Yah, the commentator should actually refer the country as the nation that shall not be named instead.I love how the ETTU still refuses to put the Russian flag 🇷🇺 in the official graphics, but the commentator keeps repeating the word "Russian" every few seconds.
Iif all you got originally was that beating Freitas raised his level and removed limits on his performance, that was all. The rest is extra context since you asked for it. If you had watched the Freitas match, the context would have been clearer to you. And if somehow you did and the context wasn't, well, it is life, no one understands everything, even with great teachers.And I was supposed to get all this from "Freitas match removed his limitations."?
Yes, changing tempo and tactical pivots are essential components of competitive table tennis.
This is where coaches come in. They sit in their corner, observe and analyze. And all this amounts to exactly nothing if they can't communicate it to the player properly. This is what separates elite coaches from all the others.
I did, sorry.
As opposed to... ?
Every argument is a learning experience.
Lets do a drinking game. You do a shot of Vodka every time he calls Abraamian "Russian" and I'll do one when he calls Hursey "Welsh". Who gets drunk first?
Now that you mention it, I don't think I did. I just followed the score on my phone that time.
The changing of the guard is the headline I think. While arguably Nina and Szocs are the old guard, the other three are all new and eliminated the old guard. Would have been true for any of the quarterfinalists in two of the matches so nice to see the younger players stepping up.
| Date | Event Name | Stage | Sub-Event | Round | Player A | Player B | Games | Result | Winner |
| Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Main Draw | WS | R64 | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 12:10 11:5 11:8 | 3 - 0 | MITTELHAM Nina |
| Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026 | Main Draw | WS | R64 | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 11:7 11:3 11:3 | 3 - 0 | MITTELHAM Nina |
| Jun 2023 | European Games Krakow-Malopolska 2023 | Main Draw | WS | QuarterFinal | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 8:11 11:5 6:11 12:10 7:11 4:11 0:0 | 2 - 4 | SZOCS Bernadette |
| Jun 2023 | European Games Krakow-Malopolska 2023 | Main Draw | WT | Final | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 9:11 9:11 4:11 | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette |
| Sep 2018 | ITTF European Championships Alicante 2018 | Main Draw | WS | R16 | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 11:13 4:11 8:11 9:11 | 0 - 4 | SZOCS Bernadette |
| Sep 2017 | ITTF European Team Championships Luxembourg 2017 | Main Draw | WT | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 5:11 5:11 11:6 6:11 | 1 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | |
| Sep 2016 | World Tour Belgium Open De Haan 2016 | Main Draw | U21WS | SemiFinal | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 11:13 11:9 11:9 7:11 6:11 | 2 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette |
| Jul 2013 | European Youth Championships Ostrava 2013 | Main Draw | JGT | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | ||
| Jul 2013 | European Youth Championships Ostrava 2013 | Main Draw | JGS | SemiFinal | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 3 - 0 | MITTELHAM Nina | |
| Jul 2012 | European Youth Championships Schwechat 2012 | Main Draw | JGS | QuarterFinal | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | |
| May 2012 | ITTF Junior Circuit Premium Polish Junior and Cadet Open Cetniewo 2012 | Main Draw | JGT | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 9:11 7:11 14:16 | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | |
| Jan 2012 | Europe Youth Top 10 Buzau 2012 | Qualification | JGS | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | ||
| Nov 2011 | World Junior Table Tennis Championships Manama 2011 | JGT | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 4:11 9:11 11:13 | 0 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette | ||
| Oct 2011 | German Junior Open Dinklage 2011 | Main Draw | JGT | MITTELHAM Nina | SZOCS Bernadette | 12:10 4:11 6:11 8:11 | 1 - 3 | SZOCS Bernadette |
It's the typical "when athlete loses badly", he has weak mindset and when athlete wins, he has strong mindset. The fact that the athlete can struggle despite an extremely strong mindset is just not possible. Unfortunately, only the results determine this. We all watched the match Haug played against Kallberg and what Haug showed was clearly a player who can beat anyone once his shots are landing, Truls chop block probably played into his hands a bit more since it gives him a sitter. and the pushes land into the lefty backhand side (unlike the forehand side for the righty).
I am not sure where the "Truls does not spin a lot comes from", but I think you mean he chops and pushes a bit, which gives a sitter to attack if you are that kind of player. Anton is a great player, but Haug had his chances, and interestingly, Anton was also coached by lefty (Maze). Anton and Haug used to be teammates at Duesseldorf for a while so they are also familiar with each other, I suspect that gave Anton a minor edge.
Yes, Voldemort. He should just call them all citizens of Voldemort.
not surprised it’s more a case of Szocs declining this year imo than Mittelham suddenly rising. Bernie hasn’t had a great year.
At one stage it look like Sofia was going to win the overall match as Anna was leading in games then Sofia caught up to make it 3-3 and thought Anna might blow her chance at winning a match against her with the way Sofia clawed it back to get to the decider. Good to be proven wrong.
A. Lebrun has a weakness against penhold players
