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Why are you complaining about Hirano running into Ito and Hayata? I thought both of them should retire according to you.

I"ve already acknowledged Mima Ito's rankings decline. But are you seriously comparing Hayata's record to Hirano's/Kihara's for this Paris cycle? You seem blinded to the fact that Hayata won a bronze in singles at World Championships. Or won a silver at the Asian Games last year... the first...

Great effort from Sid Naresh/Tiffany Ke of the USA, but they lose 3-2 to Pistej/Balasova. They haven't done anything individually in singles at the pro level, but somehow they click as a doubles pair. They beat Chan Baldwin/Lam Yee Lok and Wang Yang/Kulkova in the qualifying rounds and took...

In addition to the Asian Games, there was also Hirano's painful loss to Pavade at the 2023 Contender Lima. There was also the painful loss to Miwa at 2023 Champions Frankfurt. @zeio, back in March you didn't at all seem concerned about Hirano's WR saying there would be many chances to raise...

Kanak can win some points blocking against opening attacks. But when he sees his opponent winning a majority of those points, he needs to attack first with his own well placed, strong openings. Otherwise, he's on the defensive all the time and that usually doesn't end well.

If you happen to see this at the time of this post and are interested in USA players, Kanak is playing on T2 and Ma Jinbao is playing on T4. Also, Shinozuka playing on T1.

Unfortunately, she lost in QR2 to Audrey Zarif.

Like I said before, the selection system could use some tweaks. I think they could have done without the T-League Singles tournament and maybe reduce the number of total selection tournaments. The selection system ended with the 2024 All Japan. Were the players not going to prepare for the All...

Very good draw for Hirano to at make the Finals(420 pts) or become Champion(600 pts). Hayata and Miwa are in the top half. She's in the bottom half. SYB's potential lineup of Japanese women looks like this: Nagasaki in R16, Kihara in QF, Hirano (or possibly Ito) in SF, and Hayata/Miwa in the...

If the results goes according to ranking, then they will meet in R16. I think this is a very good possibility.

You're just describing the world ranking process of point expiration and substitution. Happens to all players, and they'll need to replenish their expiring points by doing well in current and future tournaments. That doesn't erase the fact that most Japanese women's rankings have actually gone...

He will retire from international play after the Olympics.

Although the selection system may need some tweaks, I'm not sure what you mean by substantial decrease in WR points. Mima Ito is probably the only one that stands out but I'm not sure that's because of the trials. Hayata is about the same. Miwa's ranking is the highest it's ever been. Hirano...

Saw this in my X feed: Lin Yun-Ju, Sofia Polcanova, Quadri Aruna and Marcos Freitas have withdrawn from #WTTLjubljana due to personal/medical reasons.

Hirano is probably going to have to win SC Ljubljana or SC Bangkok, and the JNT women are going to have to help her by playing prevent defense on SYB like what Kihara did by beating SYB in the 1st round at Zagreb. Incidentally, the one tournament that SYB is skipping, Contender Tunis, is the...

I'm sure it'll be tough, but Kanak beat Hiroto Shinozuka, Feng Yi-Hsin, and An Jaehyun to take the 2024 Feeder Dusseldorf title.

This tournament marks the return of Miyu Nagasaki following her championship performance in Rio de Janeiro. We also get double Miyu in WD (no Miwa/Miu doubles in this tournament). Miyu will also be with her compatriots for Contender Tunis and Star Contender Bangkok. Japan and France stole the...

If there was any doubt about who the queen of Japanese women's TT is: Hina 4-0 Miwa following the same score at the 2024 All Japan. Super Hina > Super Miwa for now.

WR#9 Szocs and and WR#10 Ito won't get any ranking boost from this tournament because their current lows are larger than any gain they would received. However, Miu Hirano's SF finish should put her just above Szocs so she should be WR#9 and Szocs WR#10 in the next rankings update. It's been a...

Togami was braver at the end. He went all out after being behind. To be fair, this was Harimoto's 3rd match of the day.