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Great lineup so far: KM vs. Miwa, Sora vs. LYJ, and now Odo vs, ZYL.

Miwa just pummeled Kuai Man 4-0 ! She continues like this, she's gonna take this title.

Miu Hirano must be pinning her hopes on doing well at the World Championships in May because she did not sign up for either Contender Taiyuan (next week) or Contender Tunis (near end of Apr). She will most likely fall below Kihara and probably Hashimoto (and outside chance of Nagasaki) because...

I thought QTY was going to pull it off against WYD, but she loses 3-2,13-11. Always seems to be on the verge of a breakthrough, but can't quite do it. Nonetheless, she's got Contender Taiyuan next week to look forward to. Odo solved the Szocs problem from Fukuoka. Now she has a bigger task...

ZYL has taken down Odo, Hirano, and now HIna. Ok, now I'm curious what a Mima Ito vs. Zhu Yuling rematch would look like.. If ZYL lures CM to Macao, the JNT is gonna be in big trouble.

No such disrepect from me in the link you provided. And that's rich coming from someone who, among other things, calls Hayata dumb, Mima Ito washed up, and referred to Odo as teammate killer. Your history on TTD is well known.

Congratulations to Hitomi Sato for winning women's singles over 3-2,11-6 over Choi Hyojoo. Prior to today, Choi had a 6-2 record over Hitomi, but the last time they played was in 2018. Yuta Tanaka and Simon Gauzy are battling it out right now for the men's singles title as I type this.

She can join the club. Other than perhaps Miwa, who hasn't had tons of trouble against the top tier Chinese. She can still give Kuai Man trouble (1-1 H2H, 3-2 in KM's favor last meeting) and thrashed Shi Xunyao 3-0 at the 2025 Asian Cup. She's been around for a decade and is still in the top...

Sora Matsushima saves the day for the Japanese men. He had some fan girls in the stands chanting his name.

Odo dominates Szocs 3-0 and gets revenge for her loss to Szocs in Fukuoka Finals.

With the understanding that Mima can no longer beat the top tier Chinese, I'm sure the vast majority of pros would love to be as good as Mima and beat Sofia Polcanova 3-0.

It's crazy in my opinion to base NT/NT candidate off of one domestic tournament if the goal is to win internationally. Hashimoto faced fellow chopper in R32 and it went into expedite at the 2025 All Japan and lost 4-1. But she's had a fantastic 2024 beating a number of CNT players and making...

Still a ways down the road, but at least this gives Japan options. Problem with having Miwa doing everything (singles, XD, teams), is that she can spread herself thin as well as become susceptible to injury like Hina was.

But at least they will pair up for the WTTC. And this advertises Odo's XD prowess.

Interesting alliances are forming. I think Yoshimura and Odo are positioning themselves as one of, if not the best, Japanese XD pairing by beating Sora / Miwa and making the Finals here ahead of the WTTC.

Kaho Akae is well known in Japan TT. She is a T-League teammate of Hina Hayata. Still relatively young with solid all around skills but needs to develop confidence and experience.

Sato and Saki re-sign with NP Mallets. Hashimoto transfers to corporate team Denso. Unclear if she will play in T-League and for what team Table tennis players Sato Hitomi, Hashimoto Honoka, and Shibata Saki leave MIKI HOUSE to change their environment and take on the challenge of competing...

JTTA updated the Men's and Women's National Team Members. I don't understand how Honoka Hashimoto is not even on the NT candidates list. She should be on the National Team ????!!!!! Also, I don't understand how Yukiya Uda is not on the National Team. Women: 1 Hayata Hina Nippon Life...

Hashimoto is only 50 points away from Kihara. This is important because Kihara is the 6th highest ranked Japanese woman. The NER limit for Grand Smashes is 6 players per member association so Hashimoto is essentially fighting Kihara to get into the Smash events where greater prize money and...

Annett Kaufmann is entered in this tournament. Amazingly, she's ranked only WR#145. When at her best, she is Germany's best player. Let's see how far she can get. She should at least be able to get to the QF where she would probably meet Sakura Yokoi.