ITTF WTTC Finals Doha 2025, 5/17-25

[zeio]

3 German tourists (4 including SXN in WS) after 3 days?

MS R64
T4 QD 3-4 Jarvis (-9, -9, -8, 9, 1, 6, -8)
G3 64, 74, 78 TO for QD, 710, 810 Jarvis served into his jersey, 811
G4 01, 11, 12, 22, 27, 67 TO for Jarvis, 87, 89, 119
G5 01, 111
G6 20, 23, 83, 84, 94, 96, 116
G7 01, 11 Jarvis got faulted, 12, 22, 23, 33, 34 slight sideline edge for Jarvis, 39, 49, 410, 810, 811
Tieba users were not wrong about QD after all. Less time complaining and more time reflecting.

T5 Rassenfosse 4-3 Walther (4, -11, -8, 9, 6, -10, 9)

T7 Assar 3-4 Freitas (6, -8, 10, -3, -8, 8, -10)
G7 40, 41, 51, 55, 65, 66, 76, 77, 97, 98, 108, 1012

WS R64
Hirano (15) 2-4 Rakovac (-8, 7, -10, 5, -6, -7)
G3 31, 32, 42, 49, 79 TO for Rakovac, 99, 910, 1010, 1012
G4 20, 22 sideline edge for Rakovac, 42, 44, 64, 65, 115. Rakovac's high toss pendulum serve seemed mostly topspin and no-spin and Hirano caught on to it.
G5 02, 12, 14 TO for Hirano, 15, 25, 26, 56, 58, 68, 611. Still had trouble handling that high toss serve.
G6 30, 34 sideline edge for Rakovac, 35, 45, 49, 59, 510 Hirano couldn't hold back her tears, 710, 711
Should've taken the break earlier but decided to bear the responsibilities of being the captain of Abyell. The writing has been on the wall, jumping right into the major after taking a few months off... The woes at the Kinoshita camp continue after ATTC 2024.

MS R64
T8 Jha 3-4 E. Ionescu (6, 7, 4, -5, -13, -5, -6)
G7 44, 45, 47, 57, 67, 68, 610, 611

MD R32
T7 Kallberg/Moregard 3-2 Cifuentes/Lorenzo (-13, 2, 8, -5, 6)

WD R32
T5 Winter/WY 3-2 QTY/CXT (-5, 8, -9, 6, 9)
G3 97, 911
G4 44, 64, 65, 75 big net for WY, 95, 96, 106 epic combination for GER, 116
G5 02, 12 epic BH for Winter, 14, 34 TO for CHN, 54, 55, 65, 67, 87, 88, 98, 99, 119

 

[NextLevel]

Ahem...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...ongqing-2025-11-16-mar-2025.35822/post-512507

Well, since then, Uda has spoken for himself. And I still am convinced that Lebrun is a notch above Duda.

 

[AndySmith]

Excellent result for Tom, was getting very tight towards the end there...

 

[Wrighty67]

Excellent result for Tom, was getting very tight towards the end there...

Incredible - I am stunned, especially after his recent loss in the German league vs Bluhm..

Great job.

 

[Metaxa]

T5 Rassenfosse 4-3 Walther (4, -11, -8, 9, 6, -10, 9)

Big victory of the Belgian no3!

 

[d3nium]

Crazy result for Tom Jarvis!

 

[AndySmith]

Hirano in all sorts of bother on Table 2

 

[NextLevel]

Big victory of the Belgian no3!

Still think he doesn't have what it takes?

 

[NextLevel]

Hirano in all sorts of bother on Table 2

Waiting for the experts to tell us why she shouldn't retire... the poor woman is in tears...

 

[NextLevel]

That said, I would never have predicted that, something must be really wrong...

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Waiting for the experts to tell us why she shouldn't retire... the poor woman is in tears...

they having a joyful time with all the poor women's tears

 

[AndySmith]

Waiting for the experts to tell us why she shouldn't retire... the poor woman is in tears...

Very tough times, some reflection is surely needed

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

That said, I would never have predicted that, something must be really wrong...

maybe Miu was late for the prep, who knows
players who was late had to be running from the shuttle after detouring

 

[JJ Ng]

I actually didn't think of this... you are spot on.

in the olden days, you would have groups, and all your group matches would be in the same hall and other group matches in another venue.
and then when it hits knockouts, then you down to one venue, so you don't really need to travel between the two.

So what is happening now is
Table 1 and 2 is in one venue (Lusail)
The others, in another venue (Qatar University)

so other than team/coach, imagine spectator / teammates to support needing to commute.


and to add, the schedule is out the day before.
So its not like you will know you are playing which match on which venue/table, so you can warm up more in that hall (provided practice hall scheduling allows).
For the smaller nations, they tend to share practice hall scheduling together.

Talking about having team coach at the right venue with the players...On table 2 live stream right now, it was Japanese XD, followed by Japanese WD and now Japanese woman's single (Min Hirano). Maybe WTT heard our complaint on TTD forum and scheduled all the Japanese players on table 2 right now to make it easier on the players and the coaches. lol

 

[NextLevel]

Talking about having team coach at the right venue with the players...On table 2 live stream right now, it was Japanese XD, followed by Japanese WD and now Japanese woman's single (Min Hirano). Maybe WTT heard our complaint on TTD forum and scheduled all the Japanese players on table 2 right now to make it easier on the players and the coaches. lol

The Japanese usually reserve a table for their players at these events until the show tables take over.

 

[piligrim]

Eugene should retire

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Talking about having team coach at the right venue with the players...On table 2 live stream right now, it was Japanese XD, followed by Japanese WD and now Japanese woman's single (Min Hirano). Maybe WTT heard our complaint on TTD forum and scheduled all the Japanese players on table 2 right now to make it easier on the players and the coaches. lol

high profile players generally have these main (show) tables.
and they probably do have some sense of continuous matches.
but you right, Japanese matches is all on table 2 for the rest of the day
while the Chinese need to be commuting

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Eugene should retire

if Eugene was Japanese and female, Eugene would be on that retire list 15 years ago.

 

[piligrim]

if Eugene was Japanese and female, Eugene would be on that retire list 15 years ago.

As chinese man he also would retire 15 years ago ))

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

As chinese man he also would retire 15 years ago ))

haha
but not by teiba users or zeio

however, I wonder if zeio culture of retiring players in there early twenties has anything that got to do with how CNT operates (up or out)

If he was "more international affairs", he would see how players in there 30s, 40s, are still playing in Europe, especially in the leagues.

In China, the out players can still play Chinese corporate tournaments - which is not bad today, but yesterday years, they all had to immigrate to find pathway to continue playing.