man, this game is so hard. I just finished the rookie tournament last night. Using Luc I ran roughshod over the American chick and Liu Ping (like straight sets, 11-3 or 11-4 each time) before hitting Jesper, who actually pushed me until I figured out how to abuse backspin with him (he could NOT return drop shots, left bumper + backspin and hard backspin serves constantly negated his power, then I would use short topspin shots to force him to hot low shots and keep him out of his "power" zone). Then I hit Sulaymen, who just WORKED me. He was like Jesper x 10 in terms of power (he has a WICKED backhand), plus his accuracy was 10 times better. I finally beat him on the fourth try, but I don't really undersand what I was doing. Unlike Jesper, he kept adapting to my style, so if I started using a lot of drop + backspin he would creep up and smash them back at me, if I tried to push him from side to side he would return straight at me and cause me to loft it back so he could smash it. I think I just got lucky because he kept hitting smashes off the table. Had me very frustrated though, but still a LOT of fun.