the line. 36 years old, Gacina 35... that's table tennis: no need to be that young or mega-fit to perform at a high level ;-)


 
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