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I think every WR system has flaws. Even the old one was flawed since it completely disregarded participation to the point that you could maintain your ranking by playing once every 4 months. The fault lies not with the ranking system itself but in JTTA's sole reliance on the ranking system to...

ITTF has already tried a system where R32 qualifiers get more points than seeded players that lose in the first round last year before changing it in 2019. Last year, if you’re a seeded player that loses in the first round, you will only get ½ the usual points you would normally get when losing...

Mystery over. Welcome to the Top 50 Clarence. :D

Some people have said the guy is either Clarence Chew or Pang Yew En Koen. It makes sense since they're both lefties and are from Singapore. Though neither are in the Top 50 of the ITTF rankings, so they technically shouldn't be eligible as a host exemption. Unless T2 Diamond has modified their...

Guess who the Host Exemptions are. As per T2 Regulations: "Each Host Exemption must be ranked in the top-50 of the ITTF World Rankings at the time of selection, and must not have qualified to compete in the relevant T2DIAMOND 2019 event from the World Tour Standings." I honestly can't make out...

Tough break for Niwa. Winning that match would have gotten him into T2 Singapore. Unless a few players pull out, he'll likely be missing out on at least 400 bonus points. His non-qualification for T2 will offset whatever advantage Niwa had over Mizutani in participating in the World Cup. His...

I'm not too worried about this. In my opinion, it has nothing to do with JTTA doubting the Hayata/Ito combination. JTTA knows that Hayata/Ito has been Japan's most successful WD pairing in recent history and the pairing doesn't have anything to prove anymore in terms of World Tour success. I...

I absolute agree with both Next Level and Sali that the draws of the qualifications rounds and after the qualification rounds will also be important. That's why I said, it may mess up Ishikawa's chances a bit. Any one of the top Japanese players can lose in the first round to a Chinese qualifier...

Looks like CTTA revised its player lineup for the Swedish and German Open. https://www.ittf.com/2019/09/23/chinese-player-participation-lists-changed-upcoming-events/ Most notable how the new German Open entry list, messes up Ishikawa's Olympic Singles chances a bit. They removed Liu Shiwen...

Since World Cup points expire from edition to edition, and not after 12 months like regular World Tour events, Cheng's 2040 pts from last year's World Cup will not yet be expired by the time the seeding will be done for October's World Cup. Therefore, if Hirano can't advance past the QF in the...

Asian Table Tennis Championships WR and Olympic Implications There seems to be some confusion on the thread on whether or not points gained in the team event of the Asian Champs are added with points gained from the singles event. As seen in reply #500 made by Zeio, "3.9.2. Continental senior...

I don't think Zeio meant it in the sense that Hirano's doomed with this draw. Hirano is more than capable than beating any of the players seeded from 9-16. However, among those seeded 9-16, Doo Hoi Kem is the only player Hirano has a notoriously bad record against. Hirano has lost to her 6 of...

I think Chuang Chih Yuan and the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association generally have the same goal of winning. However, both disagree on the method in doing that. When Chuang said that he planned on only playing in the Paruguay Open and the singles event in the Asian Championship, I don't...

Actually, Hayata isn't playing WD in Sweden since she's going to be paired with Harimoto again for Mixed Doubles. Given that Mixed doubles is a separate Olympic event while Women's Doubles isn't, this is actually a good sign for her. As for the German Open, she's not sponsored by JTTA, but I'm...

Looking ahead to September's Events With all August events complete, here are the things to lookout for in the upcoming months: September World Rankings For the first time in her career, Ito will be the highest World-ranked Japanese Woman at WR#7 while Ishikawa will be WR#8. Their seeding...

Hey Zeio! I think you misread the chart. The 8 results shown in the twitter chart you posted aren't each player's top 8 results but only show these players' results from the last 8 events. If you notice, the results in the chart only include those from the China Open and onwards, but don't...

Hi Vlad, can you recheck your computations? Hirano currently has 12050 points. Subtract last year's Bulgaria and Czech Results of 1260 and 1260 (-2520) and add HK Open 2019 SF result of 1170 points and Czech 2019 Finalist result of 1440 points to replace those (+2610). Hirano should have 12140...

Tomorrow's SF match between Hirano and Ishikawa will have huge Olympic implications. They are only separated by 5 points in the World Rankings Points for January 2020 right now. (Hirano has 9590 points while Ishikawa has 9585). The winner will obviously gain the lead in the race for one of...

Race to Tokyo Standings After Bulgaria Japan Women's Standings after Bulgaria Open I'll do a more in-depth analysis after the Czech Open, since a lot can still change in terms of WR, seeding, etc. after this tournament. For now, I'll just outline some potential "goals" for some of the players...