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Final Invitation List 2020 ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup All that effort to make the predicted entry list for the World Cup just for ITTF to release the final invitation list for the Men's and Women's World Cup a day later. Haha. Fortunately, I was accurate with my list. The only exception...

Predicted Entry List for the 2020 World Cups While ITTF hasn't officially announced the entry list for those invited to compete in the Men's and Women's World Cup, they have already released a document detailing how players will qualify...

Lol. And if you include the 2020 WTTC Men's representatives in the mix, 7 out of the 8 players who will play in Part 2 of the 2020 Japan All-Star Match (Battle of the Sexes) will be lefty players, with Harimoto being the lone righty. With the abundance of lefties, soon, gone will be the days...

2020 Japan All-Star Dream Match Format Thanks Zeio, for outlining the match format for the 2020 Japan All-Star Match! If it's okay, I would just like to add on to your post to further clarify the format to the readers. I will be using most of what Zeio has written in his post #136 of this...

Takes me back to when Japan used this lineup against China in the 2018 WTTTC It was seen as a bold lineup by some fans at that time. But maybe, it wasn't bold enough. In hindsight, now that we know how she performed against ZYL in 2019, what if Japan had been even bolder and played Miyu...

Based on their interviews, it seems like even the Japan Team's Olympic players have different ideas on the best strategy with regard to the team lineup. In an interview, Mizutani seemed to suggest the key to winning matches in the team event is to have Harimoto win both his singles matches and...

I have a guess as to a possible reason for playing LGY for 2 singles that doesn't involve Team 2 tanking the team match. Haha. Note that in ABC v XYZ, the lineups are as follows: 1st Match B/C vs Y/Z (Doubles) 2nd Match A vs X (1st Singles) 3rd Match C vs Z (2nd Singles) 4th Match A vs Y (3rd...

Looks like Mizutani is not the only one changing his blade. His Mixed Doubles partner is following suit. "The racquet "Ito Mima Carbon" produced by Ito will be released at the memorable timing of Nittaku's 100th anniversary in 2020 and Ito's 20th birthday on October 21st. Ito has been using the...

For those interested in watching the Taiwanese team's mock Olympics, the live stream and replays are all broadcasted on Youtube. You can check Janard's post #327 for the schedule on play. You may also head to https://www.nstc2020.com/schedule and look under "桌球" to see the matchups. Here are the...

Ishikawa and Hirano saw your comments and it only took them an hour to respond. Haha. https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2020/07/012678.html Kasumi Ishikawa Comment ― “I decided to participate in the 2020 JAPAN All-Star Dream Match. I think that the Japanese table tennis world will...

2020 Japan All-Star Dream Match Apparently, the big announcement by Miyazaki is about the 2020 Japan All-Star Dream Match to be held in September. The idea was actually first brought up on May 26, 2020 by T-League Chairman, Koji Matsushita. They initially discussed ideas such as mixed gender...

World Table Tennis Forum in China Videos and Highlights As you all know by now, ITTF is planning to launch World Table Tennis (WTT) in 2021. Naturally, ITTF consulted some of the players about WTT and allowed these players to ask questions about the WTT initiative last June 9. The platform used...

Hi Ryan, welcome to the forum! I've been listening to your Table Tennis podcasts for quite a while now and have been enjoying your conversations with Joey and with the other guests you've brought on the show. The recent show with Kanak was no different and am excited to know the next guests you...

When a player is asked about his or her most memorable match, the natural or common response would be a match he or she has won. This seems to be the case in most of the interviews I've watched or read such as those on Ask A Pro Anything. It's so much easier to hold on to the memories of victory...

I agree that Chen Meng's record against Ito is impressive and spotless, and she deserves high consideration for an Olympic Spot because of this. However, one must be cautious in giving too much weight to winning records and win streaks against certain players. In the Olympics, or any other major...

T.League 2019-2020 Season Conclusion and Winners Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the T-League 2019-2020 Season Playoff Final for both the Men's and Women's Division has been cancelled. It's a shame as all the regular season matches were already completed and there were literally just 2...

The ITTF Executive Committee report for the April 15, 2020 meeting that happened a while ago was just released. https://www.ittf.com/2020/04/15/ittf-executive-committee-april-meeting-covid-19/ As per the report, April 2020 World Rankings will be released by the end of the week, so it should be...

Hi balazs1234, I'll try to guide you step-by-step: Turn on "CC" or closed captions on the Youtube Video. Then, click the settings button on the Youtube video. (gear icon) A menu should appear. From that menu, click the "Subtitles/CC" option. Another menu should appear with the option...

TV Tokyo released a documentary named "World Table Tennis 2020 Warriors." It mainly focuses on 3 bonds. First is the bond between Ito and Hayata who TV Tokyo considers as Japan's strongest doubles pair. Second is the bond between Hirano and Ishikawa where both have to balance the tensions of...

Japan National Team 2020 Last April 1st, JTTA announced the players who made the Men's National Team and Women's National Team for 2020. Each team is comprised of 6 players and the rest are candidates/reserves. Click the hyperlinks above to access the full documents of the Men's and Women's...