Hayata's career head-to-head record against the 2 best Chinese players:
Vs SYS: 0 wins, 22 losses
Vs WMY: 0 wins, 13 losses
It would be madness to keep playing her in a team final against China with results like these.
The likes of Harimoto, Sato, Hashimoto and Odo have picked up at least one or more win against the 2 best Chinese players.
Not to mention, Sato, Hashimoto and Harimoto would be favourites to beat players like CY, KM and WYD. Hayata would be the underdog against the above mentoned 3 second-string Chinese players.
No. It would be madness to field players who have not consistently proven themselves over the best (or second best) player in your team who has consistently proven herself unless she herself ultimately admits she has given up on addressing her problems. It is okay to pretend that because the Chinese have faced Hina Hayata often enough to be naturally prepared for her that she is worse than she objectively is. But the reality is that if you threaten the Chinese enough, they will prepare for you better, your wins evaporate, and then you are back to square one.
So these players who have beaten the Chinese, why are they not ranked higher than Hina Hayata? When Hina Hayata beat Kuai Man in Frankfurt, or when Chen Yi demolished Sato or whem Kuai Man beat Hashimoto, you went oddly silent. I keep reminding you of the example of Ding Ning, who lost to Wu Yang and Sato in random matches but never lost to choppers in big major matches. Stop looking for easy answers to hard problems, these are largely quick fixes ehose effectiveness will be closed if they are deployed consistently.
Jun Mizutani never beat Ma Long or Zhang Jike. What is happening here is that Hayata has been so good for so long that she has consistently gotten to rounds of events only to lose to the two of the greatest Chinese players of all time, usually at stages in an event where they are optimally prepared to face her. The other players are able to surprise the Japanese at random stages/times, but this will not last once they are also targeted.
Finally, there are lots of other teams with players who play choppers decently with sufficient practice, especially Korea. Beware of what happens when you make it clear you are banking on choppers.
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