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China’s gut-wrenching loss to Japan in the Asian Championships women’s team final blew the lid off an open secret: a glaring vulnerability against defensive choppers.

After Honoka Hashimoto dismantled two Chinese stars, the spotlight shifted to rising ace Kuai Man—who has dropped six straight matches to choppers over the last ten months and had to be strategically sheltered in the final's lineup. As former national team defensive standout Hou Yingchao bluntly put it: "If you spend every day drilling high-speed topspin rallies, when is the backspin bill getting paid?"

With Japan poised to unleash a devastating two-chopper tandem, there will soon be nowhere left to hide. This defeat was an unforgiving reality check on a powerhouse that neglected its fundamentals.
 
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Asian Championships 2026 WT Final
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Asian Championships 2026 MT Final
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Asian Championships 2026 WT Preliminary
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Asian Championships 2026 MT Preliminary
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HYZ/CY 2-3 Matsushima/Harimoto (8, -9, 8, -8, -9)
G5 31, 35 TO for CHN, 37, 67, 69, 99, 911
CY getting faulted for toss "below the table surface" while leading 6:5 in G4 could've changed the course of the match. She also dumped a lot of short pushes into the net on receive and in the short game and didn't adjust until G5.

Poor CY got bogged down by her growth spurt. Yet another proof that if you couldn't win in your junior years, then chances are you wouldn't win in your senior years, either.
 
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Sora has a bit of Koki Niwa in him. Great little clip of a couple of points where he's like, yeah, we're done here. Love Miwa's reaction:

 
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Togami - Forfeit in R128
Matsushima - Forfeit in R64 (Bye in R128)
Tanaka - R32 Feng Yi-Hsin 3-2 Tanaka (4, 11, -7, -4, 6)
Shinozuka (defending ATTC 2024 bronze medalist) - R32 Faraji 3-1 Shinozuka (10, 9, -10, 8)
Harimoto (defending ATTC 2024 gold medalist) - R16 Kim Minhyeok 2-3 Harimoto (9, -6, -7, 11, -5)

Matsushima, the supposedly "new boss", now gets to experience what Harimoto has been shouldering since 2018 when he was just 14. Not a good sign at 19 if you ask me, as Matsushima could be on a similar trajectory that Harimoto started going through also at 19 after WTT CS ESS 2022 and WTTC 2022.

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https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/world-team-cup-2018.17043/post-221970
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Difficulty:
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Asian (ATTC 2026)
Chinese (National Games 2025)
Japanese (Aichi-Nagoya 2026)
Korean (Seoul 1988)
Indian (Delhi 2010)

When "Asian" Is a Difficulty Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miD_TWmdGIY
 
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Togami - Forfeit in R128
Matsushima - Forfeit in R64 (Bye in R128)
Tanaka - R32 Feng Yi-Hsin 3-2 Tanaka (4, 11, -7, -4, 6)
Shinozuka (defending ATTC 2024 bronze medalist) - R32 Faraji 3-1 Shinozuka (10, 9, -10, 8)
Harimoto (defending ATTC 2024 gold medalist) - R16 Kim Minhyeok 2-3 Harimoto (9, -6, -7, 11, -5)

Matsushima, the supposedly "new boss", now gets to experience what Harimoto has been shouldering since 2018 when he was just 14. Not a good sign at 19 if you ask me, as Matsushima could be on a similar trajectory that Harimoto started going through also at 19 after WTT CS ESS 2022 and WTTC 2022.

2018/2/24
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/world-team-cup-2018.17043/post-221970
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Difficulty:
Easy
Medium
Hard
Asian (ATTC 2026)
Chinese (National Games 2025)
Japanese (Aichi-Nagoya 2026)
Korean (Seoul 1988)
Indian (Delhi 2010)

When "Asian" Is a Difficulty Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miD_TWmdGIY
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Sorawa XD gold medalist Asian Championship 2026.

Miwa: Yatta! Sora-kun, we did it! Yay!

Sora: Yeah... whatever. ( Yawn, it is just a regular Wednesday at the office )
 
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Sorawa XD gold medalist Asian Championship 2026.

Miwa: Yatta! Sora-kun, we did it! Yay!

Sora: Yeah... whatever. ( Yawn, it is just a regular Wednesday at the office )
He has ro win Olympics singles gold and retire before he smiles lol.
 
