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nope Korea ousted China in semis. Japan didn't play China in the Boys event. They beat Korea 3-0 in the final However in the Girl's event, Japan won 3-1 against China in the Final. Hirano lost her match. Ito won 2, and Hayata won 1...

I played yesterday. I had a 2 week slump where I felt like playing as a beginner, but I'm recovering a bit. Yesterday i knocked with an old lady. She's not strong but she's a good hitting partner because she's good at her drills, notably hitting flat FH and thats exactly what i need because the...

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She did it.... Japan is the champion !! the Boys did it as well !!! BANZAI !!!!

?come to Tokyo...

I agree this is an exceptional Chinese generation. We take it for granted, but I'm not sure all Chinese will be as strong. FZD will probably be the next Grand Slam winner but apart from him, we don't see anyone (yet)... There is room for players of other countries to win.

Yes they can be beaten. Korea just beat them in semis at Junior Worlds (M)... and Japan is about to kick their butt in the (F) final... edit: thats done... 3-0 victory of ITO against SHI to clinch the Junior World Team Title !!!!

Japan leads 2-1... Hirano lost 2-3 to Shi, she was the more nervous one. Ito won 3-2 but was clearly above. she managed to stay calm. Hayata won the crucial 3rd match. she was on fire and yelling like an Amazon... now Ito is back on the court and she needs to close this match

I'm not sure i understand this ---- Regarding chiquita: actually i can do it pretty well in training, the difficult is more about choosing the right ball. Also, so far, i can do it decently only against pendulum serves. Against reverse pendulum, i cannot manage to fight the sidespin. I...

thanks for answering TBH i didn't get everything at your advice. My biggest regret on this match was not trying to use my BH more, especially chiquita receive i didn't try even once while i'm quite good at it in training. (FH loop not really good unless i'm very well prepared for it like some...

well we have to credit NIWA for his win at the Olympics against WONG Chuting. He made a quite incredible comeback, and i would not have bet 1 yen on him...but the next game, he was nothing again...

Niwa is very talented seems to lack passion and hard training to get more power. Look at how he is skinny compared to top Chinese players.

he was holding his lower back

Yoshimura has been injured for some time it seems (source: japanese team). Thats why his performances are below par.

first set of my game last Sunday (i gave more details in a previous post)

pissed off that top Chinese players didn't care to come. Are they done enough tournaments to be in the ITTF grand finals ? or they don't even care ? I'll vote Calderano for this tournament. He seems in great form

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i feel exactly the same, though there is no rating here. TBH i think my physical condition is going down. I don't realize it on a day to day basis, but i move less quick than b4 for sure.

another disappointing tournament for me this weekend as well... 40-49 yo tournament I'm in a 3 players mini league against 2 penholders that i've never played b4. I'm usually not at ease against penholders. The first guy doesn't look that great, but plays his game without hesitation. I'm very...

@Archosaurus its just a training match, recently we have 1 match every week. He's 17 and he's really improved a lot. 2-3 years ago, i would win him most of the time, then it became more even, then he started to beat me badly every time... but despite him improving, i managed to improve myself...