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

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Miwa has found the good rhythm and good tactics to win safely

 

[NextLevel]

Winter beat Hayata in 2014 lol...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Winter beat Hayata in 2014 lol...

she is much stronger now

 

[Janard]

Is TTR equipped for contact with shirt? Loll

 

[Metaxa]

Is TTR equipped for contact with shirt? Loll

Of course!

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Hina is now 0-2 down its gonna be very tough to make a comeback even with her legendary fighting spirit...

Japan should still win it even if Hina loses, because i think Miwa will beat Sabine if necessary and Hashimoto should cruise in her match

 

[crystalline]

Not sure if this has been said before but Annett Kaufmann looks a lot like Charlize Theron

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

interestingly , in order to win, Miwa had to slow it down a bit first, while for Hina the opposite approach, going with power from the beginning is working better

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Donkey of the day at 6-4 in G4

 

[M51]

'SUP? 😎

 

[crystalline]

Nakazawa Rui (Wang Rui), he’s Chinese

Thank you! Found this for anyone interested:

Rei Nakazawa

Rei Nakazawa, originally named Wang Rui, played table tennis for the Hebei provincial team but was not selected for the national team. At the age of 24, Wang Rui retired and went to Japan to work as a coach. In 2008, Wang Rui acquired Japanese nationality and changed his name to Rei Nakazawa.In...

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[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

bravo Hina !!!!!! what a fighter !

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Whew! Great comeback from Hina! Sabine played pretty amazing too.

 

[job59]

My god Nina. She acts so unmotivated. Mental weakness.

 

[job59]

Germany sent Mittelham and not Kaufman?

A big mistake of Boros. There have been too many weak matches under pressure. If you want to win, you need a player who goes for it.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

as expected Japan wins 3-0 and so will China, and we will have a Nth China v Japan Women's final

but when will Japan break the Hedgehog day curse

 

[zeio]

Miwa still fears Kaufmann despite winning twice after Paris 2024, Hashimoto fits Winter style-wise, and Hayata is not at 100% so it's still a tossup if GER could change the lineup enough to tip the balance, like what Li Ching did for HKG vs GER at Tokyo 2020. Many didn't think PRK would lose to GER in 0-3 after they narrowly lost to JPN at ATTC 2025.

WT SF
JPN 3-0 GER
Harimoto 3-1 HY (-5, 10, 3, 8)
Hayata 3-2 Winter (-10, -6, 5, 9, 6)
Hashimoto 3-0 Mittelham (8, 5, 5)

Poor Mittelham. What happened to Kaufmann?

 

[Janard]

Compliments to Szocs if WMY fed back to Ma Lin that her shots are spinnier than expected

 

[Metaxa]

Compliments to Szocs if WMY fed back to Ma Lin that her shots are spinnier than expected

I’ve seen Bernadette play better matches. Too many "avoidable" individual errors.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

the Hina comeback was 👨‍🍳💋