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Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/@attulive6613/streams

Sat 24 Oct 2026
10:00 T1 WD QF HARIMOTO(JPN)/HAYATA(JPN) – GHORPADE(IND)/GHOSH(IND)
10:00 T2 WD QF PARANANG(THA)/SAWETTABUT(THA) – KUAI(CHN)/WANG(CHN)
10:00 T3 WD QF ODO(JPN)/NAGASAKI(JPN) – LOY(SGP)/SER(SGP)
10:00 T4 WD QF CHEN(CHN)/JIANG(CHN) – LYNE(MAS)/TEE(MAS)
10:00 T5 WD Pos. 9-16 LAI(SGP)/TAN(SGP) – LEE(KOR)/YOO(KOR)
10:00 T6 WD Pos. 9-16 CHIEN(TPE)/PENG(TPE) – DOO(HKG)/NG(HKG)
10:00 T7 WD Pos. 9-16 KONG(HKG)/SU(HKG) – CHEN(TPE)/WU(TPE)
10:00 T8 WD Pos. 9-16 LEE(KOR)/PARK(KOR) – CRUZ(PHI)/LAUDE(PHI)
10:40 T1 MD QF LIN(CHN)/HUANG(CHN) – HARIMOTO(JPN)/SHINOZUKA(JPN)
10:40 T2 MD QF WONG(MAS)/CHOONG(MAS) – PANG(SGP)/QUEK(SGP)
10:40 T3 MD QF WONG(HKG)/CHAN(HKG) – MISAL(PHI)/NAYRE(PHI)
10:40 T4 MD QF JAIN(IND)/THAKKAR(IND) – WEN(CHN)/YUAN(CHN)
10:40 T5 MD Pos. 9-16 LAM(HKG)/YIU(HKG) – GERASSIMENKO(KAZ)/KURMANGALIYEV(KAZ)
10:40 T6 MD Pos. 9-16 FENG(TPE)/KUO(TPE) – ALAMIAN(IRI)/ALAMIYAN(IRI)
10:40 T7 MD Pos. 9-16 ALKHADRAWI(KSA)/BU SHULAYBI(KSA) – GHAFFARI(IRI)/FARAJI(IRI)
10:40 T8 MD Pos. 9-16 CHEW(SGP)/CHUA(SGP) – KIM(KOR)/PARK(KOR)
10:40 T9 MS Pos. 17-32 DESAI Harmeet(IND) – KIM Minhyeok(KOR)
11:20 T1 WS R16 HASHIMOTO Honoka(JPN) – PARK Gahyeon(KOR)
11:20 T2 WS R16 DAS Syndrela(IND) – KUAI Man(CHN)
11:20 T3 WS R16 HARIMOTO Miwa(JPN) – ZENG Jian(SGP)
11:20 T4 WS R16 PARANANG Orawan(THA) – LEE Daeun(KOR)
11:20 T5 WS R16 HAYATA Hina(JPN) – NAGASAKI Miyu(JPN)
11:20 T6 WS R16 QIN Yuxuan(CHN) – CHEN Yi(CHN)
11:20 T7 WS R16 ODO Satsuki(JPN) – LEE Eunhye(KOR)
11:20 T8 WS R16 LEE Zion(KOR) – WANG Yidi(CHN)
12:00 T1 MS R16 PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR) – LI Tianyang(CHN)
12:00 T2 MS R16 HUANG Youzheng(CHN) – HARIMOTO Tomokazu(JPN)
12:00 T3 MS R16 KURMANGALIYEV Alan(KAZ) – KUO Guan-Hong(TPE)
12:00 T4 MS R16 WONG Chun Ting(HKG) – KANG Dongsoo(KOR)
12:00 T5 MS R16 WEN Ruibo(CHN) – GERASSIMENKO K.(KAZ)
12:00 T6 MS R16 PARK Ganghyeon(KOR) – FARAJI Benyamin(IRI)
12:00 T7 MS R16 FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE) – QUEK Izaac(SGP)
12:00 T8 MS R16 THAKKAR Manav(IND) – XIANG Peng(CHN)
16:00 T1 WD Pos. 13-16 –
16:00 T2 WD Pos. 13-16 –
16:00 T3 MS Pos. 25-32 YIU Kwan To(HKG) – HUNG Jing-Kai(TPE)
16:00 T4 MS Pos. 25-32 PRASONGPOL N.(THA) – ZHOU Qihao(CHN)
16:00 T5 MS Pos. 25-32 CHEW Clarence(SGP) – PRATAMA Affan(INA)
16:00 T6 MS Pos. 25-32 TANAKA Yuta(JPN) –
16:40 T1 MD Pos. 13-16 -
16:40 T2 MD Pos. 13-16 -
17:20TBD WS QF -
17:20TBD WS QF -
17:20 T3 WD Pos. 15-16 -
18:00TBD WS QF -
18:00TBD WS QF -
18:00 T3 MS Pos. 25-28 -
18:00 T4 MS Pos. 25-28 -
18:40TBD MS QF -
18:40TBD MS QF -
19:20TBD MS QF -
19:20TBD MS QF -
19:20 T MS Pos. 27-28 -
 
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Are the Youtube streams up for you guys. The matches are live but no Youtube streams for the tables available?

P.S. Streams are up now. It was delayed for nearly an hour.
 
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MAS WD defeated HK pair to advance to QF to meet CNT.

MAS MD defeated TPE pair to advance to R16 to meet SGP pair.

Our little boys and girls are alright!

NB: Our boys & girls are regular upset maker. In 2024 edition our MAS MD pair defeated LGY / LSD in QF ( 3-2 ) to move to SF. That was a huge upset!
 
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