great German league match - Wang Xi v Qiu Dang

Just stumbled on  this little gem. Such a shame Wang Xi is not allowed to play in international events.

I didn't know that - thanks for pointing it out. This means there are some videos of Wang Xi to be watched :-)

Yes, Qui Dang's style is quite impressive. I thought he had Wang Xi's number after the first 2 games, but then Wang Xi worked some magic, and won 3:2, and believe you me it wasn't boring for anyone, including the audience.

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In preliminary Rounds (qualification):

Wang Xi beat Mutti Leonard.  (table 9).

He then beat Kou Lei. (table 13).

Finally he lost to Matsudaira Kenji. (table 7).

*** He didn't get into the Main Draw.

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Just realised he switched to Butterfly Jpen with RPB. Can't imagine he can handle such a thick blade with RPB this smoothly. Hope he can make it big.

In the first two games Wang Xi chopped  everything in the middle of the table, medium high.

Then he 'adopted' and started chopping   everything in the middle of the table, medium high.

It is hard to carry on with the same power for the offensive player. Its the same story always, attacker starts strong, and little by little he gets tired, starts missing, starts getting demoralized. That's why chopping is disgusting, and should be crushed mercilessly, and exposed for the cowardly, back-stabbing tactic that it is. 

Also, lets get one thing straight: chopping IS NOT PHYSICALLY MORE DEMANDING THAN LOOPING THE CHOP! Any engineer or physician can tell you, and if you ever looped a nasty chop, you know how much body power it takes to lift those! Chopping the loop, however, is a downward stroke, with much less power. The difference is that chopper needs the legs to get there, but once he does, stroke is easy. In practice, very few in the world can continuously loop to different corners, so the legs disadvantage is not visible on low level, but the looper's disadvantage is visible on every loop. 

I never wrote that chopping is demanding more than looping...I wrote "defending" is demanding more than a classic game also if you have several matches to play the same day...defending is not really limited at only chopping. It demands good anticipation, quick feet, lots of moves from back to front and front to back. Of course, a good defender at this level is at least a top forehand looper. he is also able to twiddle during some points. These kinds of players have also to be able to vary the speed, the height, the spin of their balls but most of all, they should be able to master the spins of the attacker since they receive it at 100% due to the fact that they don't block.

If it was so easy....why are there so few defenders at the top ?

Why Wang Xi has had so many victories and was 3 times best players in the best european championship ?

Why JSY is admired by 99,99% of the players except you ?

Why 99,99% of the spectators are waiting for matches with defenders VS attackers ?

A last thing: you can't deny that when a defender is in a bad day, that is worst for him and without mercy...worst than  every other style of play..

that is the evidence this style is more difficult to master than any other.

The audience is completely incompetent. They always get riled up when one player is defending from the end of the court and lobbing, when in fact he is in completely lost position. They don't know whats going on.

The very essence of chopping is cowardliness. You avoid direct contact and run to the back instead and then hide behind backspin, that you don't even make yourself but use long pips to send his own spin back. And your MAIN plan for getting points is ... hoping for opponent errors. You never plan to win a point through your own actions. How is that not cowardly and back stabbing? Of course not many people play that style. It has to fit your personality. What do you think of my personality? How do you see me as a cowardly chopper? Most people don't like that, even if you told them they can bet other people. How can you compare chopping and your opponent looping in the net with you yourself hooking a loop with all you got?

At the club the other day - I was thinking the same thing....Apparently in Canada as well!

For the record Wang Xi is a fantastic player!

Wang Xi is boring to death, no distinction from the other 100 choppers.