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Ishikawa remains the only player to have beaten He Zhoujia if memory serves right. I'm surprised because I thought He might have fallen off after being relegated to play feeders only while Miwa is up and coming. If anything this shows that she still has ways to go to truly challenge the Chinese...

Now I need a tutorial on how to deal with a no spin loop

Short pips. Because you never have to change it 😎

SYS has an ironically tough draw. Kuai Man in R32 and QTY in R16, followed by Hirano/Ito in Quarters. The JNT girls will have their Singapore Smash rematch in the same round. Kihara has a chance to face WYD in quarters again if she can get past Joo Cheonhui and Cheng I-Ching. Nightmare first...

Notable doubles pairings: CNT WYD + SYS WYD + LGY (is China taking this event seriously? realistically neither of them have a good shot at LA 2028) LGY + LSD also for MD QTY + CXT (another strange pairing, I would have paired QTY with SYS if they're seriously considering the former for being a...

Fukuoka Haruna used this grip while doing the reverse tomahawk serve. I assume it's to give more room for wrist movement and to make it easier to twiddle back to neutral position since all you have to do is press down with your index finger to flip the racket.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RaecezEnm/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.-1 Deng Yaping ranks foreign players according to their threat level after the Olympics: 1. Miwa 2. Hayata 3. Hirano 4. Shin YuBin 5. Kim Kum Yong (mixed doubles silver medalist)

I'm guessing it's automatic entry and those who don't want to play pull out after? But that doesn't explain FZD, CM and ML's abscence. Hayata's at home playing with hamtaro right now.

The court for this tournament is so much better than the usual WTT feeders

Amazing display by Miwa. Feels like I'm watching a CNT vs CNT match. Miwa does feel a bit slower in the exchanges though and I'm not sure if JNT's environment will ever allow her to adapt to SYS's speed.

She heard you

Sounds like she will make a decision based on the selection process. Ito and JTTA are playing chicken now.

Fair point about WTGF being similar to WTTC in terms of difficulty, but I think the two tournaments don't come close in terms of nerves and atmosphere. Again, Liu Shiwen had 3 WTGF titles to her name but nobody cared/remembered. In addition, I don't think they give out bronze medals for WTGF...

Tell that to Liu Shiwen who had 4 world cups but no WTTC title prior to her 2019 win. Even Fukuhara and Ishikawa have world cup bronzes but never came close to medalling at WTTC. In this era of JNT, world cup bronze should be the minimum.

Taking out the XD gold* (which Ito only managed to hang on because Mitzutani kept fighting imo), none of Ito's major achievements have been attained by beating a Chinese player. Hayata may have 'only' beaten WYD for her WTTC bronze and Asian Games silver but Ito didn't manage to do that when she...

Ito's best chance to medal at WTTC was in 2021 when she was the 3rd seed and WYD was 7th, but that match wasn't even close to competitive. That was right after her triple medal feat at the Olympics too and WYD was barely recognized as a core team member, making it to singles only because of the...

Has WTT run out of money and decided to reward winners with corporate pizza parties instead?

Going out on a limb here, but does anyone know where we can watch full matches of the 6th Japan Road to Paris Olympic Trials (Zennou Osaka)? I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find it. Of course freely available would be best but I don't mind paying for FUJI TV and FOD Premium if I have...

Nothing will change unless pressure is put on WTT and some specific umpires.

Yea I know, I was referring to the fact that they signed her up for WD and XD. If they didn't want to groom her they wouldn't have bothered arranging doubles pairings for her (see Miyu Kato). Also interesting how Odo's name comes before Ito's in both singles and team listings.