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Yeah, the Japanese men are playing really well this tournament. The Japanese women did an all Japan SF at 2024 Contender Zagreb.

Wow, Yukiya Uda beating Pucar at 6,4,8. Is this the Uda comeback trail?

Odo vs. Nagasaki is going to be fun to watch. Nagasaki played near perfect vs. Diaz, but Odo has been playing amazing all year. In the past, Nagasaki's anticipation and reaction speed have been a bit suspect, but she has improved that this year. She will need to be on full alert when playing...

That's a tough request right now as Joo may be S. Korea's best player right now and is playing really well. Very clean technique. Good power. Miwa can take her down, but Yokoi is going to have to pull off something special down 0-2 now.

Miyu played beautifully against Adriana today to win 3-0. Her serves, connecting strokes, placement, pressure from her BH were excellent.

Looks like the Japanese men are dominating the quarters even more so than the women.

Had me worried there in game 4, but Miyu got her power game in. There is now 1 Japanese woman in each of the 4 quarterfinals matches.

Suthasani Sawettabut is having a great tournament taking out both Pavade and Batra. The Thai women are doing well. Despite the 3-0 overall score, Orawan Paranang's loss to Miwa had game scores of 13,12,8.

Yes. Kasumi Kimura beat Mima Ito 4-3 at the 2024 All Japan. I remember a few years ago when Kimura beat Hina Hayata twice in the same T League season.

Uda impressive 3-1 victory over Gauzy who seemed content to stand back there and fish... and lose.

Yokoi takes out the 4th seed, Yuan Jia Nan, 3-1 to make the QF.

HIrano and Ito don't count because they were tired? Well, I guess that makes Hayata Superwoman.

Odo takes out Polcanova 3-1. This was not easy as Polcanova is very powerful on both wings. But Odo was able to target the middle near FH side. Really great win for Odo. Great day for the Japanese women. They all advance except for Asuka Sasao who lost to compatriot, Sakura Mori.

Solid win for Shinozuka. Both Moregard and Shinozuka have fallen off the rankings quite a bit and are looking to climb back up. It's an upset, but you have to consider that when Shinozuka was in good form a while back, he beat a lot of really good players outside of China.

Miyu Nagasaki 3-0 over Archana Kamath. She avenges her loss in 2021 SC Doha II. Sakura Yokoi also 3-0 over Liu Hsing-Yin, the player who Nagasaki lost to at 2024 Contender Mendoza.

Kasumi Kimura takes out Sreeja Akula in a 5 game thriller. The Japanese women know how to play against pips. Nice to see lesser known players get a chance to shine.

I see a few on Ebay that ship from Japan at 12.5 US size.

I think he's a great selection for S. Korea, but I don't think that's accurate to say European players looked like amateurs next to him. Here's his losses to Europeans this year: Filip Zeljko QR32 Contender Doha Tomslav Pucar R64 Star Contender Goa Qiu Dang R16 Singapore Smash Alexander Cassin...

Updated the original post: Looks like Hayata is only signed up for Mixed Doubles. I guess this way she doesn't get a ZPP?

Makes complete sense for Hayata to skip this in favor of training for Paris. She is 1520 pts ahead of SYB so is in no danger of losing her #3 seed at the Olympics even with the zero point penalty. She will have a better chance at peaking for SC Bangkok. Side note: Satsuki Odo got a wildcard...