WTT Contender Taiyuan-2026 (7 - 12 April 2026)

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No, he wasn't an absolute unknown player. The essence of your point stands since he didn't have a high senior ranking but An was Korean junior national team. Anyone on the national team of a top table tennis country is not an absolute unknown. Let's not join the likes of those who call Idesawa an amateur.
Ok, you are right, he wasn't an absolute unknown (because no one is), I'll choose my words better: he was a relative unknown, but the point of the post is the same even if you go nitpicking one word out of it.
 
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Ok, you are right, he wasn't an absolute unknown (because no one is), I'll choose my words better: he was a relative unknown, but the point of the post is the same even if you go nitpicking one word out of it.
I know you are a good man, I am guilty of similar things. But I have had people ask me where the unknown Sidorenko came out of to start beating top players. Of course his situation is different, and your main point is still 100% correct. You just never know how literally some of these things get taken.
 
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Joo has to have a date when here eligibility kicks in, if she did it agrer she was 18, then it is morr than 10 years but i didn't know whether she was eligible for ITTF but she might be eligible for the Olympics earlier. No one is taking on China except Japan, even 3 Shin Yubins would lose to China, I don't think it is fair to hold any country to that standard, even Japan struggles with it .

All you need is the ability to compete and her teammates are strong enough for the bronze, though Germany will definitely have something to say about it as will a few other Asian countries.
Joo was under 18 so needs 7 years from 2020 for ITTF
 
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