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(Can’t find the Japan T-League thread, I’ll just drop it here :p )
Hina Hayata won MVP for Series 1 (first half) 2020-2021, playing the most matches and winning 80% overall.

Sorry to disappoint but Ito and Sato won’t be playing each other in the final.
Hayata-Sato / Ito-Nagasaki
vs
Kihara-Hira / Ishikawa-Yokoi
1/4final & semifinal should be...

Hirano is out in R16
Kihara 4-0 Hirano
Hayata 4-3 Odo
Ito 4-1 Ando
Nagasaki 4-2 Shibata
Ishikawa 4-0 Miyu Maeda
Sato vs Mori withdrawn

JOC clash - Nagasaki 4-1 Miyu Kato in R32

All Japan National Championship 2021
Women’s Singles Round 2
Yuka Minagawa 3-1 Miwa Harimoto
Kihara was knocked out in R1 in Juniors.

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Women’s Singles Round 2
Yuka Minagawa 3-1 Miwa Harimoto
Kihara was knocked out in R1 in Juniors.

Sakura Mori vs Ishikawa in latest T-League 12-2020
11-8 11-0 11-4

I’ll rephrase this. Mask is a valid line of defence if you happen to walk through suspended vapours of droplets. It is the last line of defence in a crowed/enclosed space. Also if a carrier coughs in...

Flu & Covid19 are not transmitted airborne but via contact with surfaces contaminated by droplets. Why are, disproportionately, so much discussion just on masks? They’re a last line of defence, and...

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The dream you see alone is only a dream
The dream you share with someone is reality

Mima "finally found someone"
Hayata "Should we get married?"

An estimated 1 million foreign visitors will converge on Tokyo for 2 weeks in tightly clustered groups of close contacts. They’ll be packed into enclosed areas in extremely high concentrations....

I don’t recall a CNT woman losing 0-11, and 0-4 to a non-Chinese player, specially a TOP player. The only instance that comes to mind was the Ma Lin vs CCY match, but Ma Lin won that match, and it...

Come to think of it, haven’t seen her make funny faces lately. Still, a very cute/pretty otenba (tomboy) !

Allow her to rest up and recover from injury. She’s not going anywhere anymore, got in the WTTC already, and basically out of the Olympic race. The points are not so important now.
I think she...

Mi (美 beauty/pretty) is a very common first part given name for Japanese girls. e.g. MI-u(宇), MI-ma(誠), MI-yu(優), MI-yuu(柚), MI-zuki(月), MI-saki(咲), MI-ka (香）etc...

This is so weird. She’s a National Champion, also the highest ITTF ranked Korean woman, has been in Korea since age 16(2011), naturalized, qualifies for, and with Olympic and multiple WTTC...

Entry restrictions from China is increasing internationally. CNT is in Qatar now, they may not wish to go back to China immediately after, not wanting to be locked in.

The SARS epidemic began in Nov 2002 and wasn’t until July 2003 before WHO declared it contained, with still 200+ cases in hospitals. Taiwan (400+ miles distance) was the first taken off the affected...

Only what the Top officials think is best for China to gain Gold. LSW was ITTF ranked #1 from Nov 2015-Sept 2016 (11 months straight), but didn’t get chosen for WS Singles for Rio 2016. ITTF rankings...

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Hirano, Ito and now Hayata had used her as a springboard to launch themselves. Her previous eminence lends legitimacy to the throne. By 2024 Ishikawa would be 31,...

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excerpts from Hayata's run through the Semi and Final matches.

https://youtu.be/NFg6wuQ498k

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Shibata's top spin FH can be LETHAL :)
video excerpt https://youtu.be/c0TQFKZHpGI

https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tournament/detail/013725.html
Everything has gone unreadable blue....let's try the translation again :(

What do the tears mean at the moment you win?
Ishida...

Hayata's tears
https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tournament/detail/013725.html
優勝した瞬間の涙の意味は？...

This marks the first time Hirano and Hayata actually qualified for the WTTC by winning the Trials.
Congratulations specially to Hayata, one year of tough climbing and hard work, traveling all over...