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WTT should copy this angle any time we get sky lobs: https://x.com/NPHD_Mallets/status/1839905626039668959

Some of these matches are already mentioned, but: 1) Hina Hayata saves *nine* match points in an epic 4-3,21-19 match vs. WYD to secure a bronze medal at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championship 2) Miu Hirano's miraculous run at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championship capped off with a win...

7 million USD to host an event. Potential host countries must have evaluated that they aren't goint to get 7 million USD in benefits. It's been 5 years since WTT started, and there still isn't a full 4 Grand Smashes per year that it promised.

I'd prefer to get rid of NER altogether, but maybe as a compromise, make NER applicable only to the Main Draw. Not to pick on anyone but for purposes of example, Neda Shahsavari, only played 2 WTT events (plus Olympics, WTTC, and ATTC) but is near the end of the Qualifiers. Edit: So then if...

The real problem is with WTT and their NER (National Entry Restriction) limits which is 6 for Grand Smashes. It's a shame that players like Satsuki Odo (WR#17) and Honoka Hashimoto (WR#30) among others are not invited because of NER. China is fortunate this time as it's held in China and they...

Liu Weishan (CHN) beat Annett Kaufmann (GER) 3-2 in the qualifying round 1 so there will be no potential Annett vs. Miwa rematch.

It's top 16 world ranked players at entry deadline: https://worldtabletennis.com/rankings?Age=RACE%20TO%20WTT%20FINALS

Probably for the 1 host wildcard, but a Champions event also includes 1 WTT nomination so there is a possibility for that.

Still a month out, but the players list is out: https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?selectedTab=Player%20List&eventId=2940 They left room for 2 wildcard/WTT nomination players. I hope Satsuki Odo gets a wildcard. She's WR#17 but due to NER of 4 per country she's not included in the entry...

With this win, Odo will move into WR#17. Pretty amazing considering she doesn't have the luxury of rankings points from Olympics, WTT Smash, or WTT Champions. She gets a break until the Asian Championships in October. Adding a link to Fixpoint's Japanese schedule up to the ATTC.

Congratulations Satsuki Odo and NP Mallets Team

Odo would like a word with you.

Huge mistake by the coach to put in Wei Wang in the high intensity Golden Game when he didn't play any singles or doubles match that night. It all went downhill from there.

LInks for tonight's games Bay Area Blasters vs. Florida Crocs Princeton Revolution vs. Portland Paddlers

Odo/Yokoi (JPN) 3-0 Xu/Fan (CHN) and Hashimoto/Sato (JPN) 3-0 Yang/Zhu (CHN) for an all Japan and all NP Mallets teammates WD Finals. Odo (JPN) vs. Han (CHN) in the top half of WS. Ojio (JPN) vs. Hashimoto (JPN) in the bottom half of WS. QF of WS was all Chinese and Japanese. Tough going for...

In her post game interview, SYS was asked a leading question how much did the crowd support help you. During her reply she said something to the effect that they should also cheer for Miwa. I wonder if the toxic fandom is getting too cringey even for her.

Yuna just beat the elder (20 y.o.) Akae 3-0. Her quick strike is fun to watch. And she's pretty consistent too.

Hard to get recognition if you're a junior Japanese girl not named Miwa Harimoto, but Yuna Ojio is doing quite well beating Liu Hsing-Yin (WR#74). She now faces compatriot Kaho Akae in the QF.

I want LSD to win this tournament. He's a player that should be in the top 5.

Miwa put tremendous pressure on SYS. She was fantastic on the long, fast rallies. I think SYS did well in game 5 to end the point quickly. Miwa serve variation and quality are also underrated. One of the best in the world I think.