United States Smash 2025, Las Vegas, 7/3-13

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Watching from Europe sucks because of the time zone difference not gonna lie and I am not bothering anymore with the severely lacking highlights. First session starts really late and I sleep during the second session. Is there data out there about WTT's viewership? Are most viewers based in Asia?

 

[zeio]

Watching from Europe sucks because of the time zone difference not gonna lie and I am not bothering anymore with the severely lacking highlights. First session starts really late and I sleep during the second session. Is there data out there about WTT's viewership? Are most viewers based in Asia?

Hours ahead of Las Vegas:
8 - England
9 - Berlin, Paris
10 - Moscow
14 - Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok 😭
15 - Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila 😭
16 - Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang 😭
17 - Canberra
19 - Wellington

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Watching from the East Coast:

 

[joshmak10]

Watching from the East Coast:

Watching from west coast
😮‍💨

 

[plunder]

are the matches getting streamed on youtube free

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

are the matches getting streamed on youtube free

Yes. Your local broadcaster might have exclusive rights so you might need to either go through your broadcaster or use a VPN. See https://www.worldtabletennis.com/livevideo

 

[Dr Evil]

Bardet behind the back

 

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Ricardo posted his first VLOG. I thought the tent was a joke, but they actually set up a giant tent on a parking lot to play in. How did Vegas become the host when they can't offer a proper venue? Is this a replacement because some other plan fell through short notice?

 

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Happy birthday video from WTT. Appreciate them surprising all the players on their birthday with a cake.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Ricardo posted his first VLOG. I thought the tent was a joke, but they actually set up a giant tent on a parking lot to play in. How did Vegas become the host when they can't offer a proper venue? Is this a replacement because some other plan fell through short notice?

not sure if it was posted, but one of the players told me, they had to walk near 20 mins from the hotel room to the official canteen to eat breakfast

This includes walking through public areas of the casino and what not (no special players only walkway)

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Since we're doing birthdays, Hina's birthday is today(Japan)/tomorrow(USA) July 7

 

[zeio]

MS R64
F. Lebrun (6) 3-2 Togami (-9, 8, 5, -4, 8)
Togami has changed/adjusted his BH stroke (more compact with a FH stance), with a more streamlined FH step-around, in response to playing at 2000 ft above sea level?
G2 29, 79 TO for Lebrun, 710, 810, 811
G4 06 Lebrun served into his chin
G5 12, 42 Togami served into his chin (?) and TO for Togami, 72, 73, 83, 85, 95, 96, 106, 108, 118
Notwithstanding the high altitude, Togami seriously needs to fix his serve... Committing suicide like that when it mattered...

CDS 1-3 QD (12) (-4, 8, -3, -6)

 

[NextLevel]

Togami needs to win some of these matches to gain credibility. Seems like he is going to lose another one. He can't just be beating Harimoto lol.,

 

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For some reason it's now impossible to watch any table without VPN even though Dyn only has the rights for table 1.

 

[zeio]

WS R64
Bergand 2-3 Reyes Lai (9, -9, 9, -9, -11)
G4 97, 98 Bergand served into the net, 911
G5 25, 46, 56, 57, 67, 68, 78, 79, 89, 810, 1110, 1111 Bergand served off the net, 1113
A dark horse was in the making...

SYS (1) 3-2 Liu Yangzi (7, -6, 4, -4, 4)
Liu Yangzi did what her coach requested after the TO (going for the kill on BH) and fell right into SYS' rhythm.

MS R64
Kallberg (13) 2-3 O. Assar (-9, 5, -6, 2, -3)
How bad is Kallberg's shoulder?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

What a win for Jessica Reyes Lai! If the prize money breakdown is like Singapore, 2nd round is worth $7,000 USD and 90 ranking points.

 

[zeio]

$6000 for R32 at US Smash 2025.

 

[zeio]

MS R64
CYY (16) 1-3 Pitchford (-7, -8, 11, -10)

WS R64
KNY 2-3 Diaz (13, -3, 5, -4, -8)
CY 3-2 Polcanova (16) (7, 2, -8, -7, 5)

MS R64
KCJ 3-1 Lind (8, -12, 10, 9)

 

[NextLevel]

For some reason it's now impossible to watch any table without VPN even though Dyn only has the rights for table 1.

Same in the US, ESPN only is showing table 1 and tables 2 to 4 need VPN. Might be a mistake but it is annoying.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Liam Pitchford 3 - 1 Chen Yuanyu. Chen Yuanyu needs to improve his skills by playing MLTT.