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"New" ranking is out, but it looks like someone at WTT accidentally just copied/pasted the previous week. No Yokohama results. Hopefully, they fix this soon.

Congrats to Kaho Akae! She held back a furious comeback from Saki Shibata to win the WS title.

The cream rises to the top. For the women, Japan is expected to be strong even though the ones in this tournament are not the more well known players (other than Hitomi Sato and perhaps Saki Shibata). Kudos to Sally for taking a SF spot beating Japan's Reina Aso who beat 2nd seeded Sreeja Akula.

NGL, I was sad to say Reina Aso losing yesterday after she had beaten Sreeja. However, if it's going to be anyone, I'm glad it was our own Sally Moyland. Congratulations Sally making the SF. She has a rematch with Saki Shibata where she lost a very close 3-2,11-8 match. Although the odds are...

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Japanese table tennis columnist, Jota Ito, commentary on Hina / Miwa situation: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/profile/commentator/itojota/comments/d0cd45cb-f69c-47e2-8131-a959af32755f The fact that treatment was administered by Hayata's physical trainer, Mr. Oka, is within the discretion of the...

FWIW, this is what I get when I type "is coaching allowed during a medical timeout in table tennis" in my browser: AI Overview In table tennis, coaching is generally not allowed during a medical timeout. While coaching is permitted between games and during authorized suspensions of play...

That's fine.. But my question isn't about Hina's situation specifically. It's a general question: Are you allowed to be coached during a medical timeout?

I understand the controversy surrounding the no coaching custom in Japan vs. Japan matches. My question is that there's a prevailing belief in general that no coaching is allowed during a medical timeout. It was not the case in Tomo's match because Wang Hao was standing next to WCQ, and Seiya...

I was curious about coaching during medical timeout. I could not find anywhere in either the ITTF handbook or the WTT handbook where it says this is not allowed. Perhaps it used to be prohibited and got removed when they changed it to allow coaching except during rallies? Can anyone cite in a...

Crab style, FTW!

Love this moment. So many people saying: SYS is unbeatable. WCQ is unbeatable. Tomo wanted this one so bad... a WTT Champions tournament in Japan. Well deserved win!

Tomo showing he has his own beast mode.

Congratulations Chen Xingtong! She destroyed the SYS fan club marketing machine!

Unheralded player Reina Aso played like a queen against Sreeja Akula coming from down 0-2 to win 3-2,11-3. Often known for her doubles play with Asuka Sasao. The two are the All Japan WD Champions. But she's showing that she's not just a doubles player. She has a great fast, long serve. A...

Tomo will be the heavy favorite to win, but Kanak's chances are not zero. I think Kanak has one of the best push games in TT. He's good at eliciting a "weak" attack from his push due to great placement and the ability to take spin and pace off the ball. I put weak in quotes because the...

It's pretty much an all things Japan TT related thread.

Although there is some value in seeing how the players deal with timeouts independently, ultimately, I think there is more value in allowing for personal coaches (or national coach if a player doesn't have a personal coach) in Japan vs. Japan. Even in Japan's domestic tournaments they allow for...

The 8 minutes is made up of 3 components: 1 normal timeout that Hina took, a 2 minute medical evaluation period called a 'Medical Break', followed by a 5 minute 'Medical Timeout' if deemed necessary for a total of 8 minutes. So Miwa cannot really object on grounds of excessive time, but she does...

Amazing how Kanak controlled the match against Qiu Dang!