Comments over at Yahoo Japan for those who live in bubbles. After 14 losses (13 in this Olympic cycle, FFS), even the folks in Japan are starting to face reality.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7cb4f0563a4e455da854598decabb8349d344dc8/comments
ken********9時間前
左の早田選手はシングルス2点より寧ろダブルスで1勝を取りに行くのが良いと思う。そしてダブルスの1人のCとZは第3試合シングルスで対戦するので相手は孫穎莎ではない。ここで1勝できればあとは平野の爆発力で3勝目。これしかない。
I think lefty Hayata should go for one win in doubles rather than two in singles. And since C and Z, 1 of the doubles players, will be playing against each other in the 3rd singles match, their opponent will not be Sun Yingsha. If they can get 1 win one there,
Hirano's explosiveness will allow them to get the 3rd win. This is the only way.
awful7時間前
ま、こんなもんでしょ。
WTTバトルでチャンピオン常連の孫に7ゲームマッチシングルスで勝って、しかも優勝したのは平野美宇選手だけ。
伊藤美誠選手が孫に勝ったことがあるとか自慢してた方が居たけどまだ孫が実力が伴っていないローカル戦の時で、そんなものは何の意味もない。
今のベスト5の中国選手にシングルスで互角に渡り合わないと世界一にはなれない。そうなるにはまだまだ何年も何年もかかると思う。中国選手は勝って実家に生活費等お金を送らないと、と言うハングリー精神が旺盛だから日本人選手が世界を制することは不可能に近いかも。
Well, it's like this.
Hirano Miu is the only player to beat Sun, a regular WTT battle champion, in a best-of-7 singles match, and even won the competition.
Some people were bragging about how Ito Mima had beaten her Sun, but this was a local match where Sun was still weak, so such things are meaningless.
Unless she can match the current top 5 Chinese players in singles, she won't be able to become number one in the world. I think it will take many, many years before that happens. Chinese players are so hungry that they need to win and send money back to their parents for living expenses, so it may be nearly impossible for Japanese players to dominate the world.
qda********9時間前
平野のストレート負けよりずっとましだが14連敗という「歴史的事実」は重い。五輪で初勝利というような都合のよい期待は出来ない。これで今大会の五輪日本代表は3人とも中国に敵わなかった。団体の組み合わせは苦労するだろう。それでも早田がエース？それとも平野の奇跡に賭ける?
It's much better than Hirano's straight losses, but the "historical fact" of 14 consecutive losses is significant. It is impossible to have convenient expectations such as winning at the Olympics for the first time. With this, all 3 members of Japan's Olympic team are no match for China. The lineup for team will be difficult.
Is Hayata still the ace? Or bet on the miracle of Hirano?
nhd********7時間前
いくら早田がうまくなっても孫にはレベルの差が縮まらない。伊藤美誠もそう〜しいては日本のレベルと中国のレベルの差は大きい。平野早矢香らの時よりは縮まったが、日本が中国のレベルを越えられるのは…果たして来るのか！
No matter how good Hayata becomes, the gap between her and Sun will not close. The same goes for Ito Mima. There is a huge difference between Japan's level and China's level. Although it has shrunk since the time of Hirano Sayaka and others, will Japan ever be able to surpass China's level?
jyy********4時間前
一方的にやられたかと思うと突然勝ったりする平野選手と違い早田選手はいつも善戦していると思う。しかし、だからこその14連敗なのかも知れない。
Unlike Hirano, who seems to be defeated one-sidedly and then suddenly wins, I think Hayata always puts up a good fight.
However, that may be the reason for the 14 consecutive losses.
