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I hate to be the one to say it, but i think ito will eat her words when she's handed an early exit by Sun Yingsha. That's not to say she has no chance but she will have to be at her best.

So ITTF's eligibility rules have changed, and players who changed their nationality will be able to represent their adopted associations at the World Cup and WTTC after 9 years. If my calculations are correct, Hamamoto will be able to play for Austria at the 2026 WTTC and World Cup. Not that...

Apparently this is a thing now? Not sure how true these allegations are, seeing how there's only a clip of her playing Seo Hyowon plus some text in Japanese, but it sounds probable given the depth of talent within the Japanese national team now. We could be seeing an exodus of second-string...

The irony of a Japanese player not being creative lol It’s April 2019 already and the only victory Japan has had over the Chinese on the women’s side is Hayata’s victory over Liu Shiwen. Judging by current trends Japan doesn’t seem ready to take China come 2020. They’ll need at least 2 players...

As a shakehand forehand sp player myself I can't say there are many advantages to playing with sp on the forehand. Like you said most of the time you're out of position to really be able to capitalise on the pips and you lose a lot of capabilities in terms of reach and retrieval that can...

Luckily 3rd placed finishers still get a chance to progress into the quarterfinals, although those who progress this way usually end up meeting the chinese 2nd place and above is a must if you want to have a chance at medalling.

Doesn't Deng Yaping fit the bill? Most aggresive forehand with pushblocking backhand. For pips I'm thinking Miao Miao but she uses medium pips like short pips on her backhand

Personally I'd prefer if they did a continental cup apart from the 16 selected just like the old world cup version. So many top players miss out on the Asian Cup because 4 token slots are being taken.

Not going go be terribly interesting without Mima Ito. With all the hype surrounding her I think people tend to forget that she hasn't proven herself in Singles events of major tournaments yet (i.e. no medal in Olympics, WTTC or Women's World Cup) and I think Miu Hirano constantly getting the...

Some background about me: I am a flat-hitting attacker with short pips on the forehand and inverted rubber on the backhand. My main weapon is to punch the ball from both sides although I do have a skinny opening backhand loop that throws people off occasionally. One thing that has always...

Did Han Ying get knocked out in the early rounds or did she not participate?

The channel doesn’t show Japan TOP 12 videos though. Can’t seem to find them anywhere.

I don’t think it’s as much a matter of power optimisation as it is tempo and spin variation. That was how Wang Nan kept up with the younger players towards the end of her career and what she was recommending for Liu Shiwen to try during her match against Sun Yingsha. The problem with adding spin...

Liu Shiwen seemed too passive against Wang Manyu. Her blocking was unstable but she did not dare to turn to attack. Seems like the entire CNT is too used to blocking against her drives. I wonder how she managed to defeat Zhu Yuling, but based on her performance against Wang, it does not seem...