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Kihara just squeaks by Tin Tin Ho (5,-8, 6, -10, 9)

Ouch... rough day for selection trial winner Yuta Tanaka.

Kim Nayeong is signed. Waiting on Shin Yubin. Maybe this will give Miu the inside track on a couple S Korean players she has trouble against. KNY is 3-0 and SYB is 3-1 against Miu.

[Table Tennis] Miu Hirano to transfer to T.League Kyushu team to take on her ninth season in a new environment. ... As he was considering his future career in search of further growth for his ninth season, he received an offer from Kyushu, which is willing to support him, including...

Cocona beats Misuzu again 3-0 to join fellow qualifiers Saki Shibata and Asuka Sasao.

Oh it appears there's a 1 round knockout stage to get out of the qualifiers and Cocona is matched up with compatriot Misuzu Takeya. Cocona beat Misuzu 3-0 (5,6,12) when they met at 2026 WTT Feeder Prishtina.

Amazing comeback by Cocona Muramatsu to beat Linda Bergstrom from down 0-2. She showed some real mental toughness to overcome Linda's 2 lucky edges and a lucky net in the decider. She advances in her group in the main draw to join all of qualifier compatriots (Shibata, Takeya, Sasao, Aoki, and...

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Are these the youngest winners of WD (Das/Bhowmick) and WS (Bhowmick) from India in a senior tournament? Syndrela Das, age 16 Divyanshi Bhowmick, age 15 Pretty amazing for Team India.

Maybe good energy from recently getting married.

What I found interesting is that Kaho had actually been playing poorly prior to this tournament. She lost 3-0 to 14 yr old Cocona Muramatsu at Feeder Lagos and Barbora Varady at Feeder Senec. But she played some great table tennis to beat Miyuu Kihara and Hina Hayata and took Miyu Nagasaki to a...

I don't know what Hirano's aspirations are, but if LA2028 is her goal, I'm afraid that that window is either closing real fast or has already closed. Although this year's ranking results won't count towards the Olympic rankings points race, you really need to be in contention by the end of the...

Knockout Stage draws: WS: Hina Hayata Mao Takamori Kaho Akae Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki Kokomi Ishida Kotomi Omoda Asuka Sasao Notably missing are Miu Hirano and Sakura Yokoi both of whom lost in the group stage. Miu Hirano lost to Miyuu Kihara, and Sakura Yokoi lost to Asuka Sasao. MS...

Well, I'm not sure what time frame you were looking at, but here she is from 2025 Contender Taiyuan in April of last year so it's not a recent occurrence:

I remember reading an article when Honoka made the switch to Denso. She mentioned how grateful she was to Miki House for continuing to support her after the switch. Here she is at 2026 WTT Contender Lagos sporting her outfit prominently displaying both Denso *and* Miki House despite what...