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    Posted: 11/20/2017 at 12:25pm
This is a video of a recent finals at the club I go to, Westchester Table Tennis Club. Two Chinese trained modern day defenders (over 2600) square off against each other. I'm not sure how I would characterize it. Interesting to watch.



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To me it feels like this is a great example of where consistency is more important than power. Jian Li seems to have more power on his forehand than Wei Wang and is usually the aggressor in the match. Wei Wang, while of course still having great power in his forehand, seemed to have dialed it back one notch resulting in much better consistency. He was landing and placing better shots at a noticeably higher rate and I think that's why he won.

A special mention of the outstanding point at 24:37
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I agree with your analysis. Wei Wang seemed to be more comfortable in the offensive, though both seemed a bit out if their normal comfort zone.
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Beautiful. I love watching matches like this :)
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Thanks. Will Shortz does a great job of attracting high ranking national and international players to his monthly WTTC tournaments. First time I've seen two modern defensive experts in the finals.
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I'm curious like in the point at 17:00, why the guy in red who is attacking doesn't go down the line behind his opponent? Is it just too hard/risky to change the direction? Or he prefers a counterlooping rally to giving the other guy an opportunity to chop?
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Wei Wang is the better player with a higher quality of shot  on all strokes.  
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Originally posted by BRS BRS wrote:

I'm curious like in the point at 17:00, why the guy in red who is attacking doesn't go down the line behind his opponent? Is it just too hard/risky to change the direction? Or he prefers a counterlooping rally to giving the other guy an opportunity to chop?
  

Redirecting a quality hooking ball with quality is not easy. So the answer is yes, it is hard/risky to change direction.  It's usually the higher rated player who does that if he wants to, not the lower rated player, though there are rare exceptions.
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