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congrats to Ishikawa for once, beating a Chinese player of the CNT... even if its only the bench girl...
she's preventing an all-Chinese Sunday in this Ladies tournament
congrats to Ishikawa for once, beating a Chinese player of the CNT... even if its only the bench girl...
she's preventing an all-Chinese Sunday in this Ladies tournament
Come on, Wu Yang is the defending German Open champion and perhaps the best current female defensive player. It is impressive that Kasumi Ishikawa beat her. Wu Yang complained on her Weibo that she wants to play attacking style after the ball change lol
I don't think it all can be blamed on the new generation of balls.
As one can see Ruwen Filus seems to have adapted quite well to it and Joo Sae Hyuk's latest results in T2APAC weren't so bad as well.
Though i must admit that the number of racket edges from Lin today was quite significant and not very typical for CNT players at all. Something was obviously wrong with the timing.
Maybe a combination of balls and table surface? I don't know, but blaming everything on the balls doesn't grab the full picture IMHO.
They played 729 seamless ball for China National Games and practiced with it since China Open.But weren't the CNT the first ones practicing with the D40+?
They played 729 seamless ball for China National Games and practiced with it since China Open.
After National Games, LGY played Austrian Open, Asian Cup, World Cup and German Open with DHS 40+ and he seemed never to complain the ball. FZD played Asian Cup and German Open and complained that he didn't get used to the ball in Asian Cup. ML played World Cup and complained the ball. XX played German Open and complained the ball is different from the training ball. And we know they played double colored ball in CTTSL last week.....
I don't quite get the logic behind using non standard balls in National Games and CTTSL and why the training balls are different. But that's sth really going on.
To be honest, I too thought the number of times Xu Xin failed to contact the ball altogether yesterday was too high to blame on his poor form. Same with Lin Gaoyuang mistiming his shots against Timo and Ma Long missing the contact many times in the World Cup. However, as someone have noticed, why not use precisely the same setup in practice if the players are not satisfied with how foreign it feels in tournaments?
Then again, CNT's managers are the last ones I'd blame here, it's all really ITTF's fault. The 38mm ball should never have been retired in the first place and likewise the 40mm celluloid ball. The explanations they gave when introducing new balls were laughable rubbish both times. They want the ball to be seen more clearly on TV screens? The material is highly flammable? Give me a break, ITTF.
I would set broken balls on fire because it's kinda fun Of course I do it outside while taking necessary precautions. However, never once have I seen an actual news report about celluloid factories burning down - in China or elsewhere. Mind posting a link if you've got one? What I do hear usually is a lot of rumors. You can read more on the issue in this well researched post: http://mytabletennis.net/forum/foru...le=proof-of-worldwide-ban-of-celluloid#573297the celluloid balls ARE highly flammable. In China whole factories burned down in accidents. Did you ever set a ball on fire?
the ball is the same, but this reasoning completely misses the point. Assume for the sake of the argument that inverted rubbers were to be banned for whatever reason. Everyone would find themselves in the same position, right? Obviously wrong, players that already play with pips will have an advantage.Ok, I know that this may sound harsh, but the ball is the same for the both players on the table. If it takes you long to adapt to such change - it's your problem. I myself have huuuuge problems when changing the ball in a league and even if I struggle and don't play the level I would expect my answer to myself stays the same: "the opponent plays with the same ball". And that's it.
Ok, I know that this may sound harsh, but the ball is the same for the both players on the table. If it takes you long to adapt to such change - it's your problem. I myself have huuuuge problems when changing the ball in a league and even if I struggle and don't play the level I would expect my answer to myself stays the same: "the opponent plays with the same ball". And that's it.
There's no such thing as fair or not fair in sports(except for judging). Either your ready or you're not and you try do adapt or you'll lose. That's pretty much it
you really underestimate the mindset that top sportsmen have, especially the very best of them. A player with true winning mentality, which I'm sure ML or XX are, would never blame their defeat on outside factors wrongly for it would discredit both themselves and their opponents. Top table tennis players - Chinese or European - are notorious for their sportsmanship.When non chinese players were loosing all the time with chinese they could not make excuses. Now when chinese are loosing it is a ball problem. Come on! So what they are saying is that german got this ball much earlier and hide it for CNT. Poor chinese