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Ultimately, I believe the issue lies with the new ranking system which prioritises participation above all (and hence the sometimes ridiculous number of entries) and further contributes to the current Chinese hegemony more than anything else. Ironically, it was a revision that some opine were...

I think Hirano would feel sadder. She's so far apart from her idol.

Out of form? Strong word there.

Well, it seems like she has the best chance of beating ZYL from the pool of available candidates (Ishikawa, Solja and FTW).

Hirano: Arigato Feng Tianwe-san! Kasumi: Feng, you're surely playing Olympics Singles. Why are you denying me my chance!

Lol the North American and European women did well upholding the "World" aspect in the title.

Lol hirano on the other hand...

I believe T2 will determine which of the Chinese women (CM, LSW and SYS) will be WR#1 in Dec. CM and SYS will lose points due to their absence from Austrian Open while LSW has a good chance of raising her points with World Cup and Austrian Open. Depends on how important this title is to them...

Wonder who will be given the host exemptions ;)

Depends on the Women's World Cup results. If LSW wins, she might be second instead.

They are referring to the WTTC Women's Doubles earlier this year (I'm sure you can find out more if you do some search) and SYS's alleged proclivity for claiming all side balls as edges (once with Ito during the finals just now and once against CXT yesterday) so seems like there's a 'pattern' here.

Sometimes I wonder why the umpire doesn't just check with the receiver if s/he is having trouble seeing the point of contact, since all these minuscule rules about vertical toss, minimum toss height and removing of free arm are technically meant to safeguard the latter. Of course, this sounds...

Li Sun has announced in September that the core players will take turns to rest and (re)calibrate for German and Austrian Opens.

FTW is making CM look bad lol

Well, I guess it makes sense if we are going with the scripted theory. [From the CNT POV] Possible finalists: Ito Mima and Feng Tianwei Candidates at hand - Sun Yingsha: Has never lost to FTW and a good track record against Ito but recent encounter was a disaster - Chen Xingtong: Has lost...

SYS was being a burden but Mizutani was a greater burden ~

Today seems like a day with many promising matches. Just a couple of thoughts. Mixed Doubles - Strong contenders Jeon/Lee and Lin/Cheng will go head to head although the former seems to be in better form considering the latter has lost both their Singles. Or would the losses be a motivating...

Well, at least CXT acknowledged Hayata's strength. She said that Hayata's first three balls (I'm sure there's a better translation for this term 前三板) and rallying skills are very strong. Zeio will probably sub this ~

Haha, but that's the Japanese way for XD. The ladies are the heavy-hitters. Gender equality!

Looking forward to seeing Mizuto play XuSha (Shisha) tomorrow ~