Slight Edge Master

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[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@777tabletennis_ The most non-chalant cleaning after a non-chalant shot.... Attitude🔥, Flare entertainment overloaded....he is a blessing to World table tennis....

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@777tabletennis_ He is GODZILLA of table tennis....Anyone still doubting him after this match would have to answer to God 😄.....Unreal and Unparallel play...

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@Totsuka_TT_ This is called a clean sweep shot....the leftovers were cleaned by his hands after the shot....Unreal...Just Wow.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

He is playing like stormy water....explosive like Stormy and smooth like water...I have not seen a game like this even by Sora. He is on another level mentally and skillwise. Unreal experience for us fans....I couldn't believe my eyes....Feng also played brilliantly but Sora was unbelievable....

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@777tabletennis_ Exploding ❤️.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@TTRYO0718 Taste of success.😉

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

gave the world's top 16 table tennis players a one-word nickname. 🏓🔥

Sora Matsushima: Soracerer (Sora + sorcerer)

Félix Lebrun: Felightning (Felix + lightning)

Tomokazu Harimoto: Roarimoto (roar + Harimoto)

Wang Chuqin: Wangperor (Wang + emperor)

Truls Möregård: Trulcasso (Truls + Picasso)

Lin Yun-Ju: Linvisible (Lin + invisible)

Hugo Calderano: Calderhammer (Calderano + hammer)

Alexis Lebrun: Lebruiser (Lebrun + bruiser)

Lin Shidong: Lindomitable (Lin + indomitable)

Qiu Dang: Qiufessor (Qiu + professor)

Jang Woo-jin: Woojinamite (Woo-jin + dynamite)

Darko Jorgić: Darkozooka (Darko + bazooka)

Shunsuke Togami: Togamissile (Togami + missile)

Anders Lind: Anderzilla (Anders + Godzilla)

Wen Ruibo: Ruibolt (Ruibo + bolt)

Vladimir Sidorenko: Siberenko (Siberia + Sidorenko)

#TableTennis #PingPong #WTT #ITTF #SoraMatsushima #FelixLebrun #Harimoto #WangChuqin #TrulsMoregard #LinYunJu #HugoCalderano #AlexisLebrun #LinShidong #QiuDang #JangWoojin #DarkoJorgic #Togami #AndersLind #WenRuibo #Sidorenko

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Hands down the best point of the day.
Lin Yin Ju - Silent Assassin
Xu Xin - Xuperman
Ma long - Dictator

And I want to propose:

Manav Thakkar - 'PunchoMan'av 👊

[World Table Tennis @WTTGlobal]

On the floor one second, back in the rally the next?! 🥵

Manav Thakkar takes the win and the Best Point of Day 2 here in #ChinaSmash 🇨🇳

#TableTennis

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@w5PEMUFM8l85259 Entertainment overloaded. Let's just say he has a unique way of winning matches. The one and only Truly Truls way that is 🎇.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Lin Yun-Ju might have the cleanest technique in table tennis.

Silky backhand. Effortless timing. Strokes so crisp they look like a coaching video.

And yet, in the big matches, the ones that decide titles, he often plays it safe. Waits. Lets the opponent take control.

Talent keeps him near the top. Hesitation keeps him from the very top.

He's 25 now, and world No. 6. The window doesn't stay open forever.

For Lin, it's not about technique anymore. It's about presence.
To stand tall. To own the table. To let the opponent feel the aggression before the first serve.

To play loose. To play open. To play like nothing can hurt.

Be free, Lin. World No. 1 is waiting. 🏓🔥
#LinYunJu #TableTennis

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Lin Shidong had a hard year.

Once world No. 1. Then the losses, the injury, the quiet weeks where nothing went right. His ranking slipped to No. 8.
At the Asian Games, his team lost the final.

You could see how much it hurt.

A few days later, he stepped up again. Singles final, against Wang Chuqin.
He won 4-0. 🥇

I don't think he wasn't afraid. I think he was, and played anyway.

That's what courage usually looks like. Just showing up again after it hurt.

Fear is the feeling. Courage is the response. 🏓
#LinShidong #TeamChina #TableTennis

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

A teenager beat him at the All Japan Championships. Twice.

Then the same kid, Sora Matsushima, passed him in the world rankings.
Tomokazu Harimoto, Japan's No. 1 for years, was suddenly No. 2 in his own country.

Most would fight it. Sulk. Treat the kid as an enemy.

Harimoto did something else. ⚡

Asian Games final. Japan vs China, a wall that hadn't cracked in 32 years.
Harimoto walks out against world No. 1 Wang Chuqin and beats him 3-0.
Levels the tie at 2-2. Turns to Sora: "I'll win it and hand it to you. Just be ready."
Sora wins the decider. China falls. 🏓🔥
If you're attacked by a sword, be the ocean.
The sword can't cut water.
The ocean just swallows it, and carries it home. 🌊

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

He is the most exciting player from Germany. I'm confident he will be top 10 pretty soon.

[World Table Tennis @WTTGlobal]

Wim for the win! 😮‍💨👊⚡

Feeling all fired up after an incredible performance! 🌟

#ChinaSmash #TableTennis

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Clarity is a weapon.

The moment you know what you want, every distraction loses its power over you. 🔥

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Well Challenge No. 1 accepted.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Pick a challenge too big for who you are now.

That's how people change. A challenge above your level drags the new version of you out.

It will suck. You'll fail constantly. You'll feel like a fraud for months. Your old self will beg you to stay the same.

But if you can pull this off, 10-20 times throughout your life, you will blow past everyone else.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@divaagurlxw You are spot on. Uabated and unapologetic release of ones talent and potential is the only way to a dreamy life.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@eb6276 @777tabletennis_ FYI.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

Sora's rise is indeed insane. I hope all the Matsushima siblings rise to the top one by one. Such dedicated parents and children will make it happen. Adam Brurrows videos with Matshushima family really was the announcement to the world that new giants are about to rise. Sora is just the start.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

@w5PEMUFM8l85259 Same feeling buddy. It's inevitable now. All players are playing hunger games now. Everyone willing to give everything they have to. It's just the extent of belief they have in the crucial points which will decide the winner. There are plenty skilled players now. Exciting.

[Slight Edge Master @SlightEdgeMSTR]

This is Manav Thakkar's best performance till date.
Great spirited play.

YOU ARE A CHAMPION IF U BELIEVE IT.
@manavthakkar16

[World Table Tennis @WTTGlobal]

What. A. Win. 🤯

Swipe for Manav Thakkar's moments of joy as he claims an incredible comeback against an on-fire Simon Gauzy here at #ChinaSmash to take the spot in the Round of 32 👏

#TableTennis