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Potential Olympic Champion WMY 4-1 (11-1 in the 5th) over WYD.

If she can improve her stamina and be slightly more selective on her smashes, I think she can win a bo5. It's difficult though for her not to smash out of force of habit because she' knows she's not gonna win a loop to loop battle with WMY. It's just some of those balls are really too low to...

Despite the loss, that's the best I've seen Mima Ito play the top Chinese in a long while.

There Kihara goes again showing off her doubles skill with yet another doubles partner. This time teaming up with Joo to beat SYB/JJH 3-1.

Gozo after the switch:

Didn't get a chance to watch this, but Maria Xiao beat Amy Wang 3-0 (11,7,4). I remember Samara also beat Amy Wang 3-0 at the Mixed Teams with heavy, heavy spin such that Amy was not able to hit through it. I wonder if that is what happened with Maria. Lack of a spin game is a glaring hole in...

We all know how good Felix is, but the 172cm Matsushima is making really good progress as well.

I agree. Not only unique, but they're an accomplished pair. It's time we recognize India has just gotten really, really good in both doubles and singles. Sreeja Akula is a rising star in singles as are the Mukherjees in doubles. Ayhika even beating SYS once is quite an accomplishment in...

Joo Cheonhui plays on the same T-League team as Hirano, Miwa, Kihara, and Nagasaki. Shin Yubin plays on a different T-League team so Japan and Korea have a very strong relationship. Both Nagasaki and Kihara are very strong doubles players so that's a bonus for the S. Koreans. Incidentally...

My guess is that Japan would not want Miwa/Hirano to prematurely run into double Miyu (a very strong pair). Need to get experience against top foreign pairs.

My dream scenario: the Indian players take out SYS/WMY. Hayata/Hirano in the gold medal match!

I hate that it has to come at Hayata's cost, but I'm happy for Hirano. I don't care what order, but I do want to see them both in the #3 and #4 spots at the Olympics. HIrano, of course, has the tougher task of having to consistently gain high enough ranking points and somewhat hoping others in...

A player's ranking is what it is. Looking at Kihara's history the past year, it looks like she either lost in the early rounds to CNT players or got tripped up by her bestie Nagasaki (twice) so the sample size is not great. The year or so leading up to the Olympics has greater weighting...

It might sound cruel, but if you're one of the top 2 Japanese women, you just can't be losing to players like Lily(@SC Bangkok) and Bruna (@Tunis) who are good players but not nearly as complete players as Hirano. Those points she could have gotten had she won would have put her into a seeded...

Looks like LHC beat Wan Yuan 3-1 who I thought would advance. After getting destroyed the 1st game, the remaining three were deuce games with her winning the 3rd game.

WS main draw must have been personally rigged by LGL. Okay, I kid, but Hayata vs. Hirano in the 1st round. It seems so diabolical to use Japan's own teammate to either try to knockout Hayata or prevent Hirano a top 4 seed at the Olympics. Plus, Ito in the same group of R16 as the other two.

Balazova out as well. She was beaten by Yuan Wan who I think will get into the Main Draw. I remember Miyu Nagasaki winning a very close one over Yuan Wan. This might be Uda's last shot at relevance on the JNT. I think he makes it into the Main Draw.

13 yr. old Loy Ming Ying of Singapore beats Audrey Zarif of France 3-1.

Qualifying is only tables 2 and 3. You can look at the streaming/broadcasting for the Main Draw at: https://worldtabletennis.com/livevideo