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I think National.Champs not National Games as National Games should be every 4 years and a much bigger deal unless something has changed. National champs, I suspect some of the top players will sit it out.

This all makes sense but there is way too much time till the end of the year and there is a real possibility that Zhu Yuling may get pulled from the World Cup to give Chen Meng a chance given ZYL's own struggles. It is really murky how the CNT will handle the 3rd spot.

Money talks, players walk. Timo probably realized that the event is going to do nothing about his position in Europe and therefore isn't worth it. Good for him.

Liu Shiwen had a back injury. That said there are players playing doubles with no requirement to do so. Xu Xin despite saying that he can't recover like he did when he was younger is getting consistently registered in 3 events. My point is that while ITTF can do better, the players have to...

Yeah, but of course, there is still half of this year remaining and a year till the Olympics.

And yet they play men's doubles. Give me a break.

"Sacrifice" was in quotes you know. FZD is also "sacrificing " himself a lot lately.

Zeio wept...

I am unable to fully watch matches attending a funeral in Nigeria but now I really know why you don't like Chen Meng LOL.

Given that Zhang Jike said Harimoto's speed is top 10, can you elaborate on what you mean?

I have written about this on mytt as well. His stance is way too backhand oriented and he needs to get stronger so he can hit good backhands and forehands from an open position.

Harimoto and Lin Yun Ju are still excellent players, one or two losses or even three losses notwithstanding. I think the drop in ranking will at least make Harimoto more comfortable.

Lucky loser, random draw.

I guess the real issue is that people lose to better players and then the better players or their coaches say what they think the problem is. Hayata can beat 99% of the women on the tour with her risky game so we lose perspective sometimes and focus on the 1% she can't beat. And then because...

Come on, she may have lost one match to Kato but if Kato is her competition, definitely no need to travel. Kihara, Nagasaki and Harimoto are coming up so I get it. Yes but even with all the good players, she is in contention at a higher level than Hamamoto, who was not going to make the team...

Nah. Yamamoto was at a lower level. You don't look to change country at Hayata's level. She could easily be in the top 3 in a few years and is unlikely to be outside the top 6 for years to come.

They probably said that partly to keep her calm and help her play her best. If you are CNT A, you are CNT A even if you are tier 2. Li Jiayi has beaten good players in the Super League so no doubt she could beat Hayata. Hayata has beaten CNT players too but as they pointed out, there is so...

The actual explanation is much simpler though your take is far more detailed than mine. FZD struggled in the very first match vs Xu Chenhao to find his backhand form. So from then on, he pretty much never found it throughout the tournament and was the JYS loss as a natural consequence of that...

People used to call Li Xiaoxia "bridesmaid" as well. I am not so focused on what she has done till date, I am more concerned about how much longer she can hold off Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha.

I like Chen Meng a lot. I think she has missed her chance, if you read between the lines. I thought that about LSW too though.