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Going into last 2 battles of the race, both Ishikawa & Hirano seem to be on their last gasping breath, fatigued by almost 20 world hopping Tournaments, demoralized by constant losing, and the inability to get ahead of the other, and mentally overloaded with anxiety. They are in the worst...

Japan has decreed that the top 2 Japanese in WR on Jan 6 2020 will take the 2 Singles spots (for both Men & Women). The WR is decided by the best 8 results +T2. Niwa certainly has an edge over Mizutani now, (see Apacible above).

That means Hayata has found chinks in the CNT armour and is able to get through and nip them in the bud. 10 of them in 2019. Beating chinese 2nd team, in the same age group, is important, these are the ones coming down the pike to replace the aging ones on their way out. LSW, DN etc won’ be...

The amazing player is Timo. From beating Kong Linghui in 2002 WC (therefore LQL’s era), to ML, WH, WLQ, through ML, ZJK, XX, then FZD, LGY and LJK, and lately the likes of WCQ, all in all 5 generations of CNT. What a run !

日本で１０日に行われた卓球ワールドカップ団体戦の女子決勝で、石川佳純選手、平野美宇選手、伊藤美誠選手、佐藤瞳選手の日本代表は中国に０−３で完敗して準優勝に終わり、中国が大会９連覇を果たした。中国メディア・東方網は１０日、中国の専門家が「日本の弱点は石川だ」との見方を示したと報じた。...

Why the calculations for the Race to Jan 6 2020? Today it’s Hirano 10295, Ishikawa 10230 (Team World Cup didn’t do anything to affect the points), add to this Austria, T2, WTGF to see who is ahead, no subtractions/deductions needed, no reserves are valid for Jan 6 anyway. As for Markham, I don’t...

The most important question is can Hirano out score Ishikawa in Austria, T2Singapore & WTGF, and ONLY Ishikawa. The focus is when JAN 2020 comes, would Hirano or Ishikawa has the higher Best 8 points total. Where Ishikawa stands with the rest of the world on Jan 6 is a moot point.

She needs more than luck, even at nr4, China is flooding the field with players, chances of meeting one in the first round is still very high. Not to mention other Japanese players from qualifications. With great pressure on her and her impatience + CNT phobia, I don’t see her improving her Best...

Off the World Cup, neither Ishikawa or Hirano gained on each other, even Babba tried very hard to give both equal playing opportunities. In the end, it’s a wash. Ishikawa is not a doubles player, that much is evident. But Ito really needs to be in Team Singles slot to have a plausible chance...

https://youtu.be/SMRhXLNTwvg Hirano's goofy response on interactive TV after Romania. :D

I accept, thank you. I’m not part of the on-going argument of illegal serves, nor was my post attempting to address or downplay the service conundrum. I was, however raising the point that based on the observations off ITTF videos, and factoring in the variations in elevation, angle of...

This is rather condescending, not quite what I expected from you. I’ll let it pass.

I think by middle of 2020, once CNT has filled the top 8 (Women for sure) with their members and can therefore rotate/rest their elites and still lock in/seed the 4 quarters, you’ll be seeing WT semi final all in red, ALL THE TIME. Kind of a Chinese Super League Road Tour/World Exhibition. If...

Regarding opinions on service based on ITTF’s video ; I don’t believe a valid judgement can be made purely from it. It’s usually shot from an higher elevation about the spectators’ seating area (higher than eye level), at an DOWN angle towards the table. The perspective is quite different from...

“...Two or three players (China) can completely knock them out .....” well, China is sending twelve (12) girls to Markham :-p “...you’ve got to ask yourself one question - “Do I feel lucky ?” Dirty Harry :-D edit: withdraw ! argh !! they say it’s just money, yeah right, it’s not just money...

Japan really doesn’t have any option, but to send the current cream of it’s crop, even if it isn’t as good or as consistent as it can be. But it is what it is. The Olympics on their home soil have a lot to do with the hype and magnified expectations. JOC has sucked a lot of government money into...

I believe JTTA is trying their best to be fair in the WTC, but there’s no good way around it. So they went the only way that would avoid controversy...go by WR. That’s why Sato is in. Also to minimize another monkey, Hayata is out, so is Kato. So just 4. Remember Hirano was in London’s WTC ...

@sali thnx for the reminder the records are statistics, you can read into/use it anyway you wish. They are meant to be manipulated to suit what you wish to say. (BTW, who else has beat Chinese girls whatever tier they’re in, and how many times ?) Hayata is not ready for 2020, her great potential...

Summary for Hayata 2019: 5 wins (up to Nov 3) Portugal, Oman, Serbia, Paraguay, Belarus. Wins/Loss to Chinese player 9/5: LSW Portugal 4:2 Hu LiMei Portugal 4:1 Shi Xunyao Korea 4:3 Chan Ke Korea 4:2 Fung Yalan Bulgaria 4:0 Zhang Qian Bulgaria 4:2 Yang Hujing Belarus 4:1 Shi Xunyao Belarus 4:1...

“Thank you for all your support. This tournament was a triumph for myself, in endurance both mentally & physically. Even though there were anxieties and apprehension, I was able to concentrate on believing in myself, and winning in the end. I still have a lot of challenges ahead, but allow me to...