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"Sacrifice" was in quotes you know. FZD is also "sacrificing " himself a lot lately.

Zeio wept...

I am unable to fully watch matches attending a funeral in Nigeria but now I really know why you don't like Chen Meng LOL.

Given that Zhang Jike said Harimoto's speed is top 10, can you elaborate on what you mean?

I have written about this on mytt as well. His stance is way too backhand oriented and he needs to get stronger so he can hit good backhands and forehands from an open position.

Harimoto and Lin Yun Ju are still excellent players, one or two losses or even three losses notwithstanding. I think the drop in ranking will at least make Harimoto more comfortable.

Lucky loser, random draw.

I guess the real issue is that people lose to better players and then the better players or their coaches say what they think the problem is. Hayata can beat 99% of the women on the tour with her risky game so we lose perspective sometimes and focus on the 1% she can't beat. And then because...

Come on, she may have lost one match to Kato but if Kato is her competition, definitely no need to travel. Kihara, Nagasaki and Harimoto are coming up so I get it. Yes but even with all the good players, she is in contention at a higher level than Hamamoto, who was not going to make the team...

Nah. Yamamoto was at a lower level. You don't look to change country at Hayata's level. She could easily be in the top 3 in a few years and is unlikely to be outside the top 6 for years to come.

They probably said that partly to keep her calm and help her play her best. If you are CNT A, you are CNT A even if you are tier 2. Li Jiayi has beaten good players in the Super League so no doubt she could beat Hayata. Hayata has beaten CNT players too but as they pointed out, there is so...

The actual explanation is much simpler though your take is far more detailed than mine. FZD struggled in the very first match vs Xu Chenhao to find his backhand form. So from then on, he pretty much never found it throughout the tournament and was the JYS loss as a natural consequence of that...

People used to call Li Xiaoxia "bridesmaid" as well. I am not so focused on what she has done till date, I am more concerned about how much longer she can hold off Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha.

I like Chen Meng a lot. I think she has missed her chance, if you read between the lines. I thought that about LSW too though.

Actually, Japanese women were even more of a victim than China because they used to send more players to tours. In any case I prefer the tour now and I don't miss separation by association.

I don't think the seeding is unfair. Much ado about nothing.

The real issue is the travel schedule of the European players. There is no point really in having then adjust to time zones repeatedly when they can just plan to spend extended time in Asia and Australasia. It is the same thing that drives putting the opens in Europe back to back later in the year.

Third player only plays the team event or mixed doubles. Doubles is an issue for the team and Persson has been playing really well. Moregardh will likely go as an alternate and not play this time. The only way he goes is if he partners with Karlsson well as Falck is likely to play singles. Or...

It took her forever to mature (she is already 25 unfortunately for her) vs the DN-LXX-LSW generation so she will only have 4 years if any. I suspect WMY and SYS will be the next champs and skip a generation.

Of course there is some opinion involved. But my point is that the Grand Slam analogy is not entirely useless - after all, the Superleague matches are best of 5, while pro tour are best of 7. There were of course some best of 7 domestic events like the National Games and national champs. It is...