Well, what I wrote about Yokoi just 8 days ago, and also about Odo and Yokoi not lasting long playing like this back in 10/2024. It may not be obvious, but Odo has toned down her style a bit recently.
WS SF
Yokoi (10) 1-3 Hirano (15) (-10, 8, -8, -9)
G1 33, 43, 44, 47, 57, 58, 98, 99, 109, 1010 net for Hirano, 1012
G2 33, 37, 47, 49, 89 TO for Yokoi, 811 dead net for Yokoi
G3 41, 42, 52, 53, 57, 67, 68, 88 big BH from Yokoi, 89 Yokoi missed the big FH, 811
G4 20, 22 big net for Hirano, 42...
Stop wasting my time and embarrassing yourself. I'm so done with you and pongfugrasshopper here.
WTT SCT Chennai 2026
WS SF
Yokoi (10) 1-3 Hirano (15) (-10, 8, -8, -9)
G1 33, 43, 44, 47, 57, 58, 98, 99, 109, 1010 net for Hirano, 1012
G2 33, 37, 47, 49, 89 TO for Yokoi, 811 dead net for Yokoi...
Those 4.1.x.x articles are for WTTC.
Likewise, the 4.3.x.x articles are for World Cup, and the 4.5.x.x articles for Olympics, both of which don't specify anything on entries (the number of players each NOC can enter etc.) unlike those for WTTC. For World Cup, entries are governed/determined by...
WS QF
LEH (11) 0-3 Hirano (15) (-3, -7, -8)
LEH jogs along with her trait, beating Ishikawa (1) at Hong Kong Open 2018, Hirano (8) at ATTC 2024, CIC (11) at SGP GS 2025/CIC (12) again at EUR GS 2025 and Hayata (1) at WTT SCT Muscat 2025 when she was the underdog by seeding (unseeded/unseeded...
XD SF
OJS/Nagasaki (3) 1-3 INJ E. Ionescu/Szocs (2) (-6, 6, -9, 0)
OJS injured himself after failing to reach for that wide FH at 9:10 of G3.
LIVE! | T1 | Day 3 | WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Session 1
[url unfurl=false]https://youtu.be/UkYviSmVNoA?t=11063[/url]
Tieba user 甜甜cbstt has provided 2 neat tables (1st link below) listing all the qualified players and whatever criteria they met for the selection trial.
日本队2026团体世锦赛及亚运会直通赛参赛名单
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10456927797
日乒的世乒赛选拔赛名单出来了
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10456811491
A piece by Pengpai/The Surge/The Paper on the doubles being the main issue for China.
人数不变混双松绑,洛奥乒乓的难题仍是双打
https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32603542
Road to LA28 Mapped Out as Qualification System Released
https://www.ittf.com/2026/02/13/road-to-la28-mapped-out-as-qualification-system-released/
Qualification system - Table Tennis
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games...
Oh, Miki House would be the first to disagree. Zennihon Takkyu carries a lot of weight in Japan (in terms of dan, it's just below OG/10-dan, WTTC/9-dan and AG/ATTC/8-dan), comparable to the national games in China.
From past experience, those rankings will likely be used to seed the upcoming selection trial for WTTC 2026 and those rankings will have a bearing on the 3 spots by recommendation.
Yet another example showcasing why league matches should not be taken seriously (at least not a good indicator), where players take turns playing like crap, and in this case, Odo and Sato.
日本ペイントマレッツ vs 木下アビエル神奈川 ノジマTリーグ2025-2026 2026年2月8日(日) 高松市総合体育館 ハイライト実況解説なし【卓球 Tリーグ公式】
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JTTA seems to align with my projection and it shows in the Zennihon Takkyu 2026 final ranking. Hashimoto is stuck in the vicious circle, again as projected. "Getting on JTTA's good side" (recommendation) is a necessity if you can't get through your teammates at home or get/stay high enough in...
MS R32
LJH 1-3 Gnanasekaran (10) (-7, 9, -9, -11)
The current LJH is like the then WCT several years back, focusing more or less entirely on XD.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/united-states-smash-2025-las-vegas-7-3-13.34068/post-531151
According to Kihara's Instagram entry, she had always wanted to play WD with Hirano but ultimately the pair was struck up per JTTA's recommendation (Sports Hochi reports that Kihara approached and invited Hirano). Harimoto/Nagasaki and Kihara/Hirano, an interesting development (here and...