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Whitehead's moving his noggin' too much. Maybe Japan used some AI tech to do a brain swap with China.

Did white hair possess China?

France vs Germany women here:

Let coach Ito handle the line-ups then. It's a good career path for her since she likes talking so much. And her fondness of doing things differently from everyone else might give us the lineups we've been begging for.

Seems like whitehead Watanabe favours Miwa over Hirano. Based on his track record the lineup for the finals is going to be the same.

Do you have the Tieba thread links?

Happy for neighbours across the causeway to finish 2nd, but feel bad for Adriana Diaz. Top 10/15 player can't make it out of the group stage because her sister lost all 6 matches. Japan is outperforming China in terms of stats so far. These numbers are scary.

And she does a high toss serve with that one arm

Mizutani: This dumb girl, I wrote the secret to securing Olympic singles in that book! How do you think I won All Japan 10 times?

The ref didn't call it. Kallberg made a fuss about it and the ref just meekly went along with it. In such high pressure moments it's normal to make noises as a reflex. If you want to complain about noise making as a distraction there are far worse examples and I don't even have to list them here...

Can't say this without sounding biased but the swedish girls were nasty. Third singles girl was kicking a fit the entire match and I can't believe Kallberg would want to win a match like that. Entire team just walked over to ensure that the questionable call was final similar to how SYS/WMY...

You said it yourself, this system prioritises commercialisation over the reflection of actual strength. Of course balance is needed, but the volatility of the current system has been a known fact for awhile. Let points expire after two years, or at least halve the points after the one year mark...

The fact that Ayhika Mukherjee and to a lesser extent Hirano barely benefit from their wins over Sun Yingsha is evidence that the current ranking system sucks. Wang Yidi also wouldn't be ranked no.2 with ELO ratings. A win against WR1 should not be the same as a win against WR999, and players...

Are there still no points for WTTC?

Aunty Liu Jia is STILL playing? #whereisHamamoto

Sutirtha didn't make the team

Deja vu for India? Batra just can't be relied on to close things out.

Is the stream gone?

Chen Meng: This stinks

Feb 13 2024 ranking published: Ito's ranking slips to 14. Kihara moves up by 1 to 24. Hayata, Harimoto, and Hirano remain at 5, 16, and 18 respectively. Last time Ito was ranked outside the top 10 was in August 2017. More concerningly, Hirano has ranked outside the top 10 this entire cycle...