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Congratulations to Matsushita
Feb 02 2002
I sincerly congratulate Mr. Matsushita for winning the Japan National Championships. As I always thought, he is a a very good player and just needed the necessary time to adjust to the new 40mm ball and the 11 points. It seems that now he has made the necessary adjustments and is even stronger than before. I am convinced that the 40mm ball and 11 point games are an advantage to defensive players. Now he is proving my point.
Also congratulations to the Great Wall of Japan, Matsushita andShibutani for winning the doubles. Again they prove my point.


Long live the defensive player.


Adham Sharara, ITTF President

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