China Smash 2026, Beijing, 10/1-11

[zeio]

For competitive sports, medals and titles are most important measurements of achievement, and most objective. How others regard can be quite subjective.

Once again, it doesn't matter as that's not the point of contention here, just like those Tieba users who concurred that Moregard was way more lucky in the Olympics and WTTC, or like the views of former HKG players and coaches on Harimoto.

Harimoto acknowledged Moregard's silver medal in Part-4 of the Butterfly interview after Paris 2024 but he specifically said that F. Lebrun was the complete player and the ultimate form of Moregard's style that lacks a strong BH. Harimoto acknowledged that WCQ and Moregard as the world champion and Olympic silver medalist, respectively at WTT CS Yokohama 2025, and how those 2 focused on keeping the point short and they knew he would have the upper hand if they played out the point.

 

[NextLevel]

Once again, it doesn't matter as that's not the point of contention here, just like those Tieba users who concurred that Moregard was way more lucky in the Olympics and WTTC, or like the views of former HKG players and coaches on Harimoto.

Harimoto acknowledged Moregard's silver medal in Part-4 of the Butterfly interview after Paris 2024 but he specifically said that F. Lebrun was the complete player and the ultimate form of Moregard's style that lacks a strong BH. Harimoto acknowledged that WCQ and Moregard as the world champion and Olympic silver medalist, respectively at WTT CS Yokohama 2025, and how those 2 focused on keeping the point short and they knew he would have the upper hand if they played out the point.

If you call being lucky winning medals by beating players who you have never beaten before or whom you were not favored to beat (WCQ, HC) or beating players who eliminated your rivals and had traditionally insurmountable leads against you (LJH, ,ST) then sure Truls was lucky. In the end, it is best for a player to create his own luck. Had Truls not gotten "TIEBA lucky" and beaten a player whom he has never beaten before, we would not be having this conversation. In the real world, some of us call what Tiebans call luck "coming through in the clutch".

Truls absense of a backhand is very much overstated. If it is that bad, then everyone should be beating him.

 

[Dr Evil]

Truls absense of a backhand is very much overstated. If it is that bad, then everyone should be beating him.

Truls has a great backhand (except for the loop which is getting better but still far from great).

 

[NetProphet]

Congratulations making the finals of a Grand Smash Super Sato ... what an amazing player!

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Will be interesting.
She has already beaten WM 3-0 at the US this year and won a few finals also.
However I do (as probably most do) expect Manyu to get the job done.
What you reckon, will it be close?

 

[NextLevel]

Well they have given Wang Manyu 24 hours. It would have been harder if it was a same day adjustment. A lot will come down ro her health, I think WMY has excellent form and has been borderline unbeatabke for a while now.

Will be interesting.
She has already beaten WM 3-0 at the US this year and won a few finals also.
However I do (as probably most do) expect Manyu to get the job done.
What you reckon, will it be close?