Sabine Winter switches to antispin

[DrBean]

I still cannot wrap my head around this concept that Wang Yidi who is not a noob in the Pro Tours is unable to adapt to difference in spin or control the spin. It still cannot explain the disparity in the outcome btw WYD vs Odo against Sabine.

You actually see this quite often in high level athletes. You get used to a rhythm and it's very uncomfortable when someone presents a different pattern. Adaptability is a rarer skill than, say, explosiveness.

There's a recent video covering a few adjacent concepts in sports performance.

 

[NextLevel]

I still cannot wrap my head around this concept that Wang Yidi who is not a noob in the Pro Tours is unable to adapt to difference in spin or control the spin. It still cannot explain the disparity in the outcome btw WYD vs Odo against Sabine.

Because you are focused on the level of the player, not the nature of the problem. Many players in table tennis retain the same kinds of strengths and weaknesses at every level they have played, they just get good enough that it takes a stronger level of player to expose them. Think of Sun Yingsha, who is currently the best player in the world, having her backhand issues exploited by Chen Meng ans Wang Manyu. Obviously, Sun Yingsha's backhand is awesome, and it takes a certain level of player with threats in other parts of their game to exploit it, including someone eho can return her serve without losing the point on the third ball (which usually means it has to be a teammate, but not necessarily). But if you can get her backhand to backhand and place the ball awkwardly enough that she isn't able to pivot because you can place the ball down the line, you are in the match.

I uave seen usatt 2300 players lose to usatt 2000 pips players and I have seen a guy whonhad good serves and long pips on backhand also gain rating points after making the same kind of switch Winter made. Sometimes it is less about the material and more about the problem it poses for players who don't know how to overwhelm you when you use it and therefore give you time to use your forehand. But a lot ot it also depends on how early you were exposed to these rubbers in your development. I have seen players beat choppers or pips backhand players 300 pts higher rated than them for the same matchup reason in reverse, so Winter is always susceptible to someone who knows how to handle the anti and who can counter her forehand.

 

[Airoc]

Sometimes it is less about the material and more about the problem it poses for players

This is especially true for lower levels.
People admit to their weaknesses and use pips/anti, and all of a sudden they have an advantage over people who have their weakness playing against pips/anti.
The higher the level, the more you actually have to have an idea of how to play with the pips/anti other than just somehow fumbling it in to the opponent´s ball, and you´ll need a weapon on the other side of the racket as well.

 

[NextLevel]

Sabine Winter 3-2 Doo Hoi Kem (-10,-8, 8, 9, 4).

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Sabine Winter 3-2 Doo Hoi Kem (-10,-8, 8, 9, 4).

No surprise normal performance for WR9

 

[NextLevel]

No surprise normal performance for WR9

Zeio is from Hong Kong, so I needed to update the thread.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Sabine gets a medal at world champs, but a team one, it was too easy to predict.

 

[Bollwerk]

Sabine gets a medal at world champs, but a team one, it was too easy to predict.

In team it's her 3rd, first time leading the way.

It was likely, but nice to make it through the harder quarter too

 

[zeio]

HY and Lei Yang on Winter saying how she got fewer points after her switch to anti, wondering how SYS could adjust so fast without any problem.

HY also thinks Winter's FH is better than Hayata's and that JNT players are just too good at playing combination players.

https://weibo.com/7790173399/QF2ENi7O7
体育课代表wik
26-5-12 18:23
发布于 江苏
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韩莹: 温特输给莎莎之后，她说怎么能上来就调动的这么快，也没有觉得不适应。换个胶皮后与莎莎打，得分还少了！
有一年新加坡大满贯，她抽的是孙颖莎，我抽的是伊藤，她说要不咱俩回去吧哈哈
她说要不然这样的:咱俩比一比，看谁分儿多能赢的分儿多，后来这次打完以后，她就跟队友说，以前没换完胶皮的时候还能多赢几分，结果还完胶皮以后分更少了哈哈

#微博二创视频创作季##一分钟精选视频扶持计划# [http://t.cn/AXiqJjjA] 体育课代表wik的微博视频

https://weibo.com/5331090781/QFbxEwTLz
丁丁足乒历险记
乒乓球超话
自主创作
26-5-13 17:00
发布于 北京
来自 微博网页版
[#乒乓球[超话]#] 乒乓球超话#微博二创视频创作季#
韩莹：我觉得温特的正手能力高于早田希娜，我觉得温特正手现在比我还稳，本来想让我去打张本美和的

