United States (US) Smash 2026, Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2026

[golden_son]

First time I see Kanak on shirt with USA in back

He changes so many times in a match that Butterfly probably included a clause in his contract that he had to make a Contender finals or earn a certain WR before they would spend the extra to print his name on that many shirts 😂

 

[M51]

That thumbnail, lmao.

 

[zeio]

MD R16
YLC/WRB 3-0 Lebrun/Lebrun (2) (8, 4, 9)
2nd round exit (counted as 1st round in WR points)...

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/upl...Tennis-World-Ranking-Regulations-20260127.pdf

3.2 Players or pairs having a bye in the first round of the Main Draw and then losing in the next round, shall
have points awarded for the round in which they had the bye.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

i really want one of those hard plastic li-ning racket cases

 

[USAer]

Mizutani is likely the greatest Japanese male player in table tennis history and his achievements as a prodigy are not going to be matched by Togami anytime soon unless time travel becomes a possibility. The benefit for players like Togami is that they can show there is another route, which isn't to be not a prodigy at all, but maybe to be less complete as a child but to build out skillsets later and work hard and get closer to the top in older age, whether that can catch up with those who got earlier success is an open question for some, but as Hayata has shown, it is clearly possible.

So by all means, if we assume you are interpreting Mizutani correctly, Mizutani can pronounce judgment from his throne, but that has no bearing on the struggles of everyday players. We can all make predictions, but Harimoto himself for all his early promise has no guarantee of winning any major titles.

Uh, how about Ogimura, Tanaka, Itoh, Hasegawa, Kohno, or even Ono? As great as he was, you guys are kidding about Mizutani as the GOAT, right?

 

[NextLevel]

Uh, how about Ogimura, Tanaka, Itoh, Hasegawa, Kohno, or even Ono? As great as he was, you guys are kidding about Mizutani as the GOAT, right?

I mean sure, if we want to call Barna the GOAT as well, sure.

 

[job59]

Dima with heart probs? 😳

 

[M51]

Dima with heart probs? 😳

What?

I'm watching the France v. Sweden game, what happened?