United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

[maxtor]

Can you imagine there is a table tennis forum, not social politics forum?

 

[job59]

Wow. What a strong girl KM is. Congrats

 

[NetProphet]

Haha, Felix, what a bastard
Calls the serve.
Blatant attempt to get into Soras head. It didn't work but still, gamesmanship at its finest 😂

 

[M51]

Felix needs to take up meditation or something. He has no control over his nerves whatsoever.

 

[latej]

Haha, Felix, what a bastard
Calls the serve.
Blatant attempt to get into Soras head. It didn't work but still, gamesmanship at its finest 😂

Hard to say, maybe he was not happy with previous serves, and it accumulated, and he waited for the time to call... But if not, and he did it with the intent you described, well maybe, but he is young and not corrupt, he'll learn that such intent only makes him weaker... ;-)

 

[TTLOVE]

Fantastic Performance by Sora, so happy to see him win and felix lose.

 

[NextLevel]

Felix needs to take up meditation or something. He has no control over his nerves whatsoever.

He is French, they encourage expressive play.

 

[zeio]

Felix did better against Matsushima here than at WTTC 2026. Dropping G1 after multiple game points hurt.

MS SF
Matsushima (6) 4-1 F. Lebrun (4) (10, 7, -10, 10, 10)

 

[M51]

He is French, they encourage expressive play.

So do I.

Getting the urge to smash your racket every five points isn't expressive play, it's emotional disbalance

 

[zeio]

Moregard slipped past the service call at 29.98°... LOL

 

[M51]

Are those hickies on Truls' neck, lol 🤣

 

[NextLevel]

So do I.

Getting the urge to smash your racket every five points isn't expressive play, it's emotional disbalance

You make it sound like he would do it if he was winning more points lol. But it is really something for their coach and sports psychologists to address, even the more mellow Gauzy threatens to fling his racket every now and then.

 

[shaibu]

Wow looked like Sidorenko is done, but then he won games 5 and 6 convincingly. On to game 7 now.

 

[NextLevel]

After the shoulder injury, game 4 made us forget it. But games 5 and 6 have been all Vlad the Sid... Truls has been decoded so he has to play table tennis now.

 

[M51]

Sidorenko's adaptation is impressive.

Anyways, Truls is done here. The injury is obviously bothering him.

 

[shaibu]

Bobrow called Sidorenko a forehand dominant player. I beg to differ .

 

[shaibu]

Truls changed his paddle at 9;2 and won five points in a row, 9:7.

 

[shaibu]

Wow Sidorenko getting all the lucky breaks, takes game 7 12:10

 

[latej]

Wow.

 

[Kopp]

Sidorenko was fast and good. Truls' "dirty" trick in the deciding game almost worked!