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Joo Saehyuk wrote that he was inspired by Koji Matsushita and Ding Song. I could understand that Matsushita inspired a young Joo, by I didn't appreciate the impact of Ding Song until watching the recent video of Ding Song playing a match against Johnny Huang. (That video can be viewed at viewtopic.php?f=13&t=26366 ). It was very interesting to see that Ding Song attacks much more that Matsushita, often with very powerful loops far from the table just like Joo. I don't really know, but I would guess that Ding Song probably inspired Joo more than did Matsushita.

I had previously regarded Joo as the first world class modern defensive player. Perhaps it is better to regard Ding Song as being the first great modern defender, with Joo raising modern defense to a higher and even more exciting level.

Steven

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How about a chopper who twiddles, can chop with long pips OR inverted on both forehand and backhand, AND loop both forehand and backhand?

Iskandar

Perhaps this young fellow is the answer: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=26009

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Doesn't fit the bill, though - he's not a chopper and he doesn't use long pips. Though he chops once in a while.

Iskandar

Here is a nice recent picture of Joo with Matt Hetherington (NZ) on Matt's TT Blog



Looking good Matt, I'm so jealous!

Joo's looking great too, looks so young here.

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I think Joo's is wearing make-up in this photo. Just look at his skin, his eyes. That or this photo is photoshopped.

Careful Lorre, don't kiss the screen. LOL

Joo's not wearing make-up, he's just Asian. Youthful appearance is something many of us are lucky to have. We look like babies until we are about 60 and then BOOM! - overnight we age and look like Egg Chen. Thankfully, our powers then grow exponentially.

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Still I never saw Joo's skin on his face so smooth. Mostly he has pimples. Ok, bad translation: acne. I really find his skin is really smooth in the picture. Never saw that, except when he was younger.

I just re-read the interview and this quote:

I have the impression his disease is more or less under control and that he's in a good shape... hope he decides to play longer...

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I just read this, and as Joo is my hero too (as many of us here), this was great to read. Little bit late but it doesn't matter