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The problem with her strategy comes when opponents calibrate and get used to her punch shots anyway. It's very demanding on her and loses its effectiveness as the game progresses. If she could vary the pace more and pull her opponents in and out like Fukuhara her kill shots would be even more...

Pretty big win for Mima Ito, her first against Wang Yidi if I'm not mistaken. I wish she wouldn't try to smash every single ball though, her unforced error rate was astounding. Miyuu Kihara seems a lot better in the rallies by comparison. Seems to play with more power too.

All I could think of was that this money could be better spent on action replay and vibration detection on edges and lets. Afterall, that's what caused controversy at the recent WTTC, not this.

What is this T2 diamond tournament and what implication does it have on the accumulation of ranking points? Also there's a chance that Ito could be overtaken by Hirano in ranking, in which case the combination of Ito/Hirano/Ishikawa will definitely go.

The table is only relevant for singles tho, i.e. top 2. The third spot will go to a good team player (doubles player) and hirano doesn't have a convincing pairing with Ishikawa. Ito-hirano doubles disbanded a long time ago, too. So Hayata could slip in through the back door although that will...

I'm only interested in how far Yui Hamamoto fares, especially if she encounters a fellow Japanese.

I wonder why then that Ito, Hirano and Ishikawa choose to sit out of the easier Challenge Opens when their participation would easily knock Hayata out of the race to Tokyo. I mean yes preventing injuries and prep time is important but with the Olympics at stake and the girls still so young it...

Do players not get more points for beating higher ranked players? Or are points solely dependent on how far you progress in a tournament? The former seems to make more sense.

Would be cool if they used orange balls so we could have black and white paddles

Hideous. Looks like playdoh

Agreed. Not to take anything away from Hayata but I think there's something to be said about the 'safety' one feels whe Ito and Ishikawa meet unknown players compared to the others. Stability is a big factor in setting up a showdown with the chinese or going home early.

The big difference is that both times Liu Shiwen raised her hand before the point had ended. That should be the default rule. If no hands are raised before the point ends, then no lets can be called once the ball lands on the ground.

Yes that can be applied for the case of Guo Yue's match but for the WD final no points were awarded

https://youtu.be/5MYKMmNUSB0 At least Guo Yue showed integrity at this instance -> 22:38 And Fukuhara shows how you handle things when the umpire makes a bad judgement https://youtu.be/2TdDgfVCY5c Of course, neither tournament was as high stakes as this one. But no matter. Guo Yue and Shi...

Watched the WD finals highlights. Regardless of the controversy, I didn't like Mima's body language. It seems like she dug a hole of pressure for herself with that 3 gold medal declaration. I mean if it took that long for Liu Shiwen to win what makes her think that it would come easy for her? At...

Thanks for the shoutout! Feel free to contact me again for Chinese-to-English or Japanese-to-English translations. Happy to translate for Liu Shiwen the Queen!

Do you have the link to the website with the tournament's infomation?

Who will go to Olympics now? Singles: Liu, Ding Team: Chen/Wang I'd prefer if Ding didn't go at all because her style kinda bores me but I think they will want to give her a shot at consecutive titles

Mima Ito out. Sun Yingsha was prepared for everything and was stronger in the rallies. But Mima's strong performance in the 4th game still shows that she's made of something else. Just still not enough to beat the chinese consistently.

I came for TT discussion and found (yet another) argument about service legality. Lol. In other news, Mima v. Sun Yingsha coming in 1 hour! Honestly I hope Mima wins, otherwise the Japanese threat to China will come to a very premature and anticlimatic end (unless the rest can somehow step up)