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I'm so freaking done with Togami rn, how many more times does he have to set every single one of his points with his backhand? Clearly Falk wasn't afraid of backhand exchanges, when Togami pulled his forehand out he at least had some advantages and the hit rate improve, down the line shot also...

his forehand has been in a good state recently, I hope this isn't a once in a blue moon thing. The reason Kao, Togami and Felix lose was because their forehand wasn't good enough to finish the point once Alexis start to fall back.

Well, Alexis completely outplayed Togami, he only let the 4th game slipped because of a service error. Everything else was perfect especially rallying and lobbing. Togami's forehand has been unstable throughout this tournament, monotonous receiving pattern, high error-rate backhand flick...

Yeah, I also felt Harimoto doesn't look for a win this time, maybe he wants to opt out to take a rest rather than pulling another final against Lebrun This's the first time I saw Togami losing all the forehand exchanges, Harimoto was able to create arcs and adding sidespin to widen the angle...

She can't even hit a long forehand stroke properly but somehow decided to go with Long V, it hinders her game compared to her old Victas blade

Shinozuka stops at the 2nd qualifying round to Picard, same problem as Togami against Ovtcharov. He can't fully return the backhand serve well and got caught in Picard's game

I rewatch that point and can't figure out how CCY though it hit the edge, prolly old people vision kicking in

soft rubbers get your ball feeling up much quicker than hard rubbers, so they often do that to shorten their warmup time

and being a JNT core, it's even crazier to think that either nobody in the coaching staff has pointed out this deadly mindset, or Togami himself is too stubborn to change. Somehow being the core member with the lowest adaptability doesn't even alarm him one bit. Recently, I've watched more of...

that doesn't even justify now that Harimoto has won him twice this year

yeah, I'm finally convinced, Togami will forever be an above average player. Decent forehand and backhand but zero ability to read the game and adapt to the opponent. It's sad how most Japanese players rise quickly before 20 and become so stagnant afterwards

damn Togami is kneeling quite quickly before Dima, how much serve receive practice did he do? he almost has no answer

I think Nagasaki should be a heavy candidate for LA 2028. Even though her persist through the match, her forehand to backhand transition isn't quick enough and her forehand still needs more work

Alexis has a tendency to snap his wrist when trying to counter those spinny loops, which is error prone since it's hard to control your bat angle. When he changed to block he couldn't judge the landing point well thus taking the ball high and sending it off the edge

once again JPN men let me down, Shinozuka & Harimoto one round trip, Togami lost against An whom he has beaten 3-0 back in Taiyuan (after losing the deuce in the 2nd set he lost composure and messed up). At least Tanaka was doing well. But how will you perform at the Olympics playing like this

That half-hearted performance against CDS yesterday surely won't land Sora a P card

Seems like all three Japanese olympics players have shown signs of burn out, struggling against lower ranked players

asking you to change from a pro rubber to another pro rubber is weird lol, you're already used to H3Neo then no reason to change tbh. Feeling is the most important aspect especially on the FH so I think you should prioritize that.

I'm using y13 with reactor tornado v5 on both sides, medium to medium-hard rubber seems to work well on this blade

Maybe it's time for Kihara/Nagasaki to think about other careers, minimal impact on the golden 2000 generation, can't even suppress the fast rising Miwa. Their cute and child-like demeanor just won't get them far tbh