Overconfidence is always the biggest enemy of oneself. Just look up how it turned out for Sato at WTTC 2017 and 2019. Like for Felix, Hashimoto's early exit at Zennihon Takkyu 2025 should not be swept under the rug and her win at WTT CT Taiyuan 2025 should be treated with caution. Luckily...
Matsudaira took out CDS at ATTC 2024 to reach MS R32 and secured his WTTC spot. Suppose Matsushima had the same draw, could he have done it, given his H2H at that point was 0W4L?
What a world we live in. In the span of one night, practically everyone now holds this view that goes against...
Can't blame JNT's management. Who's behind CNT and KNT? Former Grand Slam holders, Olympic Champions, World Champions and World Cup holders. What about JNT? Former National Champions at best, with little overseas competitive experience.
The optimism for JNT players at TTD is not that much...
Nope, the full lineups were announced last month, but it was a done deal way before then when Hashimoto and Sato missed the ATTC 2024 after both of them failed to beat Odo in the selection trial and their rankings were below that of Ito. If Sato beat Odo in F (Hashimoto lost to Odo in SF) and...
WS F
ZYL 0-4 Hashimoto (-8, -5, -8, -5)
Missing those sidespin chops in late G1 and G3 proved fatal for ZYL, on top of the trouble in judging the length of those chops and the spin of those serves. Tried to get around by brawn in G2 and it was ugly. Went back to spin variations but the...
Let me try again.
For Tony to get *bleep* (excited) over a lowly Contender in which CNT youngsters are thrown in to gain experience after the rest of the world has lost so much in the past half-year. SMH (and the censorship).
Before heading for World Cup, the Harimoto siblings commented on their wish to win medals together in the new Olympic XT event.
And then there are the usual cry-babies over the Olympic XT event.
張本兄妹、ロス五輪で日本卓球界初の快挙狙う! パリでは兄がメダル届かず「次こそかなえたい」...
Stamina will be less of an issue after a night's rest, especially for those who rely more on their TTQ than form. Compare Ito (brains) with Hayata (brawn) when it comes to playing choppers.
Nerve could be a bigger problem, as ZYL said back in World Team Cup 2015, where she fell into Ri Myong...
The reason Odo/Yokoi are the highest-ranked is exactly because their other teammates and pairs from other associations didn't value the doubles before this. Count how many pairs don't even have 8 eligible events. Odo/Yokoi are WR1 in name only. Losing to Sato/Hashimoto in 3 games at WTT F...
Kishikawa's and Nakazawa's latest comments on LA28 made clear they still value singles more than ever. Besides, the risk of fielding inexperienced players is too high in new events.
When approached for comments on the new Olympic events, Ito said she still hasn't decided whether to aim for LA28, that she is still focused on her goal of getting a WTTC WS medal, but hints at wanting to play WD in the Olympics.
伊藤美誠、ロス五輪の種目変更「すごく面白そう」 卓球は混合団体と男女ダブルスが追加...
Kishikawa and Nakazawa headed for Macau on the 12th.
Nakazawa will use the World Cup to check the condition of each player, identify issues and gather information on overseas rivals so that the players can do well at the WTTC.
Kishikawa feels a little sad that the MT is gone as he thinks the...
15 points are a new PB, nonetheless. The conspiracy mode in me says Kihara lost on purpose so that Qin Yuxuan could rewrite her PB.
SF
Hashimoto 3-0 Qin Yuxuan (2, 9, 4)