Since 2025/4/1, Grand Smash is now by invitation (2 days to make free cancellation) and no longer mandatory, and players get 2 annual exemptions for Champions which is still mandatory.
That's why the US Smash and the 2 subsequent Contenders in South America should've been held back-to-back to give the top players a week to regroup ahead of the Champions in Yokohoma.
To keep this short, Jimmy O. Yang/歐陽萬成, born in Hong Kong and moved to the US at 13, tried to use his "Hong Kong heritage" as a selling point recently. Guess what? Many locals found it hard to resonate.
MC Jin is another example.
歐陽萬成 Jimmy O Yang 棟篤笑講人睇法 -- 一個已經同香港脫節既人既talk show (Personal...
Ahem, unless it was amended in later revisions, both the event organizers and the local organizers (aka local organizing committee in the WTT Handbook) for US Smash were WTT...
The following Tieba user (extreme comments at times) is a long-time observer of JNT.
Just throwing it out there. Haven't looked into it. Take with a grain of salt.
日乒只是看似公平,实际上才是最不公平的 (JNT seems fair on the surface only, but is in fact the most unfair)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9491835352
(After losing to Sone?) Harimoto took to his Instagram Story to vent out his frustration with the T.League match format and scoring system, as well as those domestic players whose aim is to beat top players domestically only.
In response, Yoshimura M. posted on his X in damage control...
怎么评价张本美和伊瓜苏复仇成功 (How to evaluate Harimoto Miwa's successful revenge at [Foz do] Iguaçu?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9925256679
CHDWZADYX 早田笑嘻了,日女第五保住了
IP属地:上海来自Android客户端3楼2025-08-04 05:18回复
(Hayata had a good laugh, as her Japanese women's fifth place was saved)...
MS F
Calderano 4-3 Duda (7, 7, -9, 8, -9, -10, 8)
Phew! "And you really think the level of their opponents was comparable?" LOL
It took Duda 2 games to figure out what serve and receive worked against Calderano and to get used to Calderano's shot quality, path, and placement. Dropping G4...
WS F
Harimoto 4-2 Nagasaki (-9, 9, 5, -5, 9, 9)
Harimoto's FH has been off since G3 against Hashimoto. Could be fatigue and/or minor injuries.
Nagasaki's age-old problem persists in G3. Still very resistant to adjusting her shot timing even after Harimoto adapted her game by slowing down (not...
杜达老叔要进世排前十了 (Old Uncle Duda makes the top 10 in WR)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9924910196
贴吧用户_JRUXe78 31岁首进世排前十,德男都大器晚成啊,31岁正是闯的年纪
IP属地:浙江来自Android客户端1楼2025-08-04 00:41回复
(First time entering the top 10 in WR at 31 years old, German men are all late bloomers. 31 years old is the age to make...
Tell that to Moregard who said in a pod cast interview that players are too nice and could trash talk more.
莫嘎采访。 (Naughty Mo's Interview)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9924020015
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/wtt-contender-buenos-aires-2025-jul-22-27.37652/post-533141
WS SF
Nagasaki (6) 3-0 Odo (2) (9, 7, 9)
Nagasaki: This one is for stealing ATTC 2024 (and in turn WTTC 2025) from me and Kihara (flew back in for the selection trial all the way from...
MS QF
Hamada 0-3 Duda (2) (-3, -9, -8)
Duda overtook A. Lebrun in WR after reaching the QF (1985-90+105=2000) and will now widen the gap this coming Tuesday. Please stop winning... LOL
https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025_31_SEN_MS.html
11 Lebrun 2125-175 (Paris 2024)+45=1995...
The Indian ethnicity thing is funny. If Gewo really wanted a piece of the Indian market, then there are quite a few INT players they could have signed, like Li Ning did for badminton by signing Sindhu and Kidambi in 2019, with both deals failing miserably in ROI. It's like saying Butterfly...