WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 June 16-21

[zeio]

The typical dead silence from the Chin... oops, Slovenian crowd. Where are your manners, folks? LOL

LIVE! | T1 | Day 1 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 Presented by I Feel Slovenia | Session 2
https://youtu.be/43EBJRVk4KY?t=16755

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Japanese doubles work well it seems. Togami is on fire and they fit well with Hiroto Shinozuka.

 

[job59]

Another chopper nightmare session for Annett Kaufmann losing 3-1 to Zhu Sibing.

Finally, Kaufmann was unable to read the spin too many times.
What always makes me curious with her, is this chicken-wing FH. I know she is very tall and sometimes balls into the body makes it unavoidable. But this looks, as if someone fixed her upper arm too much. And this “style” seems to lock her body movement. Am I exaggerating?

 

[NextLevel]

Finally, Kaufmann was unable to read the spin too many times.
What always makes me curious with her, is this chicken-wing FH. I know she is very tall and sometimes balls into the body makes it unavoidable. But this looks, as if someone fixed her upper arm too much. And this “style” seems to lock her body movement. Am I exaggerating?

Such things are usually established in infancy/youth and resistant to any serious technical change - only somewhat minor modifications which are invisible to us and only visible to their coaches if at all are possible.