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I think silver is almost a given for Japan in WT. What other team than China can beat them ? as #2 seeds they should play only China in the finals. The best non - CNT players are CIC, FTW and DHK , their recent H-to-H favour the Japanese, they can win some matches but i think their teammates...

it will take time to retrain your brain. but here are some tips: - never go back when somebody smashes. try to get ready for the block, however difficult it looks to you - are you at the right distance from the table when you are "at the table" ? the right posture/ distance: your legs should...

yes its very tough for Hirano, especially that the media were so mad about her in 2017...and she lost at the final hurdle; she was only 1 match away from getting the spot. And i'm sure there are many matches this year where she can be regretful, a recent one being against Jeon Jihee at T2 but...

ISHIKAWA cried in the post interview match on Japanese TV. Now its HIRANO's turn to play against WANG YD. WYD despite her ranking being below HIRANO, is the clear favourite. Still, she's not yet in the class of LSW or SYS. So there is still some chance for MH

Jeong Youngsik , An Jaehun. Who else ?

Kenta's performance and motivation has been going downhill. Its a very common problem for players who couldn't make it to be a regular in the A team in Japan when they reach 25+ years as with younger upcoming players, no matter how hard they train it's obvious they won't make it again.

whats sad for Hirano is that 2024 is so far away and if Ishikawa should get out of the picture, in addition to her current rivals Hayata, Sato, Hashimoto, Kato, there is Kihara, Nagasaki, Harimoto and others who are going to be competitive... I've listened to some interviews of Hirano and it...

the jury is not out yet !

Mima ITO

same reason why J-pop groups like AKB48 attract a huge male audience... :-) and also it goes back to Ai-chan (Fukahara) who was hugely popular and inspired all the current generation of Japanese girls playing TT.

I'm not even joking. When there is an event such like WCT, all the girls matches are live. For Men's more often than not, it would be a late replay at night, or worse, just a 2mns summary

WS and WT attract more viewers on Japanese TV than XD MS or MT... They'd attract even more viewers if the girls put more make up or perform with some Cosplay in the stadium

Last time i saw ChunLi she was still fighting against Dhalsim

this guy is just a commentator now, he doesn't decide anything. But his former colleagues may have the same kind of thinking ---- post NA Open interviews https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2019/12/008011.html https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2019/12/008007.html

@driversbeat the one and only big victory for Mizutani against a top CNT player in a big tournament was against XX in the Team's Gold Medal Match in Rio Games 2016, and that was against all expectations, and only weeks after yet another humiliation (choked in the 7th after a a huge lead and...

In the Noon News Program today they spoke for 20mns about Ishikawa and her friends, the NA Open, GF, and Olympics and selection process. Nishimura a former coach for the JNT girls team (at Athens Olympics) said that for the 3rd spot, ability to form a strong doubles pair will be key and...

I've played a lot of good lobbers. But I've never played against someone who could win just by lobbing who could not beat me easily playing the "normal" way. btw all things being equal, I'm a bit better than players around my level against lobbers because I have a rather good FH smash. I see a...

Sure, if Adam played a more traditional TT style, and had trained for it instead of training for doing snakes and lobs, he'd be ranked 200 points higher, but then nobody would watch his videos

of course not out of the question, else athletes wouldn't even participate. Chances are slim but they exist. More chances of upsets in XD than in singles, and more chances in singles than team events. but not nil. There are only 2 Chinese players in singles. Chances of China not winning is...