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Why Women’s Tennis Has a Training Advantage Men Can’t Buy
A popular argument says women’s tennis has a more mixed national map than men’s tennis because top women can hire high-level male sparring partners. A woman ranked in the top ten can pay an ATP player ranked around 800 to 900, or a male pro with no tour-level ranking, to hit with her. That man may earn little from prize money. He can still give her pace, spin, weight of shot and physical pressure that she does not face every week on the WTA tour. A top man cannot use the same solution. If he wants a hitting partner at his level or above, that partner has his own schedule and income. If he hires someone below his level, the training quality falls.
By Jin2 days ago in Unbalanced
The NBA's China Business Is Back. The Audience Has Changed.
In 1989, David Stern arrived at China Central Television carrying a videotape of NBA basketball. He had no scheduled meeting with a senior executive and no television contract to negotiate. According to accounts of the visit, he waited in the reception area until someone agreed to see him.
By Jin7 days ago in Unbalanced
She Won Japan’s Only Olympic Table Tennis Gold. Then She Cleared Her Instagram.
On Oct. 15, the Japan Table Tennis Association published its latest national-team list. Seven women made the main squad, eleven made the reserve list. Mima Ito’s name was absent from both. It was the first time in nearly twelve years that she had been left out of Japan’s women’s national-team setup entirely.
By Jin9 days ago in Unbalanced
I Played Table Tennis for Six Years. Then Ma Long Served.
I played for five or six years. My forehand loop landed maybe three out of five. My backhand block stayed on the table. I knew how to push short, chop long, and serve backspin and no-spin from the same toss. At my club, people waited for me to finish before they stepped up. I was not a beginner. I was not a professional. I was the kind of player who understood enough to know how much I did not understand.
By Jin10 days ago in Unbalanced
He Was a God in College. The NBA Buried Him on the Bench.
Tyler Hansbrough was a god at North Carolina. The record book bent around him. He arrived as a McDonald’s All-American, a Jordan Brand Classic MVP, a player who had already broken the Nike camp scoring record. As a freshman, he started, led the team in scoring, and broke the ACC freshman single-game scoring record. As a junior, he broke the ACC junior total points record and North Carolina’s career free throws made record. As a senior, he broke North Carolina’s career scoring record and the NCAA career free throws made record. He was the first ACC freshman ever to make first-team All-ACC. He was the only player in NCAA history to be a consensus first-team All-American four times. He was National Player of the Year. He won the John Wooden Award.
By Jin12 days ago in Unbalanced
