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With Ishikawa's loss to CXT, she doesn't have enough points for the top 15. Only Ito & Hirano are going to the first T2 Diamond event.

Win or loose, we're dealing with best case scenario here, heading in... Ishikawa/Ito/Hirano combo Ito, who has the best current results against CNT should take the 2 singles spot. That leaves Ishikawa in Doubles with Hirano, not a viable combination. Ishikawa/Ito/Hayata combo Ito-Hayata in...

https://www.ittf.com/ittf-world-tour/2019-ittf-world-tour/world-tour-standings/ points award https://ittf.cdnomega.com/eu/2018/12/2019_WT_Points_Allocation.pdf cut off dates for the 3 Diamond Tier qualification are June3, July15, Oct14.

China Op is vital for Ishikawa, she’s not in the top 15. Without a good showing, she may not be in the T2 Diamond tournament. As of now, Ito is at #10, Hirano at #15 with 4 others. China has 10 on the list. (Ishikawa at #24 with Sato & Shibata)

Not for Oct at Chengdu, one must go through the Asian Cup and be in the top 6 to be invited. Because of this, not even Ito gets to play, very deserving and unfortunate indeed. This will change next year, as the top 2 ranked goes to Asian Cup. Hirano gets to go 3 times by strength of her win as...

Hayata turns 19 in July. Is there any chance she pulls a Hamamoto for 2020 prospects away from JNT before then?

So sorry, but there is no WD event in Olympics, just the first game in Team, for 1 point. Playing Ito-Hayata in Doubles slot automatically puts Ishikawa as player A/X, playing 2 singles, and Hayata will have to play a game in singles too. With China going full force in the Olympics, the chances...

re Cai Zhenhua Last of the 'clean-up' I suppose, and also in one fell swoop, China's Soccer, Table tennis and Badminton are headless. For now.

But where is Cai Zhenhua (蔡振华) of China's State General Administration of Sports, and president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association in this very high level TT meeting in Jakarta ?

Oops!! Asian Games specifically classified by ITTF as a ‘multi-sport’ event. Winners get only 600 pts, Runners up 540, 3rd 480. Good move JNT !

Unfortunately it’s still going to be an Asian dominance, with Korea and Japan (in that order) in the mix. At least on the Men’s side, the yawn can be stifled for a bit longer. Nothing much changes on the Women’s. There’s simply no chance for Europeans, North & South Americans, Oceania to reach...

JNT are more tuned to aggragating ranking points at this time. as explained earlier by Miyasaki, since the alotment for the Olympics for JNT will be based on world rankings in January 2020, positioning is everything, beginning in 2019. Seeding in tournaments, based on WR, will be thus affected...