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Yes, there is. I have first-hand experience (from when I was a kid) of seeing someone who had his semi-pro career abruptly cut short right in front of my eyes because no one stopped him. He had to switch from inverted power-looping to playing antispin for the rest of his life because of that...

準優勝に悔しさを滲ませる張本美和 優勝への渇望を胸に「決勝に行けば絶対に勝つ気持ちで」【全日本卓球】 https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2025/01/036807.html 準決勝敗退の伊藤美誠 向き合う自身の課題「どんな選手に負けるか明確に分かった」【全日本卓球】 https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2025/01/036806.html 張本智和 次世代エース17歳・松島輝空に敗れ優勝ならず「スコア以上に苦しい試合、簡単には優勝できない」【全日本卓球】...

Hayata has finally admitted the inevitable after all this time, that her arm will never fully recover and she felt pain after the SF having played 2 matches that day, but she has now realized the importance of wit over brawn, that she would have lost if she failed to use her brain...

The next NT roster to be released this coming April will likely contain 6 men at the very least. Harimoto Togami Shinozuka Yoshimura M. Matsudaira Kenji Matsushima S. Matsushima will likely come in last for not qualifying for WTTC 2025. No way will he be placed above Togami just for winning...

Don't make laugh. You skipped the parts at the very start of their responses that set the tone and make up the core part of the argument, which you and a few others have not been able to rebut while accusing me of having an agenda. What a joke. And this comes from a guy who insisted on...

I assume pongfugrasshopper did that when he deliberately misquoted in an attempt to smear me?

Start learning Japanese instead of just relying on machine translation. I've already quoted the entire passage. I'm not gonna waste my time to spell this out. p.s. For future reference so that some folks understand why I come across as "rude". Chinese (as well as Japanese and Korean and...

She mentions that in one of the latest interviews. Though I'm afraid it is too late now. I've always said Smart Hayata is the way to go after WTTC 2022 but now she is only doing it out of fear of getting injured again (and ending her career for real). Her top gear is no longer there when she...

Congratulations to Matsushima for qualifying for WTTC 2025. The catch? The selection trial takes precedence over Zennihon Takkyu 2025.

Remember who kept mentioning how Hayata lost to Kato in the WTTC 2019 selection trial. Also keep in mind the fact that Kato mentioned her focus was on Hirano rather than Hayata ahead of WTTC 2023.

She is the one that keeps mentioning it in multiple interviews. 6 months is a long time while she is relatively inactive and she has a history getting injured when it really matters. The real test will be starting next week. The intensity in this Zennihon Takkyu is way lower compared to past...

Kato: I should not have retired this early.

Whoever wins between Shinozuka and Matsushima will become the new "civil war king".

Coz Harimoto doesn't trust his dad?

Man, how does the seeding committee feel about giving Odo free access to the podium?

Like Ito said, her style is boring (ugly) to watch once she gets figured out.

WS SF Ito vs Harimoto (-4, -3, -4, -5) G4 02 TO for Ito, 04, 34, 36, 46, 48, 58, 511 Worst encounter for Ito. Hayata vs Odo (9, 4, 12, 5) G3 36, 56 TO for Odo, 59, 99, 910, 1110, 1112, 1412 Worst encounter for Odo.

The fact that JTTA still approached him means that the management has come to the conclusion that the benefits far outweigh the risk and still wants him for his familiarity with the CNT. Hayata's arm is a ticking bomb. Ito has even expressed that she might not play 4 more years. Kihara and...

If Hayata didn't lie about her hand here (similarly for previous mixed-zone interviews), then she is in the most danger right now. It's approaching 6 months now and if she is still feeling pain in her forearm once the intensity hits a certain level then her career is really as good as over.

That also applies to Hayata against Ito. Hayata either won 4-0 (the last time) or lost 3-4 (the first 2 times) during the selection. Before that, the last time Hayata won was 4-3 at Zennihon Takkyu 2020 and then she lost 3-4 and 1-4 in 2021 and 2022 (after getting through Kato 4-3). In a...