More headache for JTTA. Lack of collaboration between Harimoto siblings and Hayata/Ito on one hand and the former's poor MD and XD results with Matsushima despite clear preference over other candidates but at least the MT members are willing to work together.
XT
XD Matsushima/Harimoto...
This is getting old. Even driversbeat could see the problem now that I first pointed out in 2019. In the past few years, it's become clear it's over your head for being such a fanboy...
MS F
QD (8) 1-4 Matsushima (-8, -13, 11, -16, -9)
Same old Matsushima showed up in late G3 and G4 but then QD somehow lost his own flow by falling into Matsushima's pace. No wonder he has so much trouble dealing with Moregard.
Big headache for DTTB.
WS F
Harimoto (1) 3-4 Hayata (3) (-4, -8, 4, 6, -6, 9, -9)
G5 63, 67 TO for Harimoto, 611
Harimoto missing that BH loopkill at 63 and the timing of TO require a review afterwards.
G6 69, 89 TO for Hayata, 119
G7 63, 64 Harimoto missed the loose ball, 67, 87, 810, 910, 911
Same as in G5.
WS SF
Hayata (3) 4-1 Ito (2) (-7, 7, 11, 10, 12)
Intriguing choice of not calling TO in G3 or G4 for Ito. Regardless, her stamina issue was very apparent. Tactics-wise, her game still counters Hayata.
First win over F. Lebrun for Lind after 6 straight losses. Despite some notable wins, 2025 hasn't been a fantastic year for Lind in terms of win rate (21/39=53.8% after WTT CS Montpellier 2025 and 25/43=58.1% after QF of WTT CS Frankfurt 2025).
4W4L JNT
2/2 Shinozuka
1/2 Togami
1/1 SAKAI Yuhi...
Hirano tried out the reverse pendulum serve in T.League after KM's stimulation in CTTSL and reflection on the match against Harimoto at WTT SCT London 2025.
平野美宇「新たな試み」YGサーブ挑戦中 VM含む2勝で神奈川首位に貢献
https://hochi.news/articles/20251108-OHT1T51289.html?page=1
WS R16
Harimoto (1) 3-1 Winter (7, 9, -13, 7)
54% fan vote for Winter...
G2 106, 109 TO for Harimoto, 119
Winter was hard-countered by those serves to the wide BH. And she didn't even mix it up by serving down-the-line.
G3 47, 67, 68, 88 TO for Winter, 89 dead net for Winter, 109, 1011, 1211...
Tieba users already pointed out at the end of ATTTC 2025 that there is no telling the JPN men will carry the JPN women in XT one day.
日女这表现比日男差远了吧
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10128554921
Nagasaki on COVID-19, Kihara, Paris 2024 and LA28.
長﨑美柚(卓球)「3年後のオリンピックまで楽しんでプレーしたい」
https://tarzanweb.jp/post-359397
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5b4ddb8b5d3bd651e9f637364fbbe42d057c4420
(It was only after participating in the Olympic race that she realized how difficult it is to keep...
WS R16
Odo (4) 2-3 Samara (7, -11, 9, -13, -3)
Putting aside Samara's serve at 12:11 of G4 that looked like a net in slowmo, Odo's beginner's luck is really starting to wane. The issue of her serve (verticality in this case) has finally cost her a match and she has not come up with any remedies...
MS R16
Franziska 1-3 QD (8) (7, -5, -8, -8)
Duda, Franziska, Ovtcharov, Stumper have all lost to QD in 2025, other than a win for Ovtcharov. Togami of Germany.
How did he play so bad at Paris 2024, World Cup 2025 and WTTC 2025?
Moregard should be treated as an old-school penhold player.
As long as one can match him in the closed game and suppress his 搶拉/"seize-loop" when serving (tight and well-placed serves) and his 發搶/serve-n-attack when receiving and catch his BH, then he's toast with his crappy open game, such as...