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Have to give it to her, I expected an early exit and Harimoto win but Hayata surpasses Ito's record of 3 championships + 2 consecutive championship (2018-2019, 2022) with her own 4th championship and 3rd consecutive win (2020, 2023-2025).

In recent years, whenever Hirano wins its 4-0. whenever Ito wins its in the decider. I think Hirano has only won in the decider once out of the last 4 times. Hirano's All Japan Singles medal drought continues. 7 years running now. Ito gets her first medal since 2022. I feel this match was...

Hirano fumbled two matchpoints. Comes down to game 7. Is she developing a metal block against Ito? Can't seem to cross the finish line in tight matches.

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Kihara 3-4 Shibata Nagasaki 1-4 Odo Hirano 4-2 Seiji Yokoi 3-4 Ayano WTTC 2025 team (Golden Gen + Miwa + Odo) survives.

I'm just genuinely curious about the rationale because it means a much more packed schedule and less energy/time to prepare for senior matches

Why does Miwa bother with juniors when she's already All Japan senior and Asian champs runner-up?

Best chance for Odo, Kihara, and Nagasaki to reach the final with Hayata still recovering. Miwa is the only one I can see bulldozing her way to the finals. Time for Ito and Hirano to prove that they aren't past their prime. Only one of them can reach semifinals but whoever does will be there...

Where's Li Xiaoxia's bakery

If getting 3rd in majors and beating WYD is bare minimum (which is understandable given Japan's goals and overall level), then only Miwa and Hayata have done it in the Paris cycle. By comparison, Ito and Hirano have "failed miserably"

If anything LA 2028 will be Miwa cup. She's the only one who's almost certain to be there. IMO only Hirano has the faintest advantage as a valued team event player given her contributions in ATTC finals (post Paris), but her singles results means that she's hanging on by the skin of her teeth...

Very interested to see how this will play out. Makes sense considering she's forehand oriented. Also brings a new type of funky rubber player to the table since the Indian girls right now are all backhand oriented. Sreeja probably has the best forehand but nowhere near as dynamic and athletic as...

Guo Yue lost in WTTC finals two editions prior. 2006 to Tie Yana, 2008 to Li Jiawei. Plus I remember she was on a losing streak to foreign players in 2010, 7 players was the record I think and continued to struggle in the subsequent Asian Games (losing 0-2, 0-7 to a TPE player and losing the...

Big opportunity for regional leagues to invite more international players. Hope WTT gets the finger it deserves.

Ito had her chances but didn't take them. Could have been 3-1 in her favour or gone to the decider. At least she's staying in the rallies now, and in the post-match interview she finally admitted that she needs to work on winning internal matches too. A step in the right direction but she has a...

It'll be hard for Ito and Hirano to surpass Hayata if they can't even go further when she's not around. One of them won't get to play Champions once Hayata returns.

Shin proves she can be relied on to win close matches. First against Hirano in the Olympics and now against Diaz.

Feels a little strange that Jeon Jihee who has had nothing but first round exits recently qualifies over Szocs, but I guess Jeon's victory over Ito this year warrants it. Szocs can still go if Hayata skips the event to recover, which she should IMO. On the off chance that Chen Meng doesn't play...

You just described the problem of a linear capitalist economy

Bring back Liu Shiwen and maybe Zhu Yuling too if possible as a stop gap. Redistribute money at the top to provincial and B team. People need incentives to commit to professional sport and unemployment in China is still high anyway.