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17 year-old Anna made it, a superb achievement for her. Tin Tin and Paul still have a chance at stage 3, but a tall order for them I feel, looking at the draw. I wonder if Anna and Tin Tin can create any spin-off from their achievements for the British girls and ladies, whose overall standard at...

Tremendous effort by the two British ladies at Sarajevo. It looks like Anna Hursey is still in with a chance, but Tin-Tin Ho lost agonisingly to Britt Eerland after a brilliant run.

Wang Manyu or Chen Meng for the Olympic singles? For me that would have been an agonising choice, but I don't know how much the Chinese agonised over it! It doesn't really put the Olympics in a good light to deprive a potential (likely) bronze medallist (let's face it, could be a gold-medallist)...

Some of LSD's play was magical - what an asset to our game! With WYD and LSD we were thrown back to the era when the only way to get the best out of the top Chinese was through the challenge of their own teammates, providing the most spectacular matches. All credit to WCQ and SYS for emerging...

Great to see WYD & SYS battling it out at the very top level with maximum effort. I suppose WYD is regarded as China's no 4 woman, but in three of the five games here she was a complete match for SYS. What we have seen today by and large is the Chinese elite at their brilliant best providing a...

So inspiring to see two brilliant players grasping the opportunity of playing together. At last we saw some top application from the Chinese here, with both WCQ and ML excelling. Perhaps we will see ML in this doubles role kicking off for the Chinese Men's team in Paris. Of course we shouldn't...

I would rate Franziska and Qiu above Ovtcharov and Boll, whom I'd have as the German no 4 player. But perhaps the selectors know a few secrets that I don't!

I enjoyed watching the long pimple defenders' matches: Ruwen Filus came so close to defeating Lin Shidong. Mukherjee and Mukherjee caused Miyu Nagasaki endless trouble, dumping her topspins into the net, but her Korean partner, Kim Nayeong (younger?), was playing a blinder. You all know the...

There's no Men's Doubles event as such in the Olympics! Only in the team event, where he will probably play.

Adrian Christy resigning as TTE CEO. Is TTE in trouble?

Surely ML will be a team member at the Olympics, even if he isn't selected for the singles? Anyway, I don't think that LGY "choked"- he was just on the receiving end of some old-time brilliance from ML! I do have to agree that the commentators made some banal comments. Am I right in thinking...

Best match I've seen between SYS and WMY. WMY has developed her agility and athleticism immensely - her FH now has more power and spin than that of SYS, who looks to be the more natural athlete. They both rally superbly BH-BH. No doubt in my mind that WMY has the beating of SYS - perhaps she...

What happened here? ML suddenly became a BH counter-hit magician, just like all those other elite players who move right across to cover most of the table with their BH, a bit of a transformation from his style as a dominant FH attacker. Was WCQ simply out of sorts, below par? I think we'll see...

Sorry if this is out of date or already discussed, but it must have been a real slap in the face for her. You completely save the team from disaster, but then you don't get picked for the next key matches! Crazy! I am hoping that someone will explain that she was not fully fit.

Sun Yingsha looking more like a world number one today: she has increased her arm and wrist strength, so hitting bigger shots than before. I still don't think there's a lot between the top five Chinese women, with a sixth (Qian Tianyi) now threatening to join the party. The most intriguing match...

Our lone British rep, Anna Hursey, has certainly profited, winning 19 GSF 8, 6, 2 with German partner, Annett Kaufmann. They are the same age, 17.5. Reaching a world junior final!

So looking for a partner from another MA is wanting to team up with a player from another country, I suppose. It happens more often nowadays, both in tennis and in table tennis, and can only benefit these sports.

What does MA stand for?

She's got a good partner for U19 girls' doubles, Annett Kaufmann, and they've reached the semis, quite an achievement for Anna.