韩莹：我觉得温特的正手比早田希娜更出色，温特正手扎实不随意抹球，稳健度甚至比我削球打法还要高。
明明是进攻打法，稳定性却远超防守型，确实打得很亮眼。日韩队内特殊打法选手本来就多，遇上很难应对。
雷洋：本来想让韩莹去拼张美和，可惜没能如愿。大家都觉得张美和不好打，也就我相对能对上几句，只能算是矬子里拔将军。 [http://t.cn/AXifkgoO] 丁丁足乒历险记的微博视频

 

[zeio]

SXN on her role and other teammates down the road, saying she won't compete for LA28 and will not play WTT events after 2028.

https://weibo.com/5229334406/R0D0py3y7
精神病院派来的猴子
26-5-22 22:17
发布于 河南
来自 微博视频号
单晓娜:世乒赛我应该不会再参加了，代表国家队的比赛应该不会再参加了。奥运会我肯定是打不了了，没有那个精气神，也没有那个能力，也没有去竞争了，因这个打法在这儿放着，但是坚持打到28年，我觉得还是会的。参加一些WTT的比赛好，还是会的，28年之后有可能就不会参加这些比赛了。
下次比赛德国锦标赛我们要打，然后就是克罗地亚的挑战赛，后面斯洛文尼亚我准备取消了，美国大满贯会去的。 [http://t.cn/AX6bsm3s] 精神病院派来的猴子的微博视频

https://weibo.com/5229334406/R0DwW3SvW
精神病院派来的猴子
26-5-22 23:37
发布于 河南
来自 微博视频号
单晓娜:尼娜今年已经三十了，尼娜上个星期结婚的，办的婚礼。邱党没结婚，今年女队是尼娜结婚，万远是九月份，我们都会去。杜达应该也快了，杜达儿子都有了，婚礼早晚要补办一下。温特还没有男朋友呢，她真的所有的精力，所有的一切都是乒乓球，所有她能有今天真的是她应得的，温特就是搞事业。现在德国队的队长还是尼娜和奥恰。 [http://t.cn/AX6G5oJb] 精神病院派来的猴子的微博视频

 

[zeio]

As I stated at the very beginning, the thing Winter needed most was luck to avoid JNT players, which she did, and a year later she has only gotten past 1 of them (1W8L in 2025, 0W1L in 2026), whom is strictly speaking not even on the JNT.

Getting past an injured CXT and WYD, both of whom are known to be poor against combination players, is nothing to write home about. It doesn't change the fact that some relatively unknown players can give Winter hell and that's often what happens at the Olympics.

Almost 4 months later, 2 more JNT scalps for Winter, specifically the perfect matchup Hashimoto at WTTC 2026 and a coachless Hirano since 9/2024 at WTT SCT Ljubljana 2026, which should've been something encouraging, only to be completely overshadowed by the next-round beatdown at the hands of Diaz...

LIVE! | T2 | Day 3 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 Presented by I Feel Slovenia | Session 1
https://youtu.be/fnPAtnutji8?t=539

 

[zeio]

Still 2 years from turning 36 and the first sign of risking an ankle injury from a FH step-around at WTT SCT Ljubljana 2026.

LIVE!|WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 Presented by I Feel Slovenia|Singles SF & Mixed Doubles F
https://youtu.be/j47LTAqzUBg?t=13075

 

[NextLevel]

@zeio post incoming...

 

[zeio]

USA GS 2026
WS R64
Winter WR9 (9) 1-3 QYX WR29 (-8, 6, -10, -9)
From G1, it was obvious QYX was getting the hang of that shot quality range. There was already some sign the last time.

As with her other losses, Winter couldn't come up with anything other than brute force.

