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He didn't clearly say that super clearly in Chinese. Verbatim, he said "I think that as the last match in the WTTC, that I'm able to finish it with a win, that in the world championship I'm perfect"."Last championship" Retirement after Olympics?
On Hirano, I don't doubt she is that ZJK type player. I just remind people that just like ZJK, you never know precisely what you are going to get and pretending you are can get you into trouble. But she has the Olympics now, let us see how it goes. She also needs to improve her seeding, so Japan will put her out there and we will be able to stop giving her a pass for the matches she doesn't win but should.Watanabe also gave his reasoning on that. Hayata is the trump card, Hirano is the fail-safe in case Harimoto stumbles. It's safe to assume he is letting Harimoto get as much experience as possible ahead of Paris 2024.
As for Hirano struggling, keep in mind she recovered whereas SYS and WYD failed. That's a huge difference. And how many times has Hirano done it now against all odds? She dropped 0 games at XTWC 2023 and remember what you told me?
As of now, Hirano is the only JNT player to have defeated CM and WYD in straight games at ATTC 2017 (second highest continental stage) and WTTC 2024 (second highest international stage), respectively.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...pionships-finals-busan-2024.32987/post-445205
Debate over fielding Hirano instead of Hayata at XTWC 2023
https://web.archive.org/web/20240129192415/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://mytabletennis.net/forum/ittf-mixed-team-world-cup-2023-chengdu-12-410_topic93561_page3.html (12/13/2023 at 8:08am)
https://web.archive.org/web/20240129192558/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mytabletennis.net/forum/ittf-mixed-team-world-cup-2023-chengdu-12-410_topic93561_page4.html (12/13/2023 at 1:37pm)
Tieba comments on fielding Hirano instead of Hayata at XTWC 2023
Lol. Ma Long wasn't concerned so you should never have been. He carries his gauge in his bag at all times.no way. They are testing Ma Long’s bat :0
She and CM each had a 3-1 loss, but one was in the prelims and one was in the finals. You could see it as SYS lost to the worse player, but you could also see it as CM lost the more impactful match.The Victor Barna Award - FZD
The Diane Scholer Award - SYS
FZD is fine, but SYS?
Why not SYS? Best player on best team? Or you want to give it to players who didn't win it all just because they have perfect records over 3rd place team players?The Victor Barna Award - FZD
The Diane Scholer Award - SYS
FZD is fine, but SYS?
You don't need to assume. He is not Jishan Liang, he has been tested for life.They're testing ML's racket, interesting. So technically the match is not over yet until we get the test results. I'm assuming he measured the racket before the match so the likelihood of failure is low, but you never know....
He probably wants to give it to Miu Hirano.She and CM each had a 3-1 loss, but one was in the prelims and one was in the finals. You could see it as SYS lost to the worse player, but you could also see it as CM lost the more impactful match.
I never was. It was just surprising that they’d test it at such a momentLol. Ma Long wasn't concerned so you should never have been. He carries his gauge in his bag at all times.
Then you didn't follow the USA-KAZ drama.I never was. It was just surprising that they’d test it at such a moment
But for the women's championship, the final were real.This year again the semifinals were the “real” finals