WTT Champions Japan 2025 - 7-11 Aug 2025

[JackJohnson]

Kao Cheng-Jui has also changed coaches as well. Now using the same coach as Lin Yun-Ju. I hope Lin Yun-Ju is not mad though lol 😂

 

[turbozed]

Two Americans into the next round of a Champions event. When's the last time that happened?

Also, is anyone else noticing way more power coming from both Lily and Kanak? Kanak seems to have a lot more sting on his FHs, and Lily's slinging some putaway shots on both sides that I've never seen before. Am I imagining things?

Have either changed equipment or coaches lately?

 

[zeio]

Game one Hashimoto vs CIC 🫠

Congrats to super chopper Hashimoto!

Professor Hashimoto teaches math (2^1, 2^2, 2^3) with assistant CIC...

 

[zeio]

Tourist DHK praises the EO of CS Yokohama for the full board (US Smash 2025 being a rare exception...). A food map with 200 locations for lunch and dinner, plus 4000 yens per meal...
https://weibo.com/5229334406/PEJleeY9R

JCH's dinner
https://weibo.com/5229334406/PEL5412c1

AJH's and OJS's lunch
https://weibo.com/5229334406/PEIfIfcWB

DHK even touched on her own fortune telling... LOL

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DHK: I haven't been playing all that well lately...in singles, so crappy. Even I can't stand myself... hahaha, so crappy, really, sigh

 

[tzifos]

I hope to see Honoka in the semi finals! Go Honoka!!!

 

[rpb23]

Game one Hashimoto vs CIC 🫠

Congrats to super chopper Hashimoto!

Have to say Hashimoto's movement is smooth, elegant and beautiful. Fits the often overused words: 'poetry in motion'

 

[Metaxa]

Our Kanak did it!

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That's unfortunate, but Simon just came from holiday a few days ago.

 

[Metaxa]

Good win for Kanak, though Simon wasn't as sharp as usual. He apparently just returned from vacationing in Greece and arrived in Japan only yesterday.

That's right, he was still in Crete on Monday and left on Tuesday.

 

[TTLOVE]

if you think you are an adult, or simply, even if you are a kid and if you think it is wasting your time,
you can choose not to respond

this isn't CCP, where you are force to do anything. you have the freedom to remain silent

and since you contradicting that you are wasting your time and you write an essay, how hilarious is that.
i haven't even read it and i'm sure many people won't too

I don't read his long essays here in the forum either, at most I give them a quick glance because it would really be a waste of time.

Imagine committing yourself to writing these very long messages and then finding that people don't even consider them. LOL

That really is a waste of time, but I think he has a lot of free time.

 

[NextLevel]

Wow, all the Togami surpassers can't win at home in Japan and the Zeio-rejects are all winning.... wtf happened? Has the moon risen to the horizon at Tieba and 5ch?

 

[NextLevel]

Have to say Hashimoto's movement is smooth, elegant and beautiful. Fits the often overused words: 'poetry in motion'

She has bought a level of consistency and beauty that I find it sad the Japanese administration don't fully appreciate because of I suspect a limited perspective. I would be bottling, marketing and reselling her and Sato at almost every opportunity as they are box office players.

 

[NextLevel]

That's unfortunate, but Simon just came from holiday a few days ago.

While the Duesseldorf team was there early training with the JNT. Very different schedules...

 

[NextLevel]

Two Americans into the next round of a Champions event. When's the last time that happened?

Also, is anyone else noticing way more power coming from both Lily and Kanak? Kanak seems to have a lot more sting on his FHs, and Lily's slinging some putaway shots on both sides that I've never seen before. Am I imagining things?

Have either changed equipment or coaches lately?

Kanak has switched to Borussia Duesseldorf for the incoming season so Qiu Dang and Anton Kallberg are his regular teammates. Lily I don't know anything about.

 

[NextLevel]

Is it in my head or is Jeoung Youngsik in Jang Woojin's corner?

Confirmed by closer inspection lol...

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Two Americans into the next round of a Champions event. When's the last time that happened?

Also, is anyone else noticing way more power coming from both Lily and Kanak? Kanak seems to have a lot more sting on his FHs, and Lily's slinging some putaway shots on both sides that I've never seen before. Am I imagining things?

Have either changed equipment or coaches lately?

Lily's well timed FH counter stood out to me. It seemed to have quite a bit of extra zip on it from what I can remember before. I've seen her being coached by Daniel Gonzalez before.

 

[NextLevel]

Felix has made the transition that Harimoto refuses to consistently make. That is obvious.

 

[backspacer]

I don't read his long essays here in the forum either, at most I give them a quick glance because it would really be a waste of time.

Imagine committing yourself to writing these very long messages and then finding that people don't even consider them. LOL

That really is a waste of time, but I think he has a lot of free time.

Once I see Tieba being mentioned it's an instant skip.

 

[NextLevel]

Why is Munier coaching Felix and not Molin? Molin on vacation?

 

[NextLevel]

Jang and Felix are so much fun to watch in rallies. Is that legal?

 

[rpb23]

Interesting Felix was winning most forehand to forehand loop rallies against forehand monster Jang.
Jand had 4 lucky nets in the second game but still was lost in close margin.