ITTF WTTTC Finals London 2026, 4/28-5/10

[pingpongnerd]

Blame Nikhil's father, I am sure Nikhil could have taken one of them if he played TT full time... Sharon probably could have too, but that is another story...

Why weren't Sharon and Nikhil picked ahead of Naresh ? I think they are stronger players than Naresh

 

[igorponger]

WTTTC2026.
One more occasion to celebrate China champions.

 

[NextLevel]

Why weren't Sharon and Nikhil picked ahead of Naresh ? I think they are stronger players than Naresh

Players are not just picked, you need to be available to play. Neither of those players has been available to play and travel internationally for a while now. Nandan is at least currently committed to table tennis professionally so at worst, he is being developed as part of this process.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Why weren't Sharon and Nikhil picked ahead of Naresh ? I think they are stronger players than Naresh

Both of them have full time jobs.

 

[dewnyc]

Why weren't Sharon and Nikhil picked ahead of Naresh ? I think they are stronger players than Naresh

It looks like the selections followed the National Team Ranking orders, with links on https://www.usatt.org/national-team-rankings
Nikhil didn't play in any of the ranking tournaments (the new version of the team trials), lost to Nandan at US Nationals, and lost earlier than Nandan at the US Open.
There's also Nandan's brother Sid Naresh, who is 7th on the list, but I believe he (and Ved Sheth at #6) have final exams coming up.
Sharon didn't play in any of the tournaments that were considered or have a world ranking. He also didn't play in any USATT-sanctioned tournaments for almost 4 years, until this March.

 

[zeio]

Are the stats on the Leading Players (i.e. Most Overworked Players) lists correct? Hugo in the top spot for men’s is shown as having played 6 matches but it’s actually 4 so far, unless I’m missing something.

Must be ITTF hinting that Calderano will have to win 2 matches against Uzbekistan...

And Harimoto of Kazakhstan will make the impossible possible by playing 7 matches...

 

[zeio]

MT Grp15
NGR 0-3 HKG
Aruna 1-3 Baldwin (-6, 7, -10, -6)
Crucial win and precious experience for Baldwin.
Omotayo 0-3 WCT (-7, -3, -6)
Mati 0-3 Lam Siu Hang (-7, -6, -5)
G2 69 Mati thought he won the point and celebrated by turning around when in fact Lam's shot hit the net assembly and the point was still in play.

乒乓｜17歲蘇籽童首戰團體世錦賽　入隊兩年初入選冀為港爭光
https://www.hk01.com/即時體育/60339611/乒乓-17歲蘇籽童首戰團體世錦賽-入隊兩年初入選冀為港爭光

男子隊方面，由黃鎮廷領銜，偕陳顥樺、林兆恒、姚鈞濤、關文皓出戰，港隊與南非、沙特阿拉伯及尼日利亞同組，力爭晉級。陳顥樺在剛過去的太原站，男單、男雙同樣不敵吉村真晴，總教練李靜形容陳為「具備（世界排名）前50的實力，（排名）100以外的心態」。陳顥樺直言在太原站獲益不少，使他重新反思如何進步，他今晚再踏征途，前往捷克比賽及集訓，為團體世錦賽備戰。

(For the men's team, led by Wong Chun Ting, and accompanied by Chan Ho Wah, Lam Siu Hang, Yiu Kwan To, and Kwan Man Ho, the Hong Kong team is grouped with South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria, aiming to advance. Chan Ho Wah recently lost to Yoshimura Maharu in both the men's singles and men's doubles at the Taiyuan leg of the WTT series. Head coach Li Ching described Chan as having "the strength of a top 50 player, but the mentality of someone ranked outside the top 100." Chan Ho Wah stated that he benefited greatly from the Taiyuan leg, prompting him to rethink how to improve. Tonight, he will embark on another journey, heading to the Czech Republic for competition and training, preparing for the World Team Championships.)

 

[dewnyc]

SRB-LUX going way overtime. Mladenovic trying to force a 5th game, and potentially 5th match.

in women's, KAZ beats CZE, 14-12 in 5th game of 5th match

 

[dewnyc]

Luka wins the 4th game 22-20

 

[dewnyc]

Levajac beats Luka in 5, and Serbia wins

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

Levajac beats Luka in 5, and Serbia wins

I’ll never forget Levajac after Serbia vs. Brazil in the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Worth a replay if anyone hasn’t seen it it. Looks like Peto still playing too.

 

[zeio]

MT Grp10
AUS 0-3 PRK
Nicholas Lum 2-3 Ham Yu Song (8, -7, 5, -1, -9)
G5 10, 11, 21, 23, 33, 34, 54, 55, 75, 76 TO for AUS, 87 TO for PRK, 97 medium net for AUS, 911
Finn Luu 1-3 Ri Jong Sik (-6, 4, -9, -3)
Adtiya Sareen 2-3 U Tae Ryong (9, -4, 9, -10, -10)
A hard-fought win for PRK. Kudos to AUS for making them sweat.

 

[dewnyc]

Tough one for Lum, as he was playing well and leading in the 5th

 

[NextLevel]

Omar struggling in this event.

 

[dewnyc]

Good match so far between Ri Jong Sik and Finn Luu

 

[Bollwerk]

Are the stats on the Leading Players (i.e. Most Overworked Players) lists correct? Hugo in the top spot for men’s is shown as having played 6 matches but it’s actually 4 so far, unless I’m missing something.

Stats are completely broken, SYS already has 5 wins too lol

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

Omar struggling in this event.

I think Omar's decline has already started. I can't remember the last time he won an important WTT match.

 

[NextLevel]

I think Omar's decline has already started. I can't remember the last time he won an important WTT match.

He still dominates Africa and is only 34. I would wait on more evidence before going that far.

 

[Metaxa]

 

[NextLevel]

Looks like you experienced what happened when Japan lost to Iran - your best player lost, and suddenly, everyone started falling apart.... insane...