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as I've said in another topic, age is not a valid excuse here, as the 3 times she and Wang have been defeated it was by 32.6 aged players on average. Ma Lin is the burden here...
He also didn't play anyone in the CNT though. He didn't play against LJK, WCQ, LGY, or even the interesting young players like LSD or XYB who has beaten quite a few top Chinese players in the superleague.
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Almost half of the world’s population claim one of only ten languages as their mother tongue. So who’s in the Top 10 most spoken languages?
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The guys I saw were trying to beat him like everyone else and he got to the finals, it is not his fault that WCQ got injured or that no one could beat him. - once those 4 got to the semifinals, the competition became largely useless as those four were going to the WTTC anyways. Those guys who all got to the semifinals are all automatic picks, it is the guys trying to beat them that are motivated. In a sense, Ma Long probably had the most motivation since last time, they didn't let him go so that Fan could win the WTTC. So by winning the trials, he (kinda) made sure they couldn't do that again.
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yeah !!
what is "far" to you ? 1 centimeter ?
and "Native" is a bit of a xenophobic statement here, millions of africans are native french speakers, they learn it in their family and at school in Senegal, Mali, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Gabon and so on... as they also learn french history like "our ancestors the gauls"... and yes it's a bit stupid here, I know. The regional languages come way after that.
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I said CHINESE not Mandarin.Come on... be serious
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Ding Ning once famously tried that; it was not so smooth. Let's just say, let her speak in her native language and let the interpreter do his / her job. Everyone is happier for it.
Let those professional players concentrate on playing spectacular table-tennis for our enjoyment and let the professional interpreter do their job. Not everyone can be everything everywhere all at once in real life. Everything everywhere all at once only happens in Hollywood block-buster reel life.
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This is getting more and more off-topic but I'd argue that "Chinese" is not a language. Mandarin and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible. This makes them less related than say Portuguese and Spanish. Up to the early 20th century, Mandarin wasn't yet made the official language of China, and in the not-so-distant past, "China" was a fractured sub-continent with dozens if not hundreds of distinct ethnicities, cultures, and languages.
At least in terms of people of different countries attempting to communicate with each other through a intermediate language, English dominates. And using "by far" to describe its prevalance is accurate and might even be an understatement.
But, back to the topic, I will never fault an athlete for choosing not to communicate in a language uncomfortable to them. Shohei Ohtani is probably the biggest star in Japan and in the MLB, and he chooses to use an interpreter despite the fact that he does speak English pretty well. These athletes have a lot on their minds, and the mental burden of trying to avoid verbal gaffes and mistakes on top of being at peak physical performance doesn't seem worthwhile.
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Thriller of a match between Truls Moregard and Shinsuke Togami. Ended with the best rally of the match, which is always exciting.
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The most annoying part for me is that you don't get to see the serve! And in a post-match interview, Truls said it was a serve his father likes a lot but he doesn't like so much. They didn't even replay it. Great job, WTT!
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Is Qian Tianyi a player on the rise? I haven't heard much of her before this tournament, but she seems to be having a nice showing for herself.
But she is already 23, so is it too late for her to break into the elite?
But she is already 23, so is it too late for her to break into the elite?
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Most of the top 5 in Chinese women’s team have been eliminated:
Chen Meng
Wang Yidi
Chen Xingtong
It’s unpredictable and entertaining
Chen Meng
Wang Yidi
Chen Xingtong
It’s unpredictable and entertaining
Found the serve. WTT's Social Media captured the serve from a different camera angle.
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