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Jeon Jihee fulfils her dream of getting into the medal rounds and facing China. After reliably winning points 1 and 3 for her team at three consecutive Olympics, Lee Eunhye finally comes through for her by winning the third crucial point. Bergand might have been a sure win on paper, but I'd bet...

Exact same strategy as Tokyo 2020. Shin Yubin to play against a chopper if we go to a decider. Makes sense this time since Lee Eunhye probably will have no problems against Swedish no.3, at least on paper. Also I like how JJH's Chun Li hairstyle is so iconic that even the Korean media has...

Draws for r16 are ridiculous and does a disservice to teams with a chance of medalling if they draw China or Japan early. I would love a return to the Beijing 2008 format. If they are concerned about running over time they can have a knockout stage for the last 8 seeds first. Remaining 12...

Correction, first time for a home-grown USA team.

Better team won but it was dangerously close. First time team USA has been competitive in the team event. Germany P card stepped up under pressure but PP card and veteran need to perform better to beat India.

Kaufmann hitting all the beautiful third ball winners but somehow Rachel Sung takes the first game 11-6. USA will win unless Kaufmann can rein her emotions in.

That's because she does have pips.

Chen Szu Yu 3-2 Melissa Tapper

Amy beats SXN comprehensively 3-1. Pips didn't bother her at all and the score could have easily been 3-0 if not for a momentary lapse in judgement. Whatever the result of this match, both Germany and USA have new blood. Down to Lily to take down Wan Yuan and force a decider. But even if they...

Kaufmann absolutely destroying Lily. Feels like a faster version of Solja.

Germany Team B strategy: Forehand pips doubles Kaufmann as ace SXN for match 3

Maybe they can combine with North Korea again to form a better Unified Korea team this time. Shin + Kim Kum Yong + Pyon Song Gyong will be formidable and even capable of challenging Japan. The 2018 unification was awkward and untimely, should have been announced before the tournament started and...

I thought they might have been encouraged to place Shin in the ace position after her singles performance. Before that none of the Korean girls had outstanding singles results, but Shin is clearly their best player now.

South Korea lineup: SYB/JJH Lee Eunhye JJH Probably looking to potentially score a win against China with their WR1 doubles and also build back JJH's confidence after that brutal singles exit.

Fun fact. This is not the first time Japan has avoided France after the latter lost prematurely. At WTTC France lost 3-1 to Slovakia, with Ito's Achilles Heel YJN dropping two points. Japan even said they were surprised by the result as they were expecting to meet France. And I'm still left...

Thailand wins! South East Asia represent! Jinnipa saying 我是泰国人（I am Thai）into the camera at the end. Pity for Yuan Jia Nan. Played her best game winning both matches 3-0 but her younger teammates inexperience showed.

Wow I thought Lutz was down and out. Wins 4 points from down 8-10 to level the game.

Pavade 0-2 down now France 1-2 down. Pavade lost the first two games from 4-0 up and all three games were close.

Nina announces withdrawal from team event. Had Solja not retired and Han Ying + Nina not been injured, 3 of them would have likely played teams this Olympics. Germany has literally been forced to send their B team.

France vs Thailand Pavade for doubles and Yuan for singles. Thailand surprisingly playing Suthasini in doubles only, younger sister Jinnipa for the ace position and Orawan for match 3. Thailand wins six points in a row from 6-10 down in the 4th to win the doubles tie. Mission accomplished with...