Hi NextLevel long time no see ... : ) Just watching this amazing final. Really happy for WMY! She played fantastic, I would never pick her at the beginning of this great tournament.
She did make history. She achieved the grand slam, of silverware 大满亚. WWC, WTTC and Olympics Silver as the Chinese netizens put it.
Assuming CM, SYS and WMY are the new LXX, LSW and DN respectively, WMY being the first to achieve WTTC WS Gold (i.e. DN in 2011) means that CM will do so in 2023 (i.e. LXX in 2013) while SYS will need to wait till 2029 (i.e. LSW in 2019).
Dem netizens are nuh nice at all 😕😒, I think Shasha needs to work more on breaking down defences without compromising her own defence too much, WMY and esp CM in the Olympic final worked with a defensive framework the kind ZYL will be proud of but their counters and tricky serves were good enough to attack and win points.
That equivalence seems innocuous, but questionable cos we didn't factor that LXX did not win an Olympic in 2010+1, CM already did.
Also I don't think Shasha has to wait till 2029, but we'll see.
She won the China National Games and was the internal favorite if you followed what happened in China before this tournament. I actually made $50 by betting on this knowledge which people who were focused on the Olympics were completely ignorant of.
Thanks TTD and MLFMC.
It has always been my opinion too, It's like her Major problem, everytime she falls off a bit, whenever there's a internal training she's always working assiduously on her forehand in the few clips we are allowed to see,And then her brand New forehand after a couple matches is brushing again, She's certainly improved vastly since 2017 but watch the 2017 WTTC marvellous 12, There's the translated version on YouTube i think, I remember ex CNT Coach and now Singapore Coach Wu Jinping telling her in the post match that she brushes too much, that why is her forehand so bad??
When he was speaking to the camera alone, he said something like "she's very young but she's already got the best backhand in the team, And She has to work on her forehand".
It's been over 4 and a half years, but she's still brushing too much on shots she should power through, It costs her delicate points.
Nice. I'm curious who the bookies' favourite was for the women's singles, can you remember? Because WMY has looked unstoppable the last few months.
(https://betzillion.com/tips/2021-world-table-tennis-championships-betting-preview/ btw I did briefly now try to look this up myself but only found this, giving the "hot tip" to put your money on Ma Long or Xu Xin 
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