United States (US) Smash 2026, Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2026

[IntegrateDan]

If Sidorenko wins, he could jump into the top 10 with those 2000 points but for sure he's top 20 now with the 1400 points for being a finalist!

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

ya, wow... Sora still bringing his A-game out here and Sidorenko vs Truls was something else...

Sora vs Sidorenko, what a treat!

 

[shaibu]

He is powerful from both sides, and very complete. But complete players like that are forehand players by definition, same with Sora and Wang Chuqin. It is the ones that sometimes struggle to defend the middle or counterloop with forehand like Harimoto and Lin Shidong or the ones that win a lot of points on backhand to backhand like Felix and LJK that start getting the backhand names lol.

My post was just a reaction to this point

 

[zeio]

A Tieba user nailed it before the match against Shinozuka when many didn't believe in Sidorenko, citing H2H against Moregard and F. Lebrun. The OP also projected that Lind would get crushed by Matsushima.

From a screenshot of Miguvideo live stream in another Tieba post, many viewers knew Moregard was at it again with his gamesmanship in the decider against Sidorenko.

俄罗斯小哥这么能杀生估计能进决赛 (This Russian guy is so good at killing raw [unfamiliar players], he might reach the final)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10842279005
西多伦科要成为史上最强黑马吗？一黑到底进决赛 (Will Sidorenko become the biggest dark horse in history? Will he go all the way to the final?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10846460934

 

[shaibu]

WTT is uploading the full Sato - Kuai Man match, as a pretend live feed:

No VPN needed for US viewers.

 

[NextLevel]

My post was just a reaction to this point

Oh, the Russian backhand tradition is well and alive lol.