I used to think Ding Ning fandom was huge. But SYS fandom is even bigger. And at least to my recollection, Ding Ning fans were respectful of the opponents. SYS fans are downright toxic. I mean show WMY, the actual winner, some respect.
I could have sworn I saw her play in one of the European leagues. Just looked her results up on WTT, and amazingly she has a 3-0 win over Amy Wang at the 2024 Pan Am Champs in Women's Teams. But she also has multiple losses to Giulia Takahashi.
KNY able to contain or withstand Hirano's barrage of speedy attacks and impose her own spin game. S. Korea has figured out how they want to play Hirano. Her last 4 results against S. Korea:
2025 Asian Cup KNY 3 - 2 Hirano
2024 Asian Champs Lee Eunhye 3 - 0 Hirano
2024 China Smash KNY 3 - 2...
Man, I thought Mima was going to pull it off with the smash mouth table tennis. Threw in a few chop blocks from both sides to throw off KM. But KM too solid in game 5.