Singapore Smash 2026, Singapore, 2/19-3/1

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Late to the party again, WMY doing her thing...

I'll pick, SYS, LYJ, WCQ

SYS, WCQ

 

[joshmak10]

Late to the party again, WMY doing her thing...

I'll pick, SYS, LYJ, WCQ

SYS, WCQ

Ill just be different and say CY, Truls, WCQ

WMY, WCQ

 

[Oliverpool]

China is going to send out a WANTED notice for antispin players from its provincial squads. And then send some spies to Germany to get the specific antispin from Sabine is using lol.

Close but it was not to be. WMY is in great form so far as well. I hope she beats SYS this time round

 

[zeio]

WS SF
Winter (15) 1-4 WMY (2) (-13, 7, -8, -9, -7)
Kudos to Winter for taking a game with the help of the Yinhe seamless ball.
The bigger takeaway is players around the world get a Chinese demonstration, on top of that of Japanese, on how to handle her anti style.

 

[NextLevel]

SYS, WCQ, LYJ

LYJ, WMY.

Fine I am insane to pick against WCQ but water causes wetness....

 

[NextLevel]

Close but it was not to be. WMY is in great form so far as well. I hope she beats SYS this time round

WMY has the best backhand in the world - her approach is not going to work for most mortals. They need to find a practice partner.

 

[Oliverpool]

WS SF
Winter (15) 1-4 WMY (2) (-13, 7, -8, -9, -7)
Kudos to Winter for taking a game with the help of the Yinhe seamless ball.

Is the h40+ a seamless ball? I thought it was seamed

 

[NextLevel]

Is the h40+ a seamless ball? I thought it was seamed

I have been trying to find where the specific ball is listed to check whether it is seamless or not. How do you know it is the H40+?

 

[zeio]

Is the h40+ a seamless ball? I thought it was seamed

Yes, you're right. I mixed it up with the seamless one. There are too many of them to keep track of.

 

[Oliverpool]

I have been trying to find where the specific ball is listed to check whether it is seamless or not. How do you know it is the H40+?

I saw it many times when the players was serving while watching the games

 

[NextLevel]

I saw it many times when the players was serving while watching the games

Thanks, was hoping it was listed as the tournament ball in some document somewhere... but you are close to the source so...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

WS SF
Winter (15) 1-4 WMY (2) (-13, 7, -8, -9, -7)
Kudos to Winter for taking a game with the help of the Yinhe seamless ball.
The bigger takeaway is players around the world get a Chinese demonstration, on top of that of Japanese, on how to handle her anti style.

Sabine wasted a large lead in G4. She called TO too late. It would have been a different match from 2-2.
Sabine is improving . She is not even very consistent yet with her anti yet can cause already so many problems to WMY

If she can achieve KKY level of consistency with anti together with her current FH she moves to the champ category

 

[NextLevel]

Sabine wasted a large lead in G4. She called TO too late. It would have been a different match from 2-2.
Sabine is improving . She is not even very consistent yet with her anti yet can cause already so many problems to WMY

If she can achieve KKY level of consistency with anti together with her current FH she moves to the champ category

Her anti is not for hitting so it is extremely hard to control (one of the reasons why LP is generally preferred to Anti by some players who choose between both, lower friction pips are easier to hit with than lower friction anti). Definitely not the same as KKY and unlikely to ever be.

I don't think WMY was going to be denied today, her backhand is too good, she managed to control the amount of spin she was producing on openers and then raise it on other shots. That takes a different level of touch. But other players will have to find their own way, no one is repeating that strategy quite like WMY did.

 

[zeio]

How did the Yinhe H40+ ball pass the ITTF approval? So many of them having to be replaced just after a few hits/edge hits.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

SYS not human

 

[NextLevel]

How did the Yinhe H40+ ball pass the ITTF approval? So many of them having to be replaced just after a few hits/edge hits.

Because they knew you needed a ball to blame for Sabine's performance and made it happen?

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

this match is sick

 

[zeio]

MS SF
LYJ (8) 4-2 Moregard (5) (7, 12, 10, -5, -7, 8)
Same as in WTT F Hong Kong 2025, Moregard has been stuck with relying on his "creativity".

 

[KiwiPong]

MS SF
LYJ (8) 4-2 Moregard (5) (7, 12, 10, -5, -7, 8)
Same as in WTT F Hong Kong 2025, Moregard has been stuck with relying on his "creativity".

The last point was mental lol

 

[NextLevel]

Now this is the problem - when is it a good idea to predict that someone who has never beaten his opponent before finally will lol? Well there are still lots of games left before that becomes even possible.