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Liu Shiwen will likely play since she has lost so many points in the latest ranking. All eyes on Zhu Yuling? Her participation indicates that she is still in the running for Tokyo. If she is replaced (Chen Meng is next in line by virtue of placing second in Asian Cup), then that suggests that...

The biennial affair will take place between 15 to 22 September in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. There will be 7 events in total – Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Women's Team and Men's Team. As of 12 September, the following line-ups have been announced...

Jesper will prolly post the detailed scores but Bayi (Liang Jingkun, Xu Chenhao, Zhou Kai) won the men's team event for the first time and Shandong (Chen Meng, Gu Yuting) clinched gold again after 8 years. Runners-up are Beijing (Wang Chuqin, Yan An) and Bayi (Zhu Yuling, Mu Zi, Chen Ke)...

Yeah, some of the trajectories produced were :eek:, XX-like.

Hou Yingchao won. He stomped Wang Chuqin 4-0.

Haha yeah, but that's like over-stretching things IMO. Nonetheless, Xinhua released a Tokyo 2020 Olympics promotional video for Team China yesterday and FZD was one of the four (other three being ML, LSW and DN) to appear in it, leading some to speculate that these quartet have been guaranteed...

Well, there might be some semblances of truth to this joke. FZD has pulled out (or was pulled out of?) of National Championships alongside Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning. The latter four cited that they need more time to rest which is understandable considering that they are the...

Fan was completely outclassed in the last 10 points. Doesn't brood well for him ("commercial event" or not), especially after his coach has been changed to Qin Zhijian following the mass criticisms towards Wang Hao for leading him 'astray'.

DN and ZYL taking turns to make CM look bad.

The host asked what made ZYL more challenging than her previous opponents. Isn't that essentially saying, "In what ways are ZYL better than CM?" Kato: Serves, Receives and pace variation. Um, that's almost everything. ZYL: (Take that CM!)

I feel like although ML directed his annoyance towards the 'format' of the tournament, he was probably more pissed at himself.

But LSW has lost out in a lot of ranking points with her absence in Australian Open and T2 Diamond. Perhaps the one to be replaced in ZYL since her chances are the lowest among the six candidates (DN, LSW, CM, ZYL, WMY, SYS) for Olympics.

Hmmm?

Franziska was more gutsy and decisive during the fast5, exactly what the game called for. Onwards... to Kasumi beating ZYL?

Even if Kasumi advances, she faces SYS next. Kato encounters CM tomorrow. Things are not looking good but I do hope Kasumi wins.

Says a lot about experience and adaptability.

Well, things should be a little clearer when we reach the Team World Cup (6-10 November 2019) event. The five players fielded from each association will likely be the Olympics hopefuls and the three selected for the Semis and Finals the frontrunners at that time.

I find it odd that Ito was having trouble with Kato's tomahawk serves. She swatted DN's like flies when they played during their first few encounters.

I think Ito will do well when the matches reach the play-off stage.

The women's draw is apparently out too according to other media outlets. To be confirmed by T2 Diamond. 1/4 Wang Manyu VS Polcanova Sofia Han Ying VS Cheng I-Ching 2/4 Feng Tianwei VS Hirano Miu Bernadette Szocs VS Ding Ning 3/4 Zhu Yuling VS Ishikawa Kasumi Chen Szu-yu vs Sun Yingsha...