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Sun Zeng was super stable, and Kao was at a power deficit. Huang.Yan-Cheng takes game 1.

Amazing play by Kotomi! She has a fiery personality, but I can't believe how calm she was when playing YYY. Even we she missed a shot, she did not get down on herself. Just nodded and kept cool. Japan for the first time ever beat China at the FISU games. Kudos to Kyoka Idesawa for keeping...

Good opening game for Kotomi. Successful primarily attacking the middle, but mixing it in occasionally with attacking wide.

Another 3-0 victory for Kyoka Idesawa ! Up to Kotomi Omoda vs. Yang Yiyun now. Hope Kotomi got practice against choppers. She's gotta keep a cool head which hasn't always been the case.

Whatever happens, Kyoka Idesawa has a certain tenacity to her game. She was down late in game 2, but pulls it off. Now up 2-0 over Wang Xiaotong. Hopeful, she can win this.

Sakura Aoi has high quality serves, great anticipation, quick as a cat, but getting overpowered in extended rallies.

In case anyone wants to watch the livestream: https://www.fisu.tv/events/table-tennis-women-team-final

Omoda had game point in game 2, but she got too anxious. Actually had Wang Xiaotong on the ropes, but overhit a BH counter to the opposite corner. Match was winnable, but she needed to calm down and execute.

Schedule for Sunday, July 20: https://rhineruhr2025.com/en/schedule#/h2h-sports-schedule/TTE/2025-07-20 Times appear to automatically adjust to your timezone.

Men's Teams SF now https://www.fisu.tv/events/table-tennis-men-semi-finals Women's Teams SF 17:55 - 20:00 (local time) https://www.fisu.tv/events/table-tennis-women-semi-finals

Oh yeah, the USA is soooo horrible that millions of people immigrate here most illegally to take advantage of it. I don't deny the USA has it's problems as does every country in the world. But as a law abiding citizen myself, I'm quite happy here. Carry on.

By winning the US Smash title, I have ZYL leapfrogging Miwa to take the WR#6 spot. Chen Yi also makes her top 10 debut at WR#10 pushing Hina and SYB out of the top 10. Kuai Man leap frogs WYD to take the WR#4 spot. Honoka Hashimoto leapfrogs both Miyus to take I believe WR#19 spot. It will...

Very humble in victory praising Chen Yi, ZYL fulfills a storybook ending to the Grand Smash. Great ambassador for the sport.

For some reason, I've always considered Kuai Man the clearly better player in comparison with Chen Yi probably because KM is 2 time World Youth Champion in addition to her top 5 world ranking. But their head to head is actually pretty close: KM 5 - 3 CY (now 5-4 with US Smash included). KM won...

Be careful not to get sucked into zeio's Bizarro world where made up dramas become real in the head.

TTR should be improved upon. Maybe use AI to properly compensate for camera's view vs. player's view.

I give Hashimoto a 25% chance of winning. Their last encounter ended in a 4-2 victory for Mima so it wasn't an easy victory. Hashimoto did take Mima to 7 games once at a domestic tournament. Should be interesting.

The ZYL vs. SYB QF is the battle for WR#10. But on Aug. 5, Paris points expire so Chen Yi and ZYL likely surpass Hina and SYB at that time. But the battle is continuous as Champions Yokohama is Aug 7-11 where both Hina and SYB are invited.

Satsuki doesn't have to convince anybody of anything. Her career is her own and not diminished by any comparison to Hirano. A year or so ago, she had no ranking and most fans had no idea who she was. She earned her way to top 10 in the world. And not only her top 8 results, but look at the...

We will be seeing a lot more of her. Since she is within the top 6 of all Japanese women, at a minimum we will see her in all the Grand Smashes. She's listed to play at Contender Lagos and Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu. There's still a chance for her to play the 2025 Asian Teams Championships...