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Thanks. I watched some Kolbermoor vs Berlin Eastside matches. Mia and Yuka make a really strong doubles pair. Their roles are very clearly defined with Yuka setting up Mia. And a number of times their opponents are having trouble reading how much spin is coming from Yuka giving the pair...

I didn't know Yuka Kaneyoshi was in Europe. I do remember her beating Sakura Yokoi at one of the domestic tournaments. Very nice to see her get the opportunity in Europe, and looks like she's doing great with a win over Annett Kaufmann!

Well, I wish them all the best of luck. Hard to predict what will happen in the future when they're just 12/13 years old right now, but Miku has had some pretty good international results in the Youth category including multiple titles in the U13/U15 category. She is 2-0 H2H vs. Cocona who is...

I remember seeing Cocona Muramatsu play in some Youth Contender. Solid player on a great trajectory. Japan has a strong pipeline of young females in U15 including Cocona and Miku Matsushima.

When Tim was interviewed by Evan/Sean, he mentioned availability was a big factor because in season 2 there was a time when 4 out of 6 matches they had to use free agents due to lack of availability. So I have to assume that Huang would have good availability.

He's banned from playing in Japan, but I believe he can play overseas according to the posted articles.

Tomo vs. Togami in 1st round. In XD, Odo/Yoshimura drew Ri/Kim of N. Korea.

No team in Las Vegas, but maybe we can give a host wildcard to Koki Niwa for the US Smash held in Las Vegas!

Interesting that Min Hyeok Kim (#3 Portland Paddlers) went before Cho Seungmin (#4 Princeton Revolution). Cho Seungmin has some great results in WTT including wins over China: LSD, LJK, Xiang Peng, etc. He's only 26 and might turn out to be the best player in the draft. With the importance of...

Congratulations Sabine Winter for making top 50!

I wonder why Koki Niwa was not selected #1. Yuya Oshima and Koki Niwa are both born in 1994 so it's not an age thing. Koki has the stronger credentials. Maybe availability?

So the Crocs last year traded their 1st round pick and Kaden Xu to the Blasters for Andy Pereira. The Blasters used that pick (#6) to get Huang Yan Cheng, a 22 yo from Taiwan whose wins include LJK, Aruna, and China young star Huang Youzheng. Blasters offloaded Kaden to expansion draft team, NY...

Season 3 roster:

CGR did get a strong female player to replace Hong Lin, but losing Aida is gonna really hurt.

MLTT's gonna need an autograph table wherever Koki goes. Wow.

Miwa has CNT levels of offense in bursts. Hina can't stray too far from the table and play defense vs. that quality any longer. Her FH is not as stable as it was pre-Paris. And her serves were largely ineffective against Miwa. Maybe throw in some low, no spin serves that cannot be attacked...

I think I heard it at a tournament before. I like the fan engagement from the commentators with the chat.

Dude/Bertelsmeier beat Li/Wu completely denying China at this tournament.

I want Hina to win. Would help her confidence going into the WTTC.

It's hard to really tell because Sora is so laid back, but I'm not sure he really wants to be in XD or is he being asked to by the JNT. Perhaps Japan should consider trying out Odo and Shinozuka.