 

[zeio]

Lei Yang on Winter 1-3 QYX at USA GS 2026.

https://weibo.com/5286779334/R6xF60OvM
馨阳_
乒乓球超话
26-6-30 19:42
发布于 重庆
来自 vivo S30
#覃予萱3比1温特# 4月份的世界杯温特4-1赢覃予萱，短短2个月然后今天1-3被覃予萱赢了。确实自己也憋屈生气。
韩莹老公：温特给打生气了，反正自己打的也不好，像她的这种打法后面越来越不太好打了，温特这个防护是一个双刃剑，刚上来的时候，可能大家觉得别扭啊不适应，然后就开始找规律啊。
你看莎莎跟那个温特打完以后，你再看其他人打，抛开能力以外，从战术包括从线路来说，其实都是通过莎莎跟温特那场打完以后，然后现在她们也这么打。
你看之前很多人跟温特打，包括大迪说她们什么就是你就感觉她那个线路打的不是特别聪明。然后莎莎打完以后，你再看很很多人，尤其是中国队，你就明显感觉在在落点变化在线路方面是跟以前有点不一样的。
#微博二创视频创作季##我的夏日icon# [#乒乓球[超话]#] 乒乓球超话 [http://t.cn/AXohHgeZ] 馨阳_的微博视频
(In April's World Cup, Winter beat Qin Yuxuan 4-1, but just two months later, she lost 1-3 to Qin Yuxuan today. She must be feeling frustrated and angry.

Han Ying's husband: Winter got angry after being beaten, and since she didn't play well either, her style of play is becoming increasingly difficult to play. Winter's anti is a double-edged sword. At first, people might feel awkward and uncomfortable, but then they start looking for patterns.

After Shasha played against Winter, and then you see other players, putting aside ability, in terms of tactics and shot path, they all started playing the same way after Sasha's match against Winter.

Before, when many players played against Winter, including Big Di, you could feel that their shot path wasn't particularly intelligent. But after Sasha's match, and then you see many players, especially the Chinese team, you can clearly feel that their shot placement and shot path are different from before.)

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https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...rld-cup-macao-2026-3-30-4-5.38996/post-570627

WS SF
SYS WR1 4-0 Winter WR12 (6, 6, 3, 5)
...
After G2, Lau Yiu Cho is asking why WYD and QYX didn't use SYS' tactics, that is, serving long?

 

[NextLevel]

Lei Yang on Winter 1-3 QYX at USA GS 2026.

https://weibo.com/5286779334/R6xF60OvM
馨阳_
乒乓球超话
26-6-30 19:42
发布于 重庆
来自 vivo S30
#覃予萱3比1温特# 4月份的世界杯温特4-1赢覃予萱，短短2个月然后今天1-3被覃予萱赢了。确实自己也憋屈生气。
韩莹老公：温特给打生气了，反正自己打的也不好，像她的这种打法后面越来越不太好打了，温特这个防护是一个双刃剑，刚上来的时候，可能大家觉得别扭啊不适应，然后就开始找规律啊。
你看莎莎跟那个温特打完以后，你再看其他人打，抛开能力以外，从战术包括从线路来说，其实都是通过莎莎跟温特那场打完以后，然后现在她们也这么打。
你看之前很多人跟温特打，包括大迪说她们什么就是你就感觉她那个线路打的不是特别聪明。然后莎莎打完以后，你再看很很多人，尤其是中国队，你就明显感觉在在落点变化在线路方面是跟以前有点不一样的。
#微博二创视频创作季##我的夏日icon# [#乒乓球[超话]#] 乒乓球超话 [http://t.cn/AXohHgeZ] 馨阳_的微博视频
(In April's World Cup, Winter beat Qin Yuxuan 4-1, but just two months later, she lost 1-3 to Qin Yuxuan today. She must be feeling frustrated and angry.

Han Ying's husband: Winter got angry after being beaten, and since she didn't play well either, her style of play is becoming increasingly difficult to play. Winter's anti is a double-edged sword. At first, people might feel awkward and uncomfortable, but then they start looking for patterns.

After Shasha played against Winter, and then you see other players, putting aside ability, in terms of tactics and shot path, they all started playing the same way after Sasha's match against Winter.

Before, when many players played against Winter, including Big Di, you could feel that their shot path wasn't particularly intelligent. But after Sasha's match, and then you see many players, especially the Chinese team, you can clearly feel that their shot placement and shot path are different from before.)

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https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...rld-cup-macao-2026-3-30-4-5.38996/post-570627

Sun Yingsha teaches the world to play anti...