ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2026, 3/30-4/5

[SFF_lib]

I don't think it's safe to say WCQ beat someone because he has a training partner that can mimic specific players.
Who do CNT have to mimic Hugo anyway? It's not that.
It's that if WCQ plays anyone 10 times he will win at least 7 of those games and that's because he's just better. That's talent and insane work ethic.
The CNT do have resources of course and it probably is the no1 environment for any player to maximise their talent but that's what the rest of the world are completing against but the world's top 8 isn't 8 Chinese pkayers!

There isn't really anybody to mimic Sora when he is red hot.
You could argue that FZD comes closest but even then, Sora has an untamed aggression that FZD developed beyond a long time ago.
Harimoto, the way he played to beat WCQ last yr, maybe but possibly an unbridled Felix is probably closest and WCQ figured that out anyway.

If you watch Chinese documentary, they often find training partners from the provincial teams, which is a lot more diverse vs the national team. For example, if you watch the Chinese national game, you’ll see a lot more play style from many different provincial teams.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

lets do this!!!

... power move, if they take a break, take a longer one.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

And here comes the toilet break/shirt change tactic.

 

[zeio]

Shin keeps holding her elbow, not a good sign.

WTTC 2026 will be a marathon and have the most hectic schedule in decades. How many will fall due to fatigue and injuries?

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Yubin is just finishing the job started by Hashimoto

 

[kindof99]

Are there any limited number of fault calls that an umpire can call? If the umpire fails twice, then he/she can not call again, right?

 

[JackJohnson]

You know it’s serious when Ma Lin takes off his tracksuit jacket 😂

 

[kindof99]

And here comes the toilet break/shirt change tactic.

That is really annoying. There should be a rule about it. Toilet break maybe, but shirt change definitely should not be allowed.

 

[kindof99]

This shirt change can really change the tempo of a match. If we do a statistical analysis, probably it will significantly change the result of the next game.

 

[dewnyc]

More rallies down the middle of the table that I usually see

 

[Janard]

Shin didn't prepare for the BH serves before the tournament it seems but WMY's definitely feeling the burn from yesterday's match. Big problem for WMY if she's not winning the rallies which is her forte.

 

[JackJohnson]

That is really annoying. There should be a rule about it. Toilet break maybe, but shirt change definitely should not be allowed.

If a guy wants to do a shirt change then he should do it out in public. I can understand why the girls need to change their shirt out in the back away from public view.

 

[NextLevel]

Shin didn't prepare for the BH serves before the tournament it seems but WMY's definitely feeling the burn from yesterday's match. Big problem for WMY if she's not winning the rallies which is her forte.

Shin is clearly good at singles. It will be interesting to see the countermeasures.

 

[zeio]

I think Winter can do this...

I think Shin can do this...

I think you can do this as well...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Yubin is just finishing the job started by Hashimoto

It was wishful thinking

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

epic matches ahead!!!

 

[zeio]

The players you throw shade at (Sabine, Sora, Satsuki, Shin Yubin, etc) seem to come up with some amazing results. I guess you throwing shade at players is sort of a reverse indicator.

Tiebans will just say Wang is losing to prevent Winter from entering the top 10 or something like that. Shin can do it, but Wang has to have a down day. Shin actually has a better chance against Sun than Wang to me, because Wang's backhand is harder to penetrate and Shin has the backhand game to try and get in vs Sun.

Please tell that to the KTTA officials and coaches that told reporters that SYB was overrated. Odo isn't even qualified. Winter is lucky AF. Matsushima is finally doing everyone's expectation justice after years of JTTA's favoritism/nepotism and one of a few players doing the right thing - not wasting time on the T.League or TTBL except for CTTSL which is actually far more beneficial to his growth as he said.

If it were not for Diaz draining CXT (the latter pointed out she was going to give up that game where she was trailing), SYB would likely have met the same fate instead.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...ed-by-aito-10-15-march-2026.39027/post-567998

Talks of SYB "having bubbles" (being overrated) have died down a bit in KOR after Paris 2024 but the fact has not changed that many KNT coaches aren't convinced.

 

[zeio]

MS SF
LYJ WR7 3-4 Matsushima WR8 (-7, 6, 10, -9, -5, 2, -6)
G3 710, 1110 crucial FH loopkill on receive for LYJ, 1210
G4 Yellow card to Matsushima before the game, 75, 76 LYJ served into the net, 86, 87 net and edge for Matsushima, 97, 99 medium net and TO for Matsushima, 911
G5 04, 14, 15, 25, 37 25.6 degress challenge successful for Matsushima, 28, 38, 39, 49 side edge for LYJ, 59, 511
G6 81, 82, 112
RTHK32 host noted that Matsushima seems to not be quite adept at playing when trailing.
G7 01, 11, 13, 23, 25 late TO for LYJ, 35, 36, 46, 48, 68, 611

First win over LYJ for Matsushima after 6 straight losses, never getting more than 2 games. T.League 2025-2026 title as a souvenir for LYJ and CIC.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...n-cup-2025-shenzhen-2-19-23.36119/post-510021

That's the softness of his game that he said he's lost. For those shots, he needs to receive with the FH by turning the corner to exert pressure on the other side.

I have real-life experience with that. I visited a university club in the early 2010s and played 2 members there (a quiet night), winning the first one (inverted penhold twiddler with LP) in 3 games and losing the second one (single-side inverted penholder) in deuce after 4 games. The second guy told me after the match that he should've lost because of his grip (inferior BH) but he noticed that I never stepped around to receive with the FH the whole time and that gave him room to breathe. I didn't tell him that that's the whole point I switched to shakehand but like what Liu Jiayi said about European players, my footwork had become lazy and my table tennis "philosophy" took precedence over making the opponent uncomfortable.

 

[dewnyc]

LYJ saved some game points then took game 3 to go up 2-1.
Umpire told Sora to calm down lol, I'm not sure what for

 

[Lando]

Matsushima has crazy power. Beautiful